Jazz Insights: Rick Wells
Portsmouth’s Rick Wells is truly one of New England’s top jazz drummers. Rick separates himself from other drummers, smartly choosing to be more of an accompanist, rather than a showman soloist. […]
Events:
The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
Get On Your Feet! and Head to PPAC
The hit musical On Your Feet will be presented at Providence Performing Arts Center from January 30 through February 4. On Your Feet tells the inspiring story of pop music […]
Wednesday Open Mic Night at Copperfield’s Burger and Beer House
I grew up in a restaurant family in New Hampshire, which means that I will happily leave my cozy living room on a dark, snowy Wednesday night in January to […]
Advice from the Trenches: First Date Tips
Dear C; I’m an attractive, intelligent woman with a wide variety of interests. I support myself as a freelance writer and I’ve read and researched extensively about every subject I’ve […]
January Pinup: Bettysioux Tailor
How are you doing on your New Year’s Resolutions? My resolution is to procrastinate less… I decided it would be best if I started really concentrating on this resolution in […]
Top 5 Fun Things To Do: January 24 – January 30
FRI 26 Patti Smith: Legendary artist reads from her latest work of art, “Devotion.” 8pm. Zeiterion Performing Arts Center, 684 Purchase St, New Bedford, Mass. zeiterion.org SAT 27 – SUN […]
Bucket Brewery to Close its Doors
Motif was saddened to hear that Bucket Brewery is, well, going to kick the bucket. In a statement made yesterday, Bucket said that it will close its Carver Street brewing […]
RI Brew Fest, Pawtucket Armory, Jan 27
It’s a time of year when a celebration of craft beer made in the Ocean State and beyond takes place. Numerous brewers create rare beers that excite the taste buds […]
Album of the Week: Matthew Stubbs and the Antiguas
Over the past couple of months, there’s been a band from Boston that has nearly everyone affiliated with the city’s music scene talking about them. They’re known as Matthew Stubbs […]
Uncle Vanya: It’s a Dreadful Life
Starting with a breezy, witty and emphatically modern Russian-to-English translation by director Curt Columbus, the Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre production of Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov is a darkly comic and […]