Trucks Talked, We Listened
The RI Food Truck & Drink Awards are a celebration of two of our most valuable communities, which keep us happy and fed and deserve recognition. Those same communities have […]
Events:
The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
A Return to the Big Screen! And Some on the Small Screen
The Oscar-qualifying Rhode Island International Film Fest (RIIFF) is back in a big way this year with a COVID-safe hybrid schedule of programming. The event takes place August 9 – […]
Cancel Cancel Culture: WaterFire Eye-to-Eye speaker encouraged her audience to consider a different route to change
WaterFire recently hosted the latest in their Eye-to-Eye series of public lectures intended to inspire thoughtful conversations around timely social topics. The event was co-sponsored by Leadership Rhode Island and […]
Happy Days Are Here Again: The return of the Newport Folk Festival
After a year off for something obscure called COVID, the Newport Folk Festival returned to Fort Adams to rage again. The festival started inauspiciously Friday, as I could see lightning flashing […]
Motif 2021 Music Awards
It’s time again – finally! – for Motif’s RI Music Awards. Please help show your support for local music by choosing some of these fine artists. We know a lot […]
Eviction moratorium extended to Oct 3: Covers 90% US population
UPDATE: This extension of the eviction moratorium was ended by the US Supreme Court on Aug 26. See our follow-up: motifri.com/eviction-october-2 With an estimated six million Americans behind on their […]
RI Unemployment Insurance website fixed: Was blocking weekly reporting
Required weekly recertification for unemployment insurance was failing on the RI Department of Labor and Training (DLT) website, according to hundreds of reports on Twitter. DLT advised Motif at 9:41am […]