The textbook answer is that it’s a tabletop roleplaying game (TTRPG for short), where you and a group of friends design characters to partake in an epic story as adventuring heroes. Or, depending on your group, utterly bonkers magic misanthropes that stumble blindly from one misadventure to the next and usually spend a few nights […]
As a bilingual and bicultural Latina living in Rhode Island, learning more about Providence-based Spanish language theater, Teatro ECAS and interviewing Francis Parra Guerra, its Executive Artistic Director — in Spanish — was pretty amazing. As she highlights in our conversation, there’s nothing quite like connecting to all parts of one’s identity and roots — […]
It’s a bleak, gray windy day on the eastern side of interstate 95. The kind of day where wind cuts through skin, never mind clothing; a stupid day to walk a couple blocks in nothing but a jean jacket. Which is how I find myself, in Pawtucket, walking to Mother Earth Dispensary. And which is […]
The RI Cannabis Act signed into law on May 25, 2022, legalized recreational use and provided for automatic expungement of eligible criminal and civil records by no later than July 1, 2024. The effect is that a person whose records are expunged has a clean record, as if the offense never happened, subject to certain […]
As I’m sure you’ve heard, our little state-that-barely-could has finally legalized cannabis for adult use. Awash with anticipation, consumers across the state could practically feel (and smell) it on the breeze, as doors flung open at five new dispensaries, making for a total of nine retailers open for business under a hybrid medical/adult-use license. At […]
Recipes and Photography by Chef David Yusefzadeh Article by Sam Burgess Elevate is the name of the game for the future of cannabis edibles – to craft an experience that goes beyond a few bites of brownie and elicits the sophistication of a multi-course tasting menu. As legalization makes cannabis more accessible and destigmatized, chefs […]
Look to the Stars with Motif‘s Shirley Prisco, bringing you your astrological horoscope for April 2023.
Twin River Casino in Lincoln has announced the launch of a dispensary and craft brewery in their Sportsbook Bar & Grill, which will take place on April 20. Public Relations Officer Dewey Smokum spoke to the press Tuesday and announced that due to the additions, the restaurant’s name will be changed to Buds & Suds […]
“These are the photos they don’t want you to see.” Says Carl Q. Hog, of the Instagram post he made after finding what might be the final remains of the long-sought-after legend, the Block Ness Monster. Sighted most often during hurricanes over the years, “Blocky” has been a constant, if rarely seen, companion to Island […]
The afternoon skies went dark as an estimated 14,653 bats swarmed above the State Capital building in Providence, RI. “At first it looked cool,” said Melford Glum, a tourist visiting the Ocean State from Shrieve, UT. “The kids were laughing and pointing. Then, when the bats started dive-bombing us, it felt like the Apocalypse.” Ordinarily, […]