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The Women’s March in PVD: An Interview with Reza Clifton

I don’t attend marches or really believe in rallying. I understand the concept of solidarity and support, but I have this thing about fragmented demonstrations preaching to the choir under time constraints, and size limitations set to a government issued permit to exercise a First Amendment right. But in the cold of a January Saturday […]

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Water on the Rise

There is a wonderful interactive global map where you can zoom way in – far enough in, even, to see Rhode Island. It’s at seeing.climatecentral.org/#11/41.6988/-71.1681 (or just go to seeing.climatecentral.org and start zooming). In playing with the map, which inspired the graphics shown in these pages, it looks like an average rise of 4 degrees […]

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Motif Event Picks for February 15 – February 21

THU 16 – SUN 26 Providence Children’s Film Festival: The Providence Children’s Film Festival presents the best of independent and international children’s cinema to inspire, delight, educate and connect a diverse community of children and families. Multiple locations. FRI 17 – SUN 19 Fetish Fair Fleamarket: Featuring a Rocky Horror performance by RKO on Friday […]

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Rhode Island Spotlight: The General Federation of Women’s Clubs of South County

From a horse rescue operation in Saunderstown to the restoration of an historic grist mill in South Kingstown to a rolling library run by volunteers and a home repair program that helps elderly residents stay in their homes — the impact has been deep and wide across the southern part of Rhode Island the past five […]

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