2017 Motif Music Award Nominees
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Bristol Marches into Spring
This winter has been mild compared to those in years past, so those first crocuses pushing up through the snow in the coming months likely won’t move me to tears of joy like they often do. But I still long for days spent outdoors with the scent of flowers perfuming the air. When I’m desperate […]
EDM: Tight Crew’s Space Jam
On Saturday, April 1, Providence’s Fete Music Hall will transform into an intergalactic hub for Tight Crew’s “Space Jam” party. Besides headlining DJs, there will be live art and aliens (Big Nazo’s creatures), as well as fabulous deco and more. Jammers are encouraged to get in on the otherworldly vibe (and fun!) by […]
Blooming Artisan – DIY Floral Arts and Botanical Crafts
In a DIY era, there’s one that hits the mark on creativity: Blooming Artisan. When I met the owner and creator, Jennifer Guerin, at Hope Artiste Village, I was quite curious about all the greenery she had displayed housed in fine glass containers. She explained that her muse is botanicals. Guerin created a DIY venue where […]
Elizabeth Keiser’s Horror Navigates Current Events Using Humor as a Compass
Risk + vulnerability = comic revelation. Actress and playwright Elizabeth Keiser’s work seems to thrive on this combustible combo in order to push her performances past safe zones and into more dynamic territory. Her newest project, intriguingly titled Horror, is out to explore America’s current state of chaos. Now playing monthly at Aurora Providence, […]
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 […]
Check Out Rock ‘n’ Roll Record Convention This Sunday
Vinyl fiends, come one and all to the area’s longest running record convention, happening Sunday, March 12 at the Ramada Hotel Seekonk on Route 44 (right near Tasca). Billed as the “The Original Southern New England Rock ‘n’ Roll Collectors Convention,” the show gives rock fans a chance to treat themselves to 50 tables worth of […]
Motif Event Picks for March 8 – March 14
THU 9 RI Compost Conference & Trade Show: Trade the latest dirt on composting with experts and folks working in the trade (and related fields, pun intended). Full day event. Student Union – Rhode Island College, 600 Mount Pleasant Ave, PVD. environmentcouncilri.org FRI 10 Artist Salon: Sheldon Whitehouse: RI Senator and environmentalist gives a lecture […]
Martin Short Heads to Twin River
Okee dokee folks … I had the chance to speak with Martin Short last week about random things and his upcoming performance at Twin River in Lincoln on Friday, March 10. Martin called me from his Los Angeles home where he has lived for the past 30 years. John Fuzek: I read that you are originally from Canada. […]
Brown Presents Hit Musical, In the Heights
Providence ¡CityArts! is serving as community partner with Brown University’s Department of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies for their production of In the Heights. The show will be presented March 2 – 12 at Stuart Theatre on the main campus. Lin-Manuel Miranda’s In The Heights tells the story of a vibrant Cuban, Dominican and Puerto […]