As much as we’d love to, we can’t write about everything happening in RI this summer. There’s soooooo much. Here are some of the fests that are amazing and worth considering, along with the dates and locations. Some may be covered in future issues, so keep an eye out for Motif as the summer unfolds. […]
Dusk Summerfest Fourth of July and Dusk go hand and hand. The newly rebranded Dusk Summerfest hits PVD on Saturday, July 1 with 14 bands playing both inside and outside stages. “Since we helped adopt Liberty Fest after the original location was nixed by the city, we kept an already popular niche event and expanded […]
Drivers on I-195 crossing the Braga Bridge in Fall River, MA, find it hard to miss the large World War II-era battleship USS Massachusetts located directly below them. It is the main feature in a museum collection of retired naval vessels that is the largest in the world. Battleship Cove is a landmark that has […]
It costs quite a bit of money to be able to live at the “shore,” as they say in New Jersey. It might cost a bit less to live in Narragansett or Charlestown, but it is still a “shore” lot of money living anywhere near any ocean frontage on the East Coast. And this also […]
Commuters getting off at the new Pawtucket/Central Falls train station after a long day of work or studies don’t have to go far to enjoy uniquely crafted cocktails/mocktails and low-toned conversations at the new home of Rhode Island Spirits. Now residing among the renovated mills and warehouses on the corner of Bayley and Commerce Streets, […]
On Saturday, April 15, a vast array of curious and eager modern humans gathered in the lobby of the Providence Public Library for the most fun interruption of “Tax Day” PVD has seen in about 450 million years. Eli Nixon, Pawtucket-based artist and activist, was in full-public-spectaculah form as they revealed the culmination of their […]
Leading up to our 2023 Bartender Awards in July, we are going to have monthly live competitions. These will take place at a different local venue each month. You don’t have to be nominated for anything else, you can just take part. Participation is first-come, first-served. Depending on the competition, the number of entrants may be […]
Welcome to Motif Magazine’s 2023 Tattoo Awards! This year Steven Tefft & Bettysioux Tailor bring Rhody After Dark to celebrate the most creative in ink art. Special Thanks to Narragansett Brewery for hosting & Sponsoring, and to our other Sponsors: R1 Indoor Karting & Mother Earth Wellness for making it all possible. Thanks also to […]
So does anyone remember that internet story where Disney tried to trademark the word “princess?” I’ll bet the remaining members of royalty in Europe had some interesting things to say on that notion, and I’d give actual money to hear what those things were. But this is just an example of how sometimes it’s not […]
Vudu Sister have never been afraid to conjure spirits to spur creativity. Over the course of three albums they have dabbled in dark styles of goth, ghost folk, and indie grunge. Heck, they even have an EP, Burnt Offerings, that is entirely in Latin. Recently Vudu Sister’s singer-songwriter Keith McCurdy took the plunge of quitting […]