Five years ago the Rhode Island Department of Transportation repaved part of Route 116 in Smithfield. The state told everyone living along Pleasant View Avenue — as it’s known locally — that the DOT would take down their mailboxes and the state would provide new ones, in part because new sidewalks were being laid. It […]
Political Roundup What is it about public office holders in Vo Dilun? This has always been a problem (as evidenced by a front-page story in The Providence Journal a few weeks back, reciting the roll call of the fallen). Whether “jammed up,” arrested or indicted, there appears to be a recent spate of public […]
It’s May and in the spirit of warm days to come, we often turn toward agave-based spirits. With the Motif Music Awards in mind, I think something a little more brooding, a little more boozy and stirred, rather than shaken, is appropriate. Grab a glass and swirl to your favorite song with this baby. What: […]
The future of Memorial Hospital in Pawtucket is still uncertain. Motif has been covering the debate around the obstetrics unit closure, and with Mother’s Day on the horizon had the opportunity to talk with Lisa Gendron and Kaeli Sutton of the Coalition to Save Memorial Hospital Birthing Center to discuss the future of Memorial and maternity care […]
You don’t have to be a news aficionado to appreciate National Public Radio’s Chicago-based “Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me!” but the weekly comedy series, taped live every week for Saturday broadcast, is ostensibly a “news quiz.” One might be forgiven for forgetting the topical nature of the show, however, since WWDTM is fast-paced, funny and […]
Feeling the Bern Your superior correspondents (who were at The Met last Tuesday night, emceeing the celebration of Bernie Sanders’ primary win in Vo Dilun) believe that his overwhelming victory in the Democratic Party primary is a very good thing. Yes, Hillary appears on her way to garnering the nomination, but the winds of change […]
Frank O’Donnell has been a professional comedian for more than three decades, appearing in front of hundreds of audiences like one that gathered at Twin River on a Tuesday evening in March. Being on stage is a natural and comfortable place for O’Donnell. But this particular show — an annual event he’s done the past […]
On April 26, Rhode Islanders will head to the polls to cast ballots in the 2016 Presidential Preference Primary. In my mind, I hear the voice of Samuel L. Jackson in Jurassic Park, cigarette dangling from his mouth as he keystrokes the execute program for the park tour and says, “Hold on to your butts.” […]
For one steamy night, porn is making a resurgence at the Columbus Theatre. On Saturday, April 30, the venue is hosting Dan Savage’s Hump Film Festival – a screening of dirty homemade movies created by regular folks with an affinity for nudity and unconventional kink. Surrounded by friends and strangers seated in the former vaudeville […]
Editor’s Note: Jim Hummel’s quarterly roundup provides new information and developments on previous Hummel Report investigations. One Man’s Junk: Last fall we told you about Lorraine LeClerc’s decades-long struggle to get dozen of junked cars cleared from her neighbor, Al Gaffney’s, property. In some cases the cars were just feet from her yard. The case has gone […]