2025 Motif Food Truck & Drink Awards Favorites
The RI Food Truck & Drink Awards managed to dodge the rainclouds and have a beautiful night on Sunday. Below, you’ll find all the winners: Good Vibes, the new mobile […]
Events:
Bobby Anspach: Everything is Change
June 21 - September 28Howard Gardiner Cushing: A Harmony of Line and Color
July 12 - December 31Liz Collins
Motherlode.
July 19, 2025 - January 1, 2026David Clarke Featured Exhibit
Reception Sep 6.
August 28 - October 5Cold War Choir Practice
It’s twilight in Ronald Reagan’s America, and the specter of nuclear war hangs over the country – but rent is still due on the first. When a prominent Black conservative
September 1 - October 5ERIC-PAUL RIEGE
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September 3 - December 7Susan Graseck and Holly Grosvenor
Opening Reception: Sun, Sep 14, 2 – 4pm.
September 4 - October 2Wooley Dutton, Jessica Hamilton Humphrey, and Bridget Jourgensen
Opening Reception: Sun, Sep 14, 2 – 4pm.
September 4 - October 2Arts Professional Showcase
Opening Reception: Sun, Sep 14, 2 – 4pm.
September 4 - October 2Cold War Choir Practice
It’s twilight in Ronald Reagan’s America, and the specter of nuclear war hangs over the country – but rent is still due on the first. When a prominent Black conservative
September 4 - October 5Emergence
Reception: Sat, Sep 6, 6 – 8pm.
September 6 - October 3Fall Into Place
September Unjuried Open Show.
September 6 - September 28Every Brilliant Thing
You’re six years old. Mum’s in hospital. Dad says she’s “done something stupid.” She finds it hard to be happy. So you start to make a list of everything that’s
September 11 - September 26Mill Town Art
September 13 - November 29A Shared Journey
September 13, 2025 - March 5, 2026Emergence
September 14 - October 3Nostalgia (Juried)
September 14 - October 4Wooley Dutton, Jessica Hamilton Humphrey, and Bridget Jourgensen
Opening Reception: Sun, Sep 14, 2 – 4pm.
September 14 - October 2Arts Professional Showcase
Opening Reception: Sun, Sep 14, 2 – 4pm.
September 14 - October 2Susan Graseck and Holly Grosvenor
Opening Reception: Sun, Sep 14, 2 – 4pm.
September 14 - October 2
Map of Fall Fun
Apple Picking 1. Barden Family Orchard (pumpkins) 56 Elmdale Road, North Scituate 401-934-1413 2. Old Stone Orchard 33 Colebrook Road, Little Compton 401-635-2663 3. Jaswell’s Farm (cider donuts) 50 Swan […]
Obit
Pauly Danger
At Motif, we are heartbroken to share news of the loss of DJ Pauly Danger, a pillar of Providence’s music community. Pauly was so much more than a DJ. He […]
Whats your favorite vintage item? Motif asks the crowd
The hotel clock reads 7:05AM central time. The dull spring Chicago light starts to fill our interior facing room. My body aches from yesterday’s flight and the Caipirinha. Only 9 […]
2025 DRINK AWARDS NOMINEES
We ask our beer writers, the coordinators of local brewfests, and 59 breweries, wineries, and distilleries to tell us their three favorite home-grown products and their three favorite products by […]
Motif’s 2025 RI Tattoo Awards Winners and Interviews!
Our Tattoo Awards took place the night of May 13th, and what a night it was! Narragansett Brewery was packed with tattooers, tattoo-bearers, and folks who just rolled in to […]
Mixology Winning Drink
Jimmy Vithaxay- Clemintine Cocktail Bar
Grand Pagoda 2 oz Moet Hennessy .75oz dry curaçao .75 oz lemon grass syrup .5 oz lemon juice .25 oz orgeat 2 dashes of grapefruit and orange bitters Shaken and […]
OBIT
Dominick J. Ruggerio, 1948 – 2025
The longtime Democratic member and president of the RI Senate passed away on April 21 after battling cancer for over a year. Ruggerio was the longest-serving member in either the […]
Spoken Word Award Winners & Interviews
A night full of laughs, tears, and a literal double rainbow, Motif’s 3rd annual RI Spoken Word Awards ceremony was one for the books. With live performances from Julius Morris, […]
2025 Motif RI Tattoo Awards
Winners have been listed below. Save the date! Come out to Narragansett Brewery for our Tattoo Awards spotlighting the best in local tattoo talent. Expect live tattooing, free Hi Neighbor […]