Everyone’s favorite curmudgeon, Ebenezer Scrooge, is back! The humbug’s wrenching, covetous, and cares more for money than all else. When the clock strikes midnight one fateful Christmas Eve, the ghost
November 23 - December 29Late on Christmas Eve, after the town has gone to sleep, a boy boards a mysterious train that traverses the uncanny valley to visit the North Pole. I’m ready whenever!
December 23 @ 4:30 pm - 7:30 pmJazz from some of the best friends in RI.
December 23 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pmA classic holiday movie that will bring tears to your eyes.
December 23 @ 7:30 pm - 10:30 pmIn the Shadows tour for the Houston-based observational comic.
December 24 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pmLynyrd Skynyrd experience… Whoa man.
December 28 @ 7:30 pm - 10:00 pmThere’s a halo hanging on the corner of my girlfriend’s four post bed.
December 28 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmThere is so much I want to say. If you were in middle school from 2012 onward, you know the hold this man had on the world.
December 29 @ 7:30 pm - 10:30 pm9th Annual New Years Eve party – see you in the new year with these blues-rock RI legends.
December 31 @ 9:00 pm - 11:00 pmFolk music for the new year.
January 1, 2025 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pmAnnual Three Stooges Film Festival featuring Larry, Moe, and Curly at their comical best in classic episodes from the 1930s and 1940s. Nyek, nyek, nyek.
January 3, 2025 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pmBig party band.
January 3, 2025 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmListen to some music and drink your coffee.
January 4, 2025 @ 11:00 am - 1:00 pmBruce Springsteen tribute band.
January 4, 2025 @ 7:30 pm - 10:00 pmThis band plays Grateful Dead music their way, with some Stones, Beatles, Allman Bros, and JJ Cale pearls thrown in for good measure.
January 4, 2025 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmPaying tribute to the great music legends of the ‘50s & ‘60s.
January 8, 2025 @ 7:30 pm - 10:30 pm’90s & 2000s rock, with some old-fashioned attitude.
January 10, 2025 @ 7:30 pm - 10:00 pmBeatles tribute.
January 10, 2025 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmI didn’t even know this show was still happening.
January 10, 2025 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmOzzy and Rhoads tribute.
January 11, 2025 @ 7:30 pm - 10:00 pmJ Kelley Band are releasing their debut album Burning Season. Burning Season reminds me of high-energy ’90s rock. “Ransom” sounds like the Gin Blossoms with an added thump. I like […]
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There really isn’t anything better than Creedence Clearwater Revival’s “Fortunate Son,” but everyone knows that. “Rock ‘n’ Roll Evacuation” — Electric Six “Career Opportunities” — The Clash “Rise” — Public […]
I recently heard Slash say new rock ‘n’ roll was dead till Greta Van Fleet came along. Fair enough, everyone has a right to their opinion. But most don’t have […]
Blackout Chatter with Rafay Rashid Ravi Shavi’s new record, Blackout Deluxe, was one of my favorite records from 2018. It was released just before Christmas and shows a more adventurous side of Ravi […]
At the end of the year it is natural to look back on what transpired, but here at The Motif, we keep on moving forward. At first I was a […]
Jay Berndt & The Orphans – Life, Love, & Loss Picked up the pieces while taking a break from a candlelight vigil for my favorite watering holes, E & O […]
The election came and I am proud of Rhode Islanders for voting for change — by re-electing almost everybody. Yeah, take that Trump! Now that we are done showing […]
I’m still coming down from watching Deer Tick’s John McCauley front Nirvana during the Foo Fighters’ encore at the CalJam Festival last weekend, but with wing and a shot of […]