The first annual Juneteenth RI celebration will take place on Sunday, June 23, 12 – 6pm, at the Temple to Music in Roger Williams Park, PVD. Musical performers announced include gospel artist Gerald E. Perkins, jazz saxophonist Mike Rollins, singer Chops Turner, and hip-hop artist Ed O.G. Vendors will be available. As the Confederacy collapsed, […]
NOTE – the timeframe to enter this contest has expired! Good luck to the roughly 50 authors who made the time and effort to submit stories. >> Motif is excited — and a little filled with creeping dread — to be working in collaboration with NecronomiCon Providence on a new Extend the Mythos contest for writing and […]
AS220 broke our hearts when they announced that there will be no Foo Fest this summer. But like a guilty lover, they dangled irresistible Foo-like programming in front of us that will be happening all summer long. It’s like a deconstructed Foo Fest, and we and our Foo-ish hearts will definitely be there. Their programming […]
THU 23 Nokturnal: Providence’s venerable goth night hosts a farewell party for resident DJ Azrael before he departs on a six-month hike in the woods. 9pm. Dusk, 301 Harris Ave, PVD. duskprovidence.com Waterfire: Basin lighting. Sunset @ 8:07pm. Waterplace Park, PVD. waterfire.org FRI 24 The Room Live: Reputedly the worst so-bad-it’s-good movie ever made, starring […]
PVDFest takes over Downcity once again June 6 – 9 with music, art, food and fun. Featured performers include aerialists eVenti Verticali and tap dance sensations the Syncopated Ladies, among others. Also check out a camera obscura dome created by local art house Pneuhaus, a pretzel eating contest (see page 12) and the installation of […]
On April 23, Motif hosted its first annual tattoo awards event at Alchemy, and it left an indelible memory on the minds of those who attended (especially those who attended the event with a fresh “Hi, Neighbor!” tattoo inked by Richmond Tattoo and sponsored by Narragansett). With a gallery of tattoo art, music by DJ […]
Nika Zhara Lomazzo is preparing to kick off her comedy tour again this spring, and she is bringing her attitude for a very good reason: her upcoming show Nothing But An Attitude will be a fundraiser event for Rhode Island Pride. Known as Nika Z to local comedy-goers, this sharp-witted PVD native has been delighting […]
WED 27 Tre Maison Dasan: A story of three boys growing up. 6:30pm. Casino Theatre, 9 Freebody St, Newport. newportfilm.com THU 28 Loudon Wainwright III: Singer songwriter. 8pm. Greenwich Odeum, 59 Main St, East Greenwich. greenwichodeum.com FRI 29 Churchburn/ Hazen/ Hellbent: Death, thrash and doom. If you dunno what kind of sub genres these are, […]
The Sunrise Movement is a national organization made up of young people between the ages of 18 and 35 fighting to stop climate change and create new jobs in the process. I recently spoke with a member of RI’s local chapter, Lauren Maunus, about the organization and its goals. “We are trying to both change the […]
THU 21 PVD Green Drinks: The Whale Guitar Project gets played at social impact retailer Impact Everything, 297 Thayer St, PVD. impacteverything.org FRI 22 – SUN 24 NECANN: 2019 New England Cannabis Convention, Boston edition (it comes to PVD much later in the year). 900 Boylston St, Boston, Mass. necann.com SAT 23 The Z-Boys/ Muddy […]