Woony Wonders: August 2024
Brookie the brook trout here – your guide to life in the Woonasquatucket River Watershed. Comic by Lermworm.
Woony Wonders: July 2024
Brookie the brook trout here – your guide to life in the Woonasquatucket River Watershed. Comic by Lermworm.
Woony Wonders: May 2024
I’m Brookie from the Woonasquatucket River Watershed! Comic by Lermworm.
Ocean State of the Arts: Art communities past, present, and future in East Providence
On a gloomy Sunday in late May, lovers of art had not just one – but two – reasons to leave their cozy homes and head to East Providence. The day saw show openings at contemporary gallery ODD-KIN and the newly unveiled auxiliary space of the Creative Reuse Center of RI. JUNGIL HONG: THE TIME […]
Bikes Are Tools — People Are At The Center: Shift into gear with Rhode Island’s own worker-run community bicycle workshop
The sun is on your face and the wind blows through your hair (under your helmet, of course) as you coast down one of Providence’s rolling hills. You feel alive; a strong sense of freedom rising in your chest. Biking is amazing! As you near the bottom of the hill, you start pumping the brakes. […]
Vials of pee and the fight against misogyny: Contemporary Theater Company’s Predictor tells a 1960s story that resonates today
Ah, the sixties. We had flared pants, student anti-war protests, and the state’s authoritarian grip on bodily autonomy. Of course, there are also some differences between now and then. For instance, back then if you thought you might be pregnant, you had to go to the (male) doctor’s office with your husband (obviously you had […]
Woony Wonders: April 2024
“Welcome back to Woony Wonders! I’m Brookie, your Woonasquatucket River Watershed trout ambassador…” Comic by Lermworm.
Ocean State of the Arts: Living with art at East Manning Projects
When I walk up to the triple-decker home on the quaint residential street, the blinds are closed. In the space between the blinds, a pedestal is visible in the center of an otherwise empty room. Is this the right place? I assume it is either the newly opened art gallery I seek, or some kind […]
Woony Wonders: May 2024
Hello! My name is Brookie – I am a female brook trout and ambassador for the Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council‘s Environmental Education programs. Comic by Lermworm.
On the Cover: Sav Hazard-Chaney
“The universe is so divine.” Savaree “Sav” Hazard-Chaney noted the synchronicity as she sat in a waiting room with a copy of Motif when I reached out to her about creating the cover art. Hazard-Chaney is many things – a fiber artist, the entrepreneur behind TuftxPVD, a wife, mom of four, a music-lover, a champion […]