This is the second part of an article from our previous issue. Find the full version at motifri.com/ flav-vapes To better understand the public’s opinion regarding the recent flavored vape ban, I spoke to numerous Rhode Islanders across various professions and backgrounds looking for critiques. The common thread between most was that the public believes […]
To many observers, this statement may seem like an exaggeration. Some state and local officials claim they are doing everything they can to ease what is an ongoing state health emergency, while advocates for the homeless see it a different way. As the old phrase goes, the numbers don’t lie. Homelessness in RI has increased […]
The Atlantic Mills Tenants Union, an affiliate chapter of the Rhode Island Tenants Union, has received no reply or acknowledgment of union demands from owner Howard and Eleanor Brynes LLC or potential buyers Eric Edelman and Robert Berle. “Despite our well-written letters and well attended rally on December 21st, we’ve not heard directly from either […]
From 2016 – 2020 Motif hosted a satire column named “Alternative Facts,” a title we enjoyed because it both lampooned a favorite phrase of that administration and because it paid homage to our own journalistic roots as “Alternative News,” a description that has fallen by the historical wayside. On occasion, we received considerable blowback on […]
Evie’s friends had bailed on her, so she drank alone. Ned was bartending, but his heady personality required a buffer to manage his conspiratorial rants. Evie didn’t have the energy. A conversation with Ned would only compound her sense of abandonment. She wasn’t ready to discuss the physics of his recent obsession: An earth-killing meteor […]
It’s Thursday night, I’m sitting on a bus with smoke swirling around me, laughter filling the space, and smooth keyboard music setting the tone for the evening. I look to my left and am offered something; “it’s a rosebud joint” someone says from an undisclosed area of the bus. It’s too smoky to see who […]
The Get Up Kids at Fête Music Hall Celebrating the 25th anniversary of their 1999 pop-punk classic, Something to Write Home About, nationally touring act The Get Up Kids will be in PVD at Fête Music Hall February 16. Whether you’re part of the millennial generation that has a sense of nostalgia for the pop-punk […]
For a love story, this one might not lead to a happy ending. But hours before it even began, as the rising sun warmed the bricks of PC’s Aquinas Hall, there was a flurry of excitement among all the sisters, and especially so for two of them. With a passing embrace, and a quick hug […]
Thanks to everyone who wrote in to help us get this column started! It’s my hope that readers will continue to write in with a variety of queries, short and long – you don’t have to write in with a single sentence in question form. Instead I invite you to wax poetic about what has […]
Don’t let another winter go by without visiting the seals on Narragansett Bay! Prepare for a day at Rome Point on Narragansett Bay by packing a lunch, binoculars, and an extra layer of warmth so you won’t have to turn back early if the wind picks up. The hour-and-change ride from the city is worth […]