What’s Next for RI: Your crystal ball is ringing
“We are all interested in the future, for that is where you and I are going to spend the rest of our lives!” –Plan 9 from Outer Space, 1957 What […]
Events:
A Shared Journey
September 13, 2025 - March 5, 2026This Is a Thing, Recent Gifts to Prints, Drawings, and Photographs, 2020–2025
September 14, 2025 - March 1, 2026The Court: Art in Play
September 24, 2025 - April 26, 2026The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
YOU’RE A BIG ONE, MR. GRINCH
Ask anyone if they know about The Grinch Who Stole Christmas and they most likely will say yes. But are they aware that what could be the biggest Grinch of […]
Getting your art on this holiday season: Local picks
We the artists of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and […]
RI’s Book Ban History: The AABB RI
There are books I’m sure everyone is familiar with — horror, fantasy, thriller, etc. However, a new genre has emerged this year for discussion among the library community: “Banned Books.” […]
RI Video Roundup
We asked Motif’s resident video production supervisor to recommend some locally grown vids that made his year: 1. Dawn the Duck You may think you have a robust social life, […]
Read Locally: Top book picks by RI authors
By Steven R. Porter Rhode Island is known nationwide for its vibrant arts community. But the state’s published authors, despite their talent and success, are too often an afterthought. The […]
From God’s Hand to… the Warwick Mall: Visit the Sistine Chapel at eye level
Doesn’t the Warwick Mall seem like an unlikely location for a photographic recreation of The Sistine Chapel? It strikes me as similar to hearing that Buddy Cianci was dating Sophia […]
Westerly Museum of American Impressionism: Bridging the arts community across RI
By Maureen O’Gorman Rhode Island is well-known for two things: its vibrant arts and culture scene centered in Providence, and the unwillingness of its residents to drive over 20 minutes […]
Carrie Bradshaw, Anton Ego, and Me at Medici
For the first time ever, I was officially tasked with reviewing a restaurant — which doesn’t mean it was my first time pretending. I often act like a reviewer (I […]
ecoRI News Roundup
Sen. Whitehouse One of Few US Representatives at Climate Conference PROVIDENCE — It’s not every day a Rhode Island politician can claim to be the only representative of the US […]