RI COVID-19 Daily Press Conference: April 6, 2020
The press conference on Wed, Apr 8, will be at 2:30pm instead of the usual 1pm. New Testing Facility Gov. Gina Raimondo announced at her daily press conference that a […]
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Motif Pandemic Style Guide
Since the pandemic situation we’re in is so new, we’ve had to write our own style guide for it, and I’m publishing it publicly in the hope it may be […]
RI COVID-19 Daily Press Conference: April 3, 2020
Cloth-based face coverings RI Department of Health (DoH) Director Nicole Alexander-Scott, following new federal guidance, advised everyone to wear cloth-based face coverings, such as bandannas, that cover the mouth and […]
News Analysis: Cannabis Proposal Focuses on Medical as Lead-In to Recreational
There is a famously sarcastic aphorism “Laws, like sausages, cease to inspire respect in proportion as we know how they are made,” but the Rhode Island General Assembly despite all […]
Letter from the Distribution Manager
After considerable discussion and research, Motif decided to publish our regularly scheduled print edition. We regard it as a valuable public service. We are safely distributing it with due regard […]
RI restaurants ask help and compassion from state government as COVID-19 shuts them down
A group of four independent food service operators sent a letter to RI Gov. Gina Raimondo on March 17, desperately asking for help from state government: “The COVID-19 crisis, and […]
Something for Everyone: The Providence French Film Festival returns
The Providence French Film Festival 2020 (“PFFF20”), now in its 22nd year, will screen all of its events on the Brown University campus at the Granoff Center for the Arts, […]
Art in Providence: The Man with the Red Mohawk
A group of us were walking down Empire Street in Downcity around 8:30pm on a Saturday night, and we saw a van, admittedly parked in a no-parking zone, right outside […]
Natural Shocks: lets slip the cute little pet dogs of war
This is not a theater review. Kelly Robertson performed the one-woman show Natural Shocks by Lauren Gunderson, directed by Erin Cawley, for a single sold-out night at Wilbury Group on […]
RI Slave Trade: “Molasses to Rum to Slaves”
Phoebe Bean presented “Relics, Rebels, and Rum” at the RI Historical Society (RIHS) where she works as librarian in their Mary Elizabeth Robinson Research Center. Particularly striking was a small […]