Global Scavenger Hunt
“Win a Free Trip Around the World!” the subject line said. Because I suffer from wanderlust, I apply to every travel giveaway that comes across my inbox, and, when I […]
Events:
The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
Got Beer? The $12 Six-Pack and Odes to Brews
In the previous issue of Motif, my esteemed colleague Pete Larrivee riffed on the fact that “good beer isn’t cheap” and cited the prevalence of the “$12 six-pack.” That citation […]
Phillipe & Jorge’s Cool, Cool World: Press, Press Secretary, Dumpster fire, Hard Drivin’, Bombs
Huge Blunder at Urinal? Phillipe and Jorge fear that GateHouse Media, absentee owners of the Biggest Little’s organ of record, The Urinal, may have made a colossal mistake – not […]
Opinion: RI Cannabis Blues – Legalize Before It’s Too Late
For the seventh straight year, Rhode Island legislators have presented a bill to tax and regulate cannabis, much like the alcohol and tobacco industries are regulated. According to Regulate Rhode […]
News Analysis: Why Are Rolling Papers Taxed As Cigarettes?
Rhode Island is unusual among the states for a tax policy that treats rolling papers as equivalent to cigarettes, such that a package of 20 sheets of rolling paper is […]
Cannabis Legalization in RI: Where’s Our Law?
Massachusetts voted and decided to legalize marijuana. It then promptly shot itself in the foot over the question of how and on what timetable to fulfill that promise, but is […]
Women in Weed
Women are setting the cannabis industry apart from typical business in the U.S. because they refuse to let this sector be dominated by men. In 2016, women made up 36% […]
2017 Southeast New England (SENE) Film, Music and Arts Festival
The Southeast New England (SENE) Film, Music and Arts Festival showcases amazing films across all genres, live music, art exhibits and much more. Continuing to expand in its ninth year, […]
Roots Report: Cable Access, Graham Parker, Garry Tallent
Cable access shows Okee dokee folks… When I first started this column, somewhere I wrote, “Love is fleeting but cable access is forever.” Once you record a show for cable […]
Interview: John O’Hurley of Chicago at PPAC
I had the good fortune to interview John O’Hurley (Seinfeld‘s J. Peterman). He is an extremely tall, extremely handsome actor who has, in his own words, “cornered the market on […]