Motif contributor Kim Kinzie recently spoke with local artist Shey Rivera about her upcoming Fluxus Cabaret. Kim Kinzie: I’ve never heard of a Fluxus Cabaret. What can one expect at one of your shows? Shey Rivera: Expect the unexpected. Jason Curzake and I have created this interactive collective performance series in collaboration with Sussy Santana, […]
Hey there cocktail lovers and home mixologists! You’ve got plans Monday, May 19, at 7pm. That’s right. Dun dun dun dunnnnn: It’s the 6k IronTender BarsWar Challenge finale at Twin Rivers Casinos. Huh? For the past five weeks, mixologists, bartenders, cocktail geniuses and spirits novices from Rhode Island, Connecticut and Massachusetts all descended upon that, […]
Spring has sprung! The birds are chirping, the air is filled with the woefully and distinctly semen-ish scent of the blossoming native Callery Pear trees, and new businesses are opening their doors like crocuses unfolding their petals, shaking off the dirt of seasons past and tilting their hopeful faces toward the sun. Since last October, […]
No one can deny that Providence has some of the best restaurants in the Northeast, but as far as ethnic food, Italian and Mexican seem to dominate the spectrum. Opened just weeks ago, the new Dean Hotel is throwing some German food into the mix. Faust Hofbrauhaus is downtown Providence’s newest culinary addition, located on […]
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Arthur “Pooch” Tavares, with nearly 60 years in the music business, continues to reach out to his old fans and to new generations as well. The 70- year-old Tavares is still performing about 75 concerts a year all over the world with three of the brothers (Perry “Tiny,” Antone “Chubby” and Feliciano “Butch”) who made […]
The Rhode Island Foundation announced the two winners of their “Innovation Fellowship” Program Wednesday night at Roger Williams Casino. David Dadekian and Amy Bernhardt will be given $300,000 over three years to fund projects that will brighten the future of Rhode Island. The Fellowship, founded in 2011 by philanthropists Letitia and John Carter, rewards inventive […]
Nick Iandolo (Motif‘s Comic Con King) is at it again in the latest and craziest episode of his zany sci-fi comedy, news and talk show, “Nick’s Sci-Fi Corner.” This episode is called “Aliens with Benefits,” and this time Nick is joined by Motif writers Rosemary Pacheco (Scene and Heard) and Katie Lewis (DareMe) in some all-out, close encounter sci-fi adventures of the […]
I wanted to do the Fight for Air for three years. A “vertical road race” that raises money for the American Lung Association, participants ran up 25 flights of stairs at the Omni Hotel in Providence. I had excuses each of the first two years. I had a weird virus that had me bedridden for […]
Over 500 people sat in the bleachers at Trinity Repertory Company’s main stage, as AS220 founder Bert Crenca explained, “Every time I go somewhere, somebody asks, ‘What the heck is AS220?’ Probably not anyone in this room. But it shows that we still have a lot of awareness to raise.” The event Monday night was […]