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.
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, […]
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 […]
UPDATE: Our Food Truck and Drink Awards ceremony has been postponed until Monday, September 13.Voting has been extended until Sunday, August 29. Our Beer & Spirits Awards are new. We asked our eats & drinks writers, and the planners of most local beer fests and the bartenders at a number of local craft-focused pubs, but […]
UPDATE: Our Food Truck and Drink Awards ceremony has been postponed until Monday, September 13.Voting has been extended until Sunday, August 29. Our Food Truck Awards, now in its 5th year (with time off for pandemics), draws nominations from our food writers and the event planners at Food Trucks In and other food truck events […]
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 […]
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 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.
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), […]
“He had an obvious erection, and just started grinding on me. There was nothing ambiguous about it.” This is not how you would expect someone to describe their last visit to their optometrist. Yet this woman, who has asked to have her identity withheld, has. She describes the most vulnerable part of an eye exam […]
