Opinion: PawSox Stadium Proposal: Rushed and Opaque
By far the most disturbing aspect of the proposal by the new owners of the Pawtucket Red Sox minor league baseball team to relocate to a stadium on the Providence […]
Events:
A Shared Journey
September 13, 2025 - March 5, 2026This Is a Thing, Recent Gifts to Prints, Drawings, and Photographs, 2020–2025
September 14, 2025 - March 1, 2026The Court: Art in Play
September 24, 2025 - April 26, 2026The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
Lysistrata: The Dongs of War
From the moment Amy Lee Connell enters the opening scene as the title character, Lysistrata keeps the audience laughing as each outrageous episode of farce is followed by an even […]
DareMe: Burlesque Video
2015-04-16: “Dare Me” columnist Katie Lewis in… by motifmag-mb To read Katie’s DareMe article click here
Golda’s Balcony: Getting It Wrong
Dramatic works based upon historical events sometimes twist reality into an unrecognizable opposite well beyond what can be justified by legitimate theatrical license. No one expects what transpires on stage […]
Wildlike: “Don’t Run, Got It.”
People embark into the wilderness to find out who they are and what they are, seeking to distance themselves from what they know and find familiar, often learning more than […]
Fifty Shades of Criticism
Criticism is not about the conscious refusal to distance oneself from the audience, but about trying to explain why or why not a prospective audience member would want to invest […]
Opinion: Questions Surround the PawSox Sale
Ben Mondor, after buying the franchise out of bankruptcy in 1977, turned the Pawtucket Red Sox into a national model of how to run a successful, fan-friendly, family-friendly, and profitable […]
Workshop: The Business Experience of Filmmaking
“A lot of people don’t emphasize the business aspect in the academy. How do you make a living?” asked Jim Jermanok rhetorically, explaining the focus of his workshop, Successful Film […]
Providence French Film Festival 2015
The 2015 annual Providence French Film Festival is dedicated in memory of its long-time director, Shoggy Waryn, who passed away only days before the opening of the festival last year […]
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead: By Their Own Insinuation
I should concede at the outset that Tom Stoppard’s now-classic meta-theatrical Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead is one of my favorite plays. It is a clever and rapid-fire comedy that […]