Alt-Nation: Everybody Knows …
“Everybody knows that the war is over, everybody knows the good guys lost.” So goes the 2016 presidential election with the words of the late, great Leonard Cohen; rest in […]
Events:
The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
Doubt Is Compelling and Thought-Provoking
If you are one who prefers your shows have a neat and tidy ending with no loose ends, Ocean State Theatre’s current offering, Doubt: A Parable, may not be for […]
Born Yesterday Is Born Anew for Trump-Era Audiences
A larger-than-life narcissistic loudmouthed businessman with an eye for beautiful women comes to Washington, DC with plans to take the city — and thereby the country — by storm. […]
Northeast Choreographers Festival Brings Different Voices to the Stage
A native Rhode Islander for over three decades, I sat for the first time in my life in the Bishop McVinney Auditorium for a dance concert on Friday night. I was […]
Trump Carnage
That Donald Trump won the US Presidency should be old news to you now. What is a surprise is how few saw this coming. It seems like even those who […]
Motif Event Picks for November 9 – November 15
WED 9, THU 10, (today, tomorrow) and beyond… Trump resistance rallies. Check Facebook – we think there will be more, and there seem to be some in every major city. […]
The Night of the Laughing Gorilla
Twenty-four hours before The ProJo blew the cover on the Laughing Gorilla, I had used my sleuthing techniques to discover its existence, and I immediately told Motif, “I want […]
Rob’s Album Of The Week: Lydia Loveless’ Real
It’s rare when music is genuine and comes straight from the heart. There’s way too much of a hodgepodge of artists singing about materialistic crap like how big their house is, […]