You know how when you talk to people about something or someone they love they suddenly sit up straighter, remember things they thought they’d forgotten, and share their experiences with a sparkle in their eyes?...
Rhode Island is bursting with creative energy. Providence calls itself the Creative Capital but that concept doesn’t stick to the confines of the city’s boundaries. The creatives that help make the Ocean State one helluva...
There are some places in RI that feel less like a business and more like a trip back home. The Sandwich Hut is one of them. It all began in 1963, when Joe Tatulli, a World...
Give and you shall receive! The time of year for giving is upon us, and the Parent Support Network of Rhode Island (PSN) continuously provides care and services to the community for those in need....
Abuse is an experience that many individuals have unfortunately lived through, but it is a topic that doesn’t get the coverage it deserves. There is a stigma, along with the plethora of other emotions a...
Resolutions are great if they are realistic. However, isn’t resolving to always or never do something setting one up for failure? The best advice that I have is to set some goals that are achievable,...
On a chilly December morning, Robert recounts to me the time he played his mother's favorite song, Bruce Springsteen's "Thunder Road" through his hi-fi system. After the cumbersome time spent lugging the equipment and then...
Okee dokee folks… Well, it’s a new year. People put way too much stock in that. Shit just carries over from the previous year. Time is a human-made construct. In the big picture it doesn’t...
Photo courtesy of Gina Montecalvo Recent news has been grim about the future of medical care in our capital city. Dire finances have essentially endangered two of our local institutions: Roger Williams Medical Center and Fatima...
I get it. It’s the new year and yes! Finally a reason to lock into some new routines. I love that. I’ve been there. However, the clock’s midnight strike is not turning your glass slippers...
News broke of an audacious operation on Jan 3 where US forces flew into Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, captured dictator Nicolás Maduro and his wife, and flew them out to stand trial in federal...
Cover artist Dalton Kaplan of Pawtucket always had the art bug. “When I was a kid, I watched way too many cartoons,” the illustrator and graphic designer laughs. While sitting in front of the TV he...
At Providence, a clipper low Mon night followed by a shortwave Tue night into Wed morning will bring two separate episodes of precipitation, the first beginning as minimal snow possibly changing to freezing rain and...
Claudio Manuel Neves-Valente, identified by authorities as the suspect in both the Dec 13 mass shooting at Brown University in Providence that killed two and injured nine and the Dec 15 murder of MIT Professor...
Cibber-Vanbrugh’s The Provok’d Husband, a comedy about an extravagant wife, was a huge success in Newport. And Nicholas Rowe’s brooding The Tragedy of Jane Shore, inspired by the life of the mistress of Edward IV, drew standing-room only...
We asked Motif’s resident video production supervisor to recommend some locally grown vids that made his year: 1. Dawn the Duck You may think you have a robust social life, but just know that there's a duck...
By Steven R. Porter Rhode Island is known nationwide for its vibrant arts community. But the state’s published authors, despite their talent and success, are too often an afterthought. The year 2025 saw an absolute cornucopia...
The holidays, over the years, have changed. This may be true for you as well. As a toddler most of us have followed family traditions. My late sister and I would wait for my father...
Heather Rose in Clover Okee dokee folks… If you listen to music enough you can always find lines in a song or whole songs that relate to the world around you. Lately I have been elder-Ubering...
Crash Space It’s that time of year where every asshat wants to spew their “Best of whatever year” list like someone out in the ether really gives a flying fart. These lists can be dumb, but...
I am not optimistic in the short term, but I am in the long term. I’ve watched the country go through terrible upheavals, back to the Vietnam War and the election of Richard Nixon as...
It's coming to the point in the year where we all announce resolutions that we don’t keep. So why not start with one that’s easy too? Albeit, it might take a small act of bravery....
Every year there is the great debate; Should I remain home and watch the ball drop in my Care Bear jammies, or should I open my horizons by bringing in the new year with style...
“I make art in the same way you walk, or breathe, or eat a meal,” says illustrator and designer John Gendron of Providence, who created the cover for Motif’s year-end issue. “I try to process...
At Providence, solar aurora may be visible overnight Mon into Tue and, to a lesser extent, Tue into Wed. Aurora is unusual at latitudes this far south, but it typically happens a few times every...
Even normal winter conditions can be life-threatening to anyone without proper hats, clothes, and footwear, but extreme conditions are life-threatening for anyone outside of heated shelter. According to the RI Department of Environmental Management, the interior...
Okee dokee folks… People apparently totally gloss over Thanksgiving now, not that I care. I am a vegetarian and the ritual slaughter of turkeys for holidays has always bothered me. The fact that my ears...
You don’t need to be a card reader or clairvoyant to know that the world is in an uproar. When the slower moving outer planets are in play the world moves and changes. And when...
In an era of content slop, pseudo-art, and AI, Thank God For Science is a breath of fresh air — proof that there are still art-weirdos out there who value creativity over commercial appeal. To...
After paving a distorted pathway in the early ’90s with three albums on Sub Pop Records, the band Earth — bearing a name chosen in homage to Black Sabbath’s original moniker — marked their emergence...
Cover artist Dalton Kaplan of Pawtucket always had the art bug. “When I was a kid, I watched way too many cartoons,” the illustrator and graphic designer laughs. While sitting in front of the TV he would always draw, sometimes cartoonish characters, sometimes scenes. And he really got bitten by the bug at Mount Blue […]
The Providence Performing Arts Center presents Suffs, the new Tony Award-winning musical that boldly explores the triumphs and failures of a struggle for equality that’s far from over. Starring and written by Shaina Taub, Suffs transforms the story of the suffragists into a kinetic, heart-thudding pageant of ambition, frustration, and moral courage. It’s a historic […]
Slapstick comedy, overly dramatized characters, and a Byzantine maze of a set buoy a comedic stage production that evolved from the popular murder mystery board game “Clue.” On a Broadway tour stop at the Providence Performing Arts Center, the show drew heavily on the 1985 black comedy film featuring a brilliant ensemble cast that included […]
Winter Weather Advisory in effect from January 18, 07:00 AM EST until January 19, 07:00 AM EST At Providence, a developing offshore coastal storm is expected to bring 2 – 4 inches of snow Sun 7am – Mon 3am, peaking Sun 5pm – Mon 1am with possible snowfall rates of 0.5 inch per hour. A […]
Providence, Rhode Island – One thing about a Goose concert: you are gonna feel the funk. The Connecticut‑based jam-rock band has spent the past decade turning its annual Goosemas show into a full‑blown holiday ritual – part concert, part community reunion, part beautifully weird tradition – that has long outgrown its scrappy backyard roots. “We […]
I cannot wait for my days of purple.As it stands,my empty womb and Ihave received detailed instructionsto leave the five cats with my best friendto tan naked in Ibiza.With breasts and hips that are a little too sexy,not correctly womanly enough,to care about this country’s future,I must party ‘till despair in Cyreneuntil I’m finally humble […]
Hate laced lead projectiles pierce through a peaceful Providence. A rush to usher innocents towards shuttered confinements that smell of fear. Ivy League opulence left tarnished by trauma. A city in mourning. A community canvassed. A campus locked down. An inexhaustible entourage of law enforcement enveloping the East Side. A grisly demise for a miniscule […]
Saturday, December 13th, 2025 Their iron gates were open to all who shared the spirit of creativity, and to those whose minds yearned for brand new thoughts to challenge their hearts.The green grass swayed happily as pedestrians from all over the city of Providence walked with their dogs, or hand-in-hand with friends or lovers, speaking […]
Eric’s mother called them fire dogs: light-sparks outside vision, phantom fires set in the corners of reality. His childhood home had real firedogs, and irons in the fireplace shaped like twin dachshunds that guarded flames throughout cold New England winters. One night when he was ten, on his mother’s birthday, the flames escaped their captors. […]
You know how when you talk to people about something or someone they love they suddenly sit up straighter, remember things they thought they’d forgotten, and share their experiences with a sparkle in their eyes? There’s so much expressed joy that you can’t help but smile as you listen! That’s what happened when I talked […]
Rhode Island is bursting with creative energy. Providence calls itself the Creative Capital but that concept doesn’t stick to the confines of the city’s boundaries. The creatives that help make the Ocean State one helluva place to live can be found in every jurisdiction and that includes on Aquidneck Island. Case in point: KF Fuller […]
