Graduating from the Electoral College
Rhode Island recently joined a national movement to abandon the Electoral College system for presidential elections in spite of focused opposition by Minority Leadership within the Rhode Island General Assembly. House and Senate bills proposing a national popular election for president/vice president passed both chambers and have been signed into law by Governor Chafee. About […]
Leapin’ Lizards! Annie Charms at Theatre by the Sea
Annie, America’s favorite red-headed orphan, is charming audiences at Theatre by the Sea. The show opened in previews on July 17 and runs through August 10. Annie made its Broadway debut in April 1977 and played 2,377 performances before closing in 1983. The show won seven Tony Awards, including for Best Musical, Best Book (Thomas […]
2013 48 Hour Film Project Screenings
Last weekend, a few brave souls took to the streets, cameras in hand, to participate in Providence’s 48 Hour Film Project. Each participating team randomly selects a genre to follow and everyone involved must include the same character, prop, and line of dialogue in their film. This year, they had to include a plumber, a […]
Take Two: The Heat
Motif Contributors Nick Iandolo and Rosemary Pacheco sit down with actresses Erica Derrickson and Tiffany Crosby of The Heat, in theaters now
Not So Great Gatsby
Dear Nick, Happy Independence, Old Sport. Hope you were able to keep it cool surfing this wave of heat. This state of ours has got to be the best place to celebrate our nation’s birthday, and I would be willing to wager as much. From top to bottom, beach to beach, you’d be hard pressed […]
VOTE in the 2013 Motif Theater and Film Awards
Click here to vote The professionals have spoken and the 2013 Motif Theater and Film award nominees are in! So here’s how it works… We contact the industry greats and present them with a list of categories. They send us nominees from each category within their particular expertise. We throw the results into a survey and […]
4th of July Events
Fireworks Block Island Where: near Town Beach Pavilion, Block Island When: July 3, 7:30 pm Bristol Where: Bristol Harbor When: July 3, 9:30 pm Cumberland Where: Mendon Road across from Cumberland High School When: July 3, 9 pm Narragansett Independence Day Beach Party & Fireworks Where: Narragansett Town Beach, Town Pier, and North Beach Clubhouse […]
Parkour: Jumping Around in Providence
If you’ve ever seen people in the city scaling walls, leaping down staircases or vaulting over obstructions like they’re being chased by the bad guy in some action movie, you’ve been witness to parkour. Juliet Zailskas is the only female parkour practitioner in Rhode Island and she recently spoke with Motif about her love of […]
Mike D’s Top Five: Can’t Miss Shows of July
#1 Friday, July 5: 95.5 Summer Concert series featuring The Mowglis, 7:30 pm. All ages. Free! Waterplace Park. Someone recently asked me how I can tell when a band is getting big or going to make it. These days, it seems when the song is either inescapable from social media and commercials or if people […]