Motif Dispatch: Profiles in Distribution
The people who deliver Motif are innovative artists, writers, gifted actors and musicians in their own right. Ever wonder, Who are these couriers of arts and culture? We can’t profile […]
Events:
Phil Hanley
Spellbound Tour. Laugh with the Sundowner star and former Upright Citizen from Ontario.
January 16 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pmPhil Hanley
Spellbound Tour. Laugh with the Sundowner star and former Upright Citizen from Ontario.
January 17 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pmDr. Westchesterson
Yacht rock / hip-hop music. A match made in heaven.
January 17 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pmLittle Oso
Portland-based dream pop artist.
January 17 @ 8:30 pm - 9:30 pmHigh Planes
A night of extended sets of originals and covers. Play high, never low.
January 17 @ 9:00 pm - January 18 @ 12:00 amPhil Hanley
Spellbound Tour. Laugh with the Sundowner star and former Upright Citizen from Ontario.
January 17 @ 9:30 pm - 11:30 pmPhil Hanley
Spellbound Tour. Laugh with the Sundowner star and former Upright Citizen from Ontario.
January 18 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pmUnited We Laugh
This month features headliner Derek Furtado alongside Tyler Hittner and Mark McGwin.
January 18 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pmJohnny Hoy and the Bluefish
Purveyors of the American songbook who know how to get the place moving.
January 18 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmPhil Hanley
Spellbound Tour. Laugh with the Sundowner star and former Upright Citizen from Ontario.
January 18 @ 9:30 pm - 11:30 pmRebels
A Tom Petty Tribute for all you rebels out there.
January 18 @ 9:30 pm - 11:30 pmSandy Allen
Of the Hoolios. Folk music.
January 19 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pmTyler-James Kelly
Long-time professional musician, guitarist, and songwriter with a profound love for guitar derivative music and song. Front man for The Silks.
January 23 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pmThe Best Of Foo
This ensemble of seasoned musicians is dedicated to recreating the Foo Fighters experience.
January 24 @ 7:30 pm - 10:00 pmBrian James Quintet
La Salle Academy Jazz Ensemble under the direction of music director Brian James Brouillard.
January 24 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pmEastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra
Director & conductor Toshiyuki Shimada takes you through “Masterpieces of Three Centuries:” Mozart, Beethoven, & Shaw.
January 25 @ 7:30 pm - 10:30 pmRebel Rebel
A five-piece David Bowie tribute band from CT.
January 25 @ 7:30 pm - 10:00 pmNeal Vitullo and the Vipers
Award-winning blues/rockabilly/R&B/surf/American roots rock ‘n roll.
January 31 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmClub D’elf
Synthesis of Moroccan traditional music and electronic, dubbed-out funk. Probably not suitable for elves.
January 31 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pm
From the Archives
At the Motif headquarters there is a corner full of white boxes. Their sides are emblazoned with dates, months, years, scribbled in different shades of marker. Some are crossed out […]
100 Ways an Old Man Can Die: Fiction
An old man sat on a plastic chair on his patio, drinking sweet, black coffee. He was thinking about the same skinny, barefoot girl. They ran around together when he […]
The Winemaker: Fiction
Wine was in his blood. It was a reputation that traced back to the old world, to his grandfather. Dino DeLorenzo’s romantic stories – told over the dinner table in […]
Spoken Word Warriors: The Legacy of Spoken Word Poetry from the Griots to Mr. Orange Live
“Spokenword” poetry, an art form steeped in tradition and innovation, has woven its way through the annals of history, echoing the voices of griots, resonating in the streets of Harlem, […]
ROMANCE IN RI: A Review of Riss M. Nelson’s A Love Like the Sun
The debut adult romance novel A Love Like the Sun, by Providence writer Riss M. Nelson, is the quintessential social media love story. Released on June 11, the novel deals […]
Hottest Authors of the Summer: Three Local Authors Share their Beach Reads
VICTORIA DALPE: Alone in the woods, some of us find solace. In that solace, some of us find fear – afraid of what lurks in the shadows or what lurks […]
The Sound of Shattering Glass: Fiction
The snow fell like fading memories. Fast flakes. Then… gone. Brumpumpum bumps. The struggling motor moaned like a ghost in the dark. Dark? Why was the sky not dark? Where […]
Timeline: Fiction
1992: It’s middle school, and everybody feels awkward. The Providence Public School system is doing what it can with its resources. School lunch is the highlight of the day. Many […]
Pics & Poets 2023
Motif put out an open call for visual artists and poets to submit work for an experimental new event: Pics & Poets. Artists and poets were randomly paired. Each participant […]