Rejoice, all you lovers of geek culture out there. RI Comic Con 2017 is nearly upon us. Take a look at all the articles we’ve published leading up to the main event. Happy reading, and happy Comic Con! RI Comic Con 2017: Seriously Stacked Networking with Cosplayers Holy Trivia, Batman! Tips for Getting Your Con […]
THRU NOV 18 New and Dangerous Ideas: The Wilbury Group, 40 Sonoma Court, PVD. thewilburygroup.org The premiere of a play by local poet (and Motif contributor) Christopher Johnson. This multi-media experience challenges criminalizing race and expatriating police with the personal stories of several members of different communities. These stories intersect with spoken word and are […]
Every autumn I fall into a music rut. The albums that were the soundtrack to summer tart to sound a little overplayed, and I get bored with all the music in my Spotify library. As much as I love Portugal, The Man’s “Woodstock” and Royal Blood’s “How Did We Get So Dark?” I can only […]
Dear C, I’m so fed up with and pissed off at men right now that I don’t think I’ll ever try again. No matter how nice a guy is in the beginning, after about a month, the honeymoon is over. It’s like there’s this cut off point for attention and affection with them. I’m the […]
The classic animated Disney musical Mulan, Jr. will be performed at the Stadium Theatre from November 17 – 18. The Huns have invaded, and it is up to the misfit Mulan and her mischievous dragon sidekick, Mushu, to save the emperor. Defying the village matchmaker, Mulan takes up arms and disguises herself as a […]
In the age of climate-change denial and “alternative facts,” science communicator Bill Nye has proven to be a vital source of information when it comes to the current state of our world and our environment. Most Millennials grew up with Nye from his popular ‘90s TV show “Bill Nye the Science Guy” while the older […]
Pushing the musical envelope has always been part of And So I Watch You from Afar’s forte. The instrumental experimental progressive math rock act from Belfast, Northern Ireland, use an abundance of guitar shredding and rhythms that escape the inhibitions. It’s a sound that hits on multiple levels and never lets up. Their fifth full-length […]
We think of Broadway as being a pretty gay place, but most musicals, even today, follow a rather heterosexual formula, with a straight couple at the center of the action and maybe some peripheral gay couples. Rarely do you see a musical with a gay main character. In fact, the first mainstream musical to feature […]
From the first melancholic notes of the opening number, “To Build a Home,” it is clear that this show aims to lay bare its very soul to audiences. Based on Robert James Waller’s 1992 novel, The Bridges of Madison County musical was written by the Tony Award-winning creative team of Jason Robert Brown (The Last […]
New York City art rock act HerMajesty bring a lot to the table with their music. They blend new wave, alternative rock and pop into an original sound of their own. The theatrical way of singing by frontman John Pasagiannis adds an interesting dimension. On Oct 17, the band released the single “I Saw The […]