What’s your occupation? Chanteuse, show producer, vaudevillian and adequately fed artist What do you never leave home without? Knowing where the bathrooms are at my destination. I’m a frequent flyer. What’s your biggest pet peeve? People who are cruel or neglectful to animals. What’s your favorite holiday movie? Christmas Vacation! In fact, I once sent my […]
By Erica Deis In a fickle industry that fluctuates in time with a customer base always looking for the latest trend, Kirby Dorius is a firebrand that is drawing attention from serious foodies locally and from Boston. Dorius’ brainchild, State Fare, is an artistic culinary experience currently housed at Pawtucket’s Mad Dog Studios. State […]
By Katie Lewis This month’s dare took place in Providence’s newly renovated Arcade, which is located between Westminster Street and Waybossett Street and rumored to be haunted by the ghost of a shopkeeper who dwells on the third floor. My task: to dress as the ghost and haunt … I mean, visit … the new […]
Dear Nick, I’ve really enjoyed my first year at Motif. 2013 has been a wild thrill ride of a year, and writing this column has been the icing on the proverbial calendar cake. I met Ebenezer at the Avery so we could decide what Christmas sites we’d see around the state. Someone had finished JR’s supply of […]
How do you feel about our fair state’s holiday tree? Rabidly angry? Don’t care much? Think the state should stay out of religion? Or maybe it should celebrate them all? Read both sides of the debate in this week’s two opinion pieces: The Letter of the Law Call A Christmas Tree A Christmas Tree, A […]
Double Dare By Bachelorette #4The challenge: Sci-Fi Speed Dating. At RI Comic Con. Dressed as Slave Leia, which, as far as I’ve been told (by people outside of Comic Con), is one of those ultimate guy fantasies.First, some disclaimers: I am a total geek. I can out geek many guys (and gals) when put to […]
What’s your current occupation? I’m a waitress, I teach photography, and I write about bluegrass people and music for a website called The Bluegrass Situation. What’s your dream job? I love all art, so I’d like to create my own art space where people can look about art, talk about art, learn about art, and […]
Hi Nick, Borrowing from Eric B and Rakim, it’s been a long time, I shouldnt’ve left you without a dope note to read through. The end of the summer into fall threw me some curveballs and unlike the Red Sox, I didn’t see them break until I had already swung. For me, the onset of […]
PLAY THE GAME HERE Click the link to play… How many faces do you see? Are you sure? Count again; some are not as they seem. Submit your answers to Editor@motifmagazine.net to be entered to win tickets to a party with the monsters themselves– featuring B.Dolan (w/ live band), Apathy, Big Nazo performing with DirtyDurdie, Boogie Boy […]