Welcome to Bucktown, Population: Delicious
It must have been a Saturday in something like late June when I introduced one of my good friends to Long Live Beerworks, as I’ve been quite an evangelist for […]
Events:
The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
Fall Dance Is En Pointe
While August gives way to September, area dance companies are busy preparing for their 2016/2017 season. Leading the way is Providence’s resident professional ballet company Festival Ballet Providence. Their season […]
Roots Report: An Interview with Weird Al
Okee dokee folks… Almost exactly one year ago I saw Weird Al Yankovic at the Zeiterion in New Bedford. In all honesty it was one of the BEST shows I […]
Manhattan Short Returns to RI on September 30th and October 1st at Jamestown Center for the Arts
Manhattan Short does not consider itself a travelling film festival per se. It screens simultaneously across the globe from September 23 to October 2, coining the phrase, “one world – […]
Northeast Choreographers Festival Showcases the Latest in Modern Dance
Something new is brewing in the dance world, and it’s brewing right in our neck of the woods. This fall, some of the country’s most innovative choreographers will descend upon […]
Pokemon: Catch ’em in RI
Unless you’ve been space-traveling for the past month, you’ve heard about Pokemon Go. It’s a free mobile game that taps into the nostalgia of anyone over the age of 18, […]
Book Review: Rory O’Brien’s Summerland
Rory O’Brien has written an enjoyable piece of historical fiction set in the high brow of Newport in 1892. The World’s Fair in Chicago was in full swing (I off-topically recommend […]
Cirque Mechanics’ Pedal Punk to Launch Artistic Icons Series
The 2016/2017 Artistic Icons Series launches at The Vets on October 29 at 7:30pm with Cirque Mechanics’ “Pedal Punk,” a steampunk spectacle of stunning circus arts featuring a dazzling […]
CannaScore: Where Do the Candidates Stand on Cannabis?
Motif’s team took to the emails, the phones and even tracked down those candidates and office holders we could find in person to try to find out where they stand […]
Fall Theater Preview
We’re skeptical that any theatrical event this fall could possibly come close to grabbing the public’s attention quite like the epic comedy (or is it a tragedy?) that is our […]