Creating Magic through Art
Cathren Housley is a local artist (and Motif contributor) who believes magic can be conjured when a group of people collectively create something. And she’s harnessing that magic with her […]
Events:
The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
Corks Worth Popping this Holiday Season
In the season in which family time reigns supreme, it’s a good idea to talk about the one thing that makes all of that time more bearable: wine. It can […]
Alt-Nation: Cretins, Kilgore, & Travel Light
This column, we are going to throw it back to the first column I ever wrote about Kilgore Smudge, for Providence College’s newspaper, The Cowl, in 1994. They published it […]
Feel Better Tips for 2018
This has been a tough year, what with terrorism, wildfires, the disintegration of political reason and the unfathomable dick banging between the oval office and Kim Jong Un. To quote Rudy […]
A Conversation About Church
[See “Wilbury’s Church: Drinking the Kool-Aid” for our review.] Motif writer Kevin Broccoli talks with Brien Lang and Phoenyx Williams — the director and the lead actor of Young Jean Lee’s […]
Because We All Need to Eat: Why Food Makes the Perfect Gift for All
We all have those one or two people on our list for whom we have no clue what to buy; hence the rise of the gift card. After all, it’s […]
Lunar Notes
Aries: You are up front, out front and in everyone’s eye. You’re popular these days and receive some great reviews. But there is a lot going on beneath the surface with […]
Resolve to Meet Your Neighbors
I’ve always been obsessed with my neighbors. It’s not entirely in a Rear Window way — although I love that movie, and The Burbs is my most-watched-movie of all time. […]
AltFacts: The Great Trumpini
Like a good magician, Trump has the ability to get people to look down when the important stuff is happening above, or vice-versa. Instinctive, an accidental side-effect of his instability, or […]
Flying in All Types of Weather
Leroy doesn’t have gloves. To protect his fingers from the cold – which is pretty intense today – he keeps his parka pulled down over his hands; it makes holding […]