That are you doing this weekend? Rhode Island is waiting for you! Dirty Deeds with Custard Pie https://www.facebook.com/events/1479689732244083/?fref=ts Blackstone Riverboat Tours http://www.rivertourblackstone.com/ Gaspee Days Arts and Crafts Festival http://www.gaspee.com/ArtsandCrafts.htm New England Lobster Days http://www.mysticseaport.org/event/lobster-days-2/ Waterfire http://waterfire.org/
For Nathaniel Sylva the future definitely is now – and apparently for the rest of us. Nat’s first feature film, called Future Justice, is premiering on May 18. It’s a an epic adventure that was commissioned by Richard Marr-Griffin (there he is again folks, I can’t seem to write an article without his name in […]
Motif contributor Kim Kinzie recently spoke with local artist Shey Rivera about her upcoming Fluxus Cabaret. Kim Kinzie: I’ve never heard of a Fluxus Cabaret. What can one expect at one of your shows? Shey Rivera: Expect the unexpected. Jason Curzake and I have created this interactive collective performance series in collaboration with Sussy Santana, […]
No one can deny that Providence has some of the best restaurants in the Northeast, but as far as ethnic food, Italian and Mexican seem to dominate the spectrum. Opened just weeks ago, the new Dean Hotel is throwing some German food into the mix. Faust Hofbrauhaus is downtown Providence’s newest culinary addition, located on […]
CORRECTION! The URI East Farm Spring Fest is on SATURDAY!! Not Tuesday
My mother is a foodie. Not a bad trait to inherit. She unknowingly plays Motif’s editorial consult on half of our Locale coverage. I’ve also inherited her organizational skills that border on neurotic. This was made clear after asking her to participate in a Mother’s Day-themed bar hop as I read her itinerary email the […]
Old Money Honeys #11 What do you never leave home without? Mascara and an attitude! What’s your favorite book? Anything by Anne Rice, totally disregarding all that S&M stuff she wrote under a pen name and those books about the life of Jesus. What’s your favorite movie? I say The Royal Tenenbaums, but my husband says […]
Walk about halfway down Orange Street. Open the rather nondescript door on the side of the recently renovated G Building. Descend down a wide stairwell and you’ll discover Providence’s newest member of the food and bar landscape: G Pub. Part gastropub, part sports bar, part social scene, this spacious underground spot offers easy views of […]
When director Jeff Toste’s documentary Haven Brothers: Legacy of the American Diner has its Providence premiere on Saturday, June 7 at the Columbus Theatre, the iconic food truck itself will be there selling burgers, fries and its other famous fare. Begun as a horse-drawn food cart in 1888, in various incarnations and under a series […]