Drinking Modifiers Is Mod
Cocktail modifiers might not just be for cocktails anymore. Lately, many bars have taken to serving mixers, such as vermouth or bitters, by themselves, without any hard liquor to accompany […]
Events:
The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
ALTernative Facts: Porn Star Income, Marlon Bundo and Oh, Zuck
A Primer: How to supplement your porn star income (Note: This advice may not be relevant to all Motif readers. However if you are a pornstress, centerfold or have a […]
EDM Event Preview: Tight Crew’s Space Jam
On Saturday, April 14, Tight Crew will bring Space Jam to Fete for the second consecutive year. This will be the fourth installment of TC and friends’ (partygoers’) “epic journey” […]
Advice from the Trenches: Adult Enabler
Dear C; Sarah answered my ad when I was looking for a roommate. She was very open about her life; she told me she’d made some bad decisions when her […]
Open and Closed
Opened Askew: No, they probably won’t be serving squirrel, but they will be taking over the former Fatt Squirrel space under the ArtProv Gallery and across from the Art […]
Pin-up: Osceanna Rose
What do you never leave home without? I never leave the house with an iced coffee (yes I am a Rhode Islander to the core), a bottle of water and […]
Alt-Nation: LittleBoyBigHeadonBike, Public Policy, and More
The Curious Case of LittleBoyBigHeadonBike Lo-fi folk outfit LittleBoyBigHeadonBike is the music of William Orchard, and armed with a guitar and a recorder, he presents a body of work that […]
Leishla Maldonado: Coming Home from Speed Rack
You can’t make a good drink without proper skill and technique, and these bartending skills are tested in the Speed Rack competition, which pits bartenders from all around the country […]
New Trends in Drinking
My original pitch to the hardworking, hard thinking, patient editor and publisher of Motif went like this: “Millennial drinking habits are different!” They were intrigued, but, really, why should we […]
The Community Players Present Forever Plaid
The Community Players present the “heavenly” musical, Forever Plaid, April 13-22. Singing group “The Plaids,” played by Nick Mercurio, Joe Catanzaro, Dan Thompson and Matt Fagan, recreate the close harmony of […]