Mane Character Energy: Leo season’s fiercest, fanciest foodie finds
Like it or not, it’s Leo Season, y’all! From July 22nd to August 22nd every year, the planet becomes just a little bit more extra while those of us lucky […]
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The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
Motif’s 2022 Food Truck and Drink Award Nominees
RI has no shortage of fantastic food trucks, breweries and distilleries, and we at Motif can’t wait to celebrate them at our Food Truck and Drink awards this month. With […]
Highlighting Fashion’s Power: A closer look at the impacts of fashion
Since humans have been wearing clothes (no, not loin cloths), fashion has manifested itself into distinct trends. These trends are often fleeting and rarely occupy more than a few weeks […]
The Why Behind PVD World Music: An interview with founder Chance Kinyange Boas
If you live in PVD, you might have seen Chance Kinyange Boas around town. He’s typically filming performers being showcased at a PVD World Music event, either at Machines with […]
Advice from the Trenches: Self-Centered Daughter
Dear C and Dr. B: How do I get it into my young adult daughter’s head that the world does not revolve around her? When she complains she isn’t getting […]
20 Years of Art and Expression: Riverzedge Arts has been an outlet for Woonsocket youth for two decades
Nestled between 2nd and 3rd Avenue in Woonsocket stands a nonprofit art school housing students from around Rhode Island scrambling to finish their projects for an upcoming block party. Throughout […]
Lunar Notes: August 2022
Aries: Taking advantage of the summer weather, you focus on enjoyment. Your fun-time calendar is filled with social engagements, romantic interludes and activities that you especially enjoy. Month end brings […]
Open and Closed: August 2022
OPEN With bartenders already nominated in this year’s Bartender Awards, Kimi’s has opened with a splash and is focusing on interesting cocktails to assuage the thirst of patrons in this […]
Weird Fiction Contest Winner
Tide Awaits by Edward Palumbo of Warwick The bayside Oakland Beach may be considered “modest” when compared to some of Rhode Island’s larger, oceanside, sandy shores. However, it remains a […]
Hemp, The Real Fabric of Our Lives: Why hemp fabric makes cotton look so last season
You guessed it – we’re back with another reason to love the cannabis plant, and this time it’s for one of the seemingly infinite useful applications of industrial hemp: spinning […]