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“You’re late, Brother,” she said, hovering outside the weathered cottage near a pebbly beach, indistinguishable from the shadows cast by moonlight that hit the thick hydrangeas. It was late in the evening of a seawind-chilled Thursday in early summer on Block Island. “I miscalculated, Sister, and manifested in Port Judith,” he explained. “So I took […]
It’s almost Cthulhu – pardon my hiccup, I meant, “election” – season again. And if the tactics of these times don’t make your head swim and your bowls ache, as if you were being eviscerated by a barely-seen eldritch horror, well … you must have turned your phone off. The parallels abound. Do the reddish […]
When cover artist Bob Eggleton of Warwick first got interested in art and started sketching nightmarish creatures, he recalls, an aunt asked him, “What’s drawing a monster gonna get you in life?” He’s spent the last forty-three years showing her, along with the rest of the world. Between 1994 and 2004, he won the Hugo […]
“A-wop-bop-a-loo-bop! A-wop-bam-boom!” BY ALISON O’DONNELL ON JUNE 27, 2026 Grease is the word at Theatre By The Sea as Producer Bill Hanney proudly presents the popular classic musical, with book, music, and lyrics by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. Leave it to Artistic Director Kevin P. Hill to give us a foot-tapping, feel-good production that […]
Quite some time ago, I read a quip that the art of diplomacy is how to tell a man to go to hell and have him enjoy the trip. If true, then the abstract expressionism of Sheila Isham offers an inverse corollary, as the diplomacy within her art suggests an inquiry toward the heavenly. Born […]
As an international student a year into Rhode Island, yet still only a breath into America, I finally found a question that I might be able to answer – this is my continued exploration of: What is the fashion culture in Rhode Island? Many vendors that I spoke to emphasised a large interest from their […]
Tucked inside the historic Harrison Steam Complex in Providence’s Olneyville neighborhood, Siren Spirits is redefining what a visit to a distillery can be. Equal parts neighborhood gathering place, cocktail destination, and craft spirits experience, this micro-distillery has become a must-visit stop for those looking to discover something unexpected. At Siren Spirits, the focus is simple: […]
Music makes beer taste better? In 2016, Vrije University in Brussels, Belgium, conducted a study that showed scientific evidence that music has an impact on our taste of beer. This study concluded that lower audible frequencies, ie: electronic dance music, reggae, and hip-hop make one perceive bitter senses, while higher audible frequencies, ie: metal, pop, […]
Okee dokee folks… Well, summer is here and for me, summer is HELL! A few years back I wrote a song about my disdain of Summer for the Empire Revue’s “Cool” show. Here are a couple of the lines: “The summertime tests my will/ the sun is not my friend/ its rays reach out to […]
America, the focus of this issue, runs on wealth. So here’s how to get yourself some. It’s the perfect opportunity to launch a new column aimed at helping non-one-percenters with financial matters. Feel free to send in questions you’d like answered to assisted@motifri.com –ed Big financial wins in life rarely happen by accident. They often […]