Live Music is Back!
Check this space for updates on Motif’s RI Music Awards 2021. Everything that almost happened in 2020 and more! Voting will start in August, and the event will be Monday August 23, 2021 at Fete Music Hall.
On the Cover: July 2021
Typically, we plan our covers nearly two months in advance while remaining nimble enough to change our cover art at a moment’s notice should breaking news warrant it. For the first time in Motif’s history, we changed our cover art three times in one week – from the gorgeous work (pictured above) by Ry Smith, […]
Safety in Theater
On Monday, July 26, a new group tentatively titled the RI Theater Coalition will hold its first meeting. The group’s goal will be to discuss logistics involved in executing ideas that can make the local theater community its best, safest self. The group meeting is open to leaders of local theater groups, and will include […]
Motif’s 2021 RI Drink Awards
Please join us for the Motif 2021 RI Drink Awards Monday, September 13 from 6-9pm at R1 Indoor Karting, 100 Higginson Ave, Lincoln, RI 02865Yes, there will be food trucks! Our Beer & Spirits Awards are new. We asked our eats & drinks writers, and the planners of most local beer fests and the bartenders […]
Motif’s 2021 RI Food Truck Awards
Please join us for the Motif 2021 Food Truck Award Ceremony Monday, September 13 from 6-9pm at R1 Indoor Karting, 100 Higginson Ave, Lincoln, RI 02865Yes, there will be food trucks! Our Food Truck Awards, now in its 5th year (with time off for pandemics), draws nominations from our food writers and the event planners […]
A Stitch in Time: Get lost in space at TimeZone
Pieter Martens is exactly the kind of tour guide you might expect for TimeZone, moving with the speed of a Belgian version of Looney Tunes’ Tasmanian Devil, constantly narrating the themes for the various parts of this mini theme park, without ever giving away the tricks to the various games within. “And this room is […]
Exposing Ourselves
There’s a time-honored way to test whether a container is airtight: Coat it in soap and submerge it in water. The pressure will cause the air to escape, and you can see where the leaks and weak points are by following the bubbles. COVID has put our entire society — in fact, the entire globe […]
Fashion Revolution Map
Fashion Revolution is a non-profit dedicated to combatting the negative environmental impact of the fast-fashion industry. They put together this guide to sustainable fashion resources in PVD – tailors, cobblers, vintage and pre-loved clothing stores and more.
True to Form: Local artist is a creativity machine
Nick Bauta wanted to do large-scale vacuum-formed plastic parts for some ambitious immersive design projects. But there were no facilities with the right machinery in our area. So he built his own. Vacuum forming takes sheets of plastic material, quickly superheats them to make the material malleable (but not so hot that it becomes liquid), […]