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It’s coming to the point in the year where we all announce resolutions that we don’t keep. So why not start with one that’s easy too? Albeit, it might take a small act of bravery. On January 1, across the state of Rhode Island, thousands of people will be freezing their chilly-willy-penguin-bones to support some […]
Every year there is the great debate; Should I remain home and watch the ball drop in my Care Bear jammies, or should I open my horizons by bringing in the new year with style and flair? Last year I traveled through Providence looking for a place to go on New Years. My friends chose […]
“I make art in the same way you walk, or breathe, or eat a meal,” says illustrator and designer John Gendron of Providence, who created the cover for Motif’s year-end issue. “I try to process the world around me, and communicate it to others.” He gets his inspiration from daily events, along with the jokes […]
At Providence, solar aurora may be visible overnight Mon into Tue and, to a lesser extent, Tue into Wed. Aurora is unusual at latitudes this far south, but it typically happens a few times every year. Weather at Providence during the potential aurora will be partly cloudy increasing from 25% cloud cover Mon sunset to […]
Even normal winter conditions can be life-threatening to anyone without proper hats, clothes, and footwear, but extreme conditions are life-threatening for anyone outside of heated shelter. According to the RI Department of Environmental Management, the interior of the state (that is, not along the immediate coast) each year averages five days with a minimum temperature […]
Okee dokee folks… People apparently totally gloss over Thanksgiving now, not that I care. I am a vegetarian and the ritual slaughter of turkeys for holidays has always bothered me. The fact that my ears are assaulted with Christmas music starting before Halloween and lasting until the year is over is truly annoying. Christmas music […]
You don’t need to be a card reader or clairvoyant to know that the world is in an uproar. When the slower moving outer planets are in play the world moves and changes. And when they gang up together it can be a free for all. It would be wise to load up on your […]
In an era of content slop, pseudo-art, and AI, Thank God For Science is a breath of fresh air — proof that there are still art-weirdos out there who value creativity over commercial appeal. To me, Thank God For Science is an aesthetic-first, audience-second band — something that might sound negative but is actually their […]
After paving a distorted pathway in the early ’90s with three albums on Sub Pop Records, the band Earth — bearing a name chosen in homage to Black Sabbath’s original moniker — marked their emergence from an extended period of recovery with the 2005 release of Hex; Or Printing the Infernal Method. The album saw […]
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