Motif 2024 Drink Awards: Voting Ends August 1
We get excited about the Drink Awards every year in part because the RI brewery and distillery community is so great at bonding together despite any perceived professional rivalries, united […]
Events:
Auction for the Arts
A Stadium Theatre Fundraiser. 22nd annual online silent “Auction for the Arts.”
May 29 @ 9:00 am - June 14 @ 5:00 pmAngels in America (Part I)
This Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning modern musical masterpiece is set in 1980s New York City at the height of the AIDS epidemic. Part II will open in September.
June 1 - June 15American Idiot
In 1994, Rolling Stone magazine dismissed the underground band Green Day as, “Cheeky monkeys who came to raid the bar and disappear.” Raid they did, but disappear they did not.
June 1 - June 15Sly Fox
Directed by Jeanne Smith: Based on Ben Jonson’s Volpone, this sly farce was reset to 19th-Century San Francisco, and chronicles the misadventures of Foxwell Sly and his manservant as four
June 1 - June 22Four Dimensions
diverse perspectives by Albert Baez, Caterine Milinaire, Marilyn O’Donnell, Michael O’Donnell, Claudia Rowland
June 1 - June 29A Walk Through With The Weavers Artist Talk
June 1 - June 25Linda Megathlin Featured Exhibit
June 1 - July 13Julio D. Samayoa
June 1 - June 28The Way We See: A Visual and Emotional Conversation
an exhibit by noted RI painter Anthony D. Tomaselli. Closing Reception Thu, Sep 4, 4:30 – 7pm.
June 1 - September 5Jonathan Buonaccorsi Izzard of Lunar Queer Art | The Illuminated Chamber
June 7 - June 30Chloë Bohórquez | Retrospective
June 7 - June 30Eric Telfort | The New World Federation
June 7 - June 30Gabriel Richardson | Toward the Unknown
June 7 - June 30Macbeth
Theatre Rats in Fall River, MA, are looking for actors ages 9 – 20 to take a youthful stab at the Scottish Play. Contact ladykcreative@gmail.com for details. 1641 Pleasant St,
June 11 - June 13Being Seen
June 11 - July 12Answering Our Ancestors
June 11 - July 12The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals
An alien meteor transforms a small town into singing, dancing monsters, except for a rag-tag group of survivors who must become (non-musical) heros. Auditions June 12 at Swamp Meadow &
June 12 - June 14RISA
4 rounds of acoustic, original music inspired by the theme, “Picture on the wall.”
June 12 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pmPurple Ivy Shadows/ Poem Rocket/ Alice Sandahl (La Luz)/ The Intelligence
Rock music.
June 12 @ 7:00 pm - 11:00 pmDepopulate Montana/ Comfort Room/ whenthetimecomes/ Misaki
Alt-rock.
June 12 @ 7:00 pm - 11:30 pm
Just for Spritz and Giggles
Ahhh… summer. The season of sun, sand, and sea. Many people look forward to the simple pleasures that summer affords: time to bask at the beach or in the local […]
Monthly Mixology Madness Cocktail Winner
Blackberry Thyme Spritz Build in a collins glass. Add ice, whiskey, and simple syrup. Top with soda water. Garnish with a blackberry and thyme sprig. Blackberry Thyme Simple Add all […]
Monthly Mixology Madness Mocktail Winner: Winter’s Folly by Patrick Hamilton, Skeff’s Pub, East Providence
“I love the idea of challenging myself to use different and creative processes that I would not use on a daily basis at Skeff’s. One of the big ideas behind […]
PLEASE JOIN US FOR THE MOTIF 2023 RI DRINK AWARDS
Monday, August 14 from 5-9pmR1 Indoor Karting, 100 Higginson Ave, Lincoln, RI This event will be held alongside our seventh annual Food Truck Awards. Find the event on Facebook here. RSVPs […]
The Spirits of RI: Distilling a New Home
Commuters getting off at the new Pawtucket/Central Falls train station after a long day of work or studies don’t have to go far to enjoy uniquely crafted cocktails/mocktails and low-toned […]
My Darling, Clementine: A night out at Providence’s new cocktail bar
Only days before bidding adieu to 2022, this former Motif writer sought out a new cocktail bar in the heart of Providence, secretly joining with friends in her beloved city […]
Tropical Summertime Spritz
Summer is upon us (finally) again! And what better way to celebrate the hot weather than a new spritz in your cocktail repertoire? This month I made a coconut fat-washed […]
PLEASE JOIN US FOR THE MOTIF 2022 RI DRINK AWARDS
Monday, August 15 from 6 – 9pmR1 Indoor Karting, 100 Higginson Ave, Lincoln, RI This event will be held alongside our sixth annual Food Truck Awards. Find the event on Facebook […]
French 75: but make it art 
In honor of this month’s art theme, I thought I’d take things literally. I chose to utilize a product from Collective Arts, which is a distillery and a brewery operating […]