Motif 2025 Drink Awards Winners
On September 9, Motif celebrated the 9th annual RI Food Truck and 4th RI Brewery Awards! No one died, some pink monsters came out to dance, and the sun set […]
Events:
The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
Rich Lupo: 50 years of RI music
In the living room of his childhood home, a young Rich Lupo would sit as if under a spell, transistor radio pressed to his ear while the television played in […]
Magic for children and adults, cursed or otherwise: Harry Potter teleports into PPAC
Just when you think you’ve experienced all live theatre can do, the line is pushed even further into the realm of utter amazement. The latest “did-you-see-that?” moments come in Harry […]
ANGELS IN AMERICA, PART TWO: PERESTROIKA
Silence = Death Under Brian McEleney’s direction, the much-anticipated Angels in America, Part Two: Perestroika, wowed audiences just as much as part 1, Millennium Approaches. This continuation revisits the lives […]
AND THEN THERE WERE NONE: Ten Little Suspects
Photo: David Cantelli Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None remains one of the crown jewels of the mystery genre. It’s a story driven by the tension of dread. When […]
Retrosight is 20/20: Looking back at Guess Method’s standout EP
As a writer, I’m not so sure about that old adage, “Never judge a book by its cover.” I mean, just look at all the modern romance novels being released […]
Roots Report
Okee dokee folks… Parking. That is what is on my mind today. In my opinion, if a venue – or any business for that matter – does not take easy […]
Night Shift at the Diner
The man had been sitting in the coffee shop in the corner booth for hours. He had his collar up and slouched into his tan oversized coat, accepting a top […]
Bartender Award Winners
On Monday night, September 29, Motif celebrated the denizens that keep this city liquored up! Thanks so much to R1 Indoor Karting for hosting and sponsoring us, and for musicians […]
Mystified by Messiahs: Our collective keenness for cults
In 1908, a vicious tropical storm ravaged the San Juan de la Maguana region of the Dominican Republic. Crops, livestock, homes, and people were wiped out on a record scale. […]