Stars With Shirley
Each month, our resident astrological expert Shirley Prisco delivers your astrological horoscope in Motif’s Stars With Shirley podcast. Watch the latest episode below: To view past episodes, head over to […]
Events:
The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
On the Cover: Carmen Christina Moreno
Photo: Rites of Ochún, Carmen Christina Moreno. As summer tapers, the leaves will fall, annual flowers will die, apples will drop and rot into the ground. The sweet stench of […]
Let a Little Apple in Your Life
Beginning before even the dog days of summer have ended, Dunkin’ Donuts, in their divine Providence, reveal to us the Holey Trinity of fall: The pumpkin doughnut. The pumpkin muffin. […]
Revolution Sounds Good: Local music organization reemerges
Photo: RIOT RI. After a name change and years of halted programming due to COVID, RIOT RI is still here – but they aren’t trying to rush back to the […]
Another drop in the bucket: RI’s treatment of Providence Water disenfranchises one of its poorest communities
Photo: Wikimedia Commons. The current state of Providence Water is another example of Rhode Island’s long history of disenfranchising its poor in favor of its wealthy. To be fair, it […]
Fall, With Trees And Birds: A glimpse at seasonal change
Photo: Meg Coss. In late summer, the dark purple drupe of the black cherry tree reaches maturity and the resident birds – the robins and sparrows, the finches and crows […]
LUNAR NOTES: September 2023 Forecast
Aries:As the swirl and whirl of the summer season winds down, your social life continues at full bore. Amidst all of this frivolity you manage to focus on how much […]
a brief chat with ryk mcintyre
Photo: Thomas Cizauskas. Growing up outside of Boston, Ryk McIntyre first thought about becoming a poet during high school when he read Anne Sexton’s The Awful Rowing Towards God. McIntyre […]
Fall Guide to Classical Music
Photo: Pickpik. Though we’ve seen little relief from the heat and rain, history tells us that eventually fall will arrive, the temperature will drop, and the leaves will change color […]
seven years of pvdfest: Leading arts and culture festival changes, still values the Creative Capital
Photo: Mavis Staples by Bryan Ledgard through Wikimedia Commons. Labor Day often feels like the end of summer: Kids are back in school, beach days dwindle, and pumpkin spice lattes […]