Cider Donuts: A Quest
My first fall in New England, after moving here from Texas, a friend brought me apple picking. Eager to embrace all things fall, I filled bags with apples, spent a […]
Events:
The Court: Art in Play
September 24, 2025 - April 26, 2026The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
Love Oysters? Don’t Miss the Ocean State Oyster Festival
Tom Robbins once equated eating an oyster with French kissing a mermaid. Others have likened it to swallowing a large wad of snot. I get both analogies, but for obvious […]
Local Film Round-Up
It’s been a while since these pages delved into the heated waters of local film activity, but everything from features to web series, documentaries to bountiful shorts is getting released […]
Fall Guide Trivia: Find the Differences
Answers: 1. Moon’s eyelash is missing. 2. Doggie sweater missing. 3. Stitch in scarecrow’s mouth missing. 4. Pumpkin tooth missing. 5. Squirrel missing one of his nuts. 6. […]
Family Date Night at La Familia
Date night and family night are no longer mutually exclusive. La Familia, located at 1666 Diamond Hill Rd. in Cumberland and at 431 Winthrop St. in Taunton, Mass, provides […]
Documentary Finding Joseph I: H.R. of Bad Brains Struggles with Mental Illness
[See later Dec 2017 interview: motifri.com/hr-bad-brains-pop] Documentary subject Paul “H.R.” Hudson, the frontman for Washington, DC, punk legends Bad Brains, and director James Lathos were both in attendance for a […]
A Tree. A Rock. A Cloud. Screens at RIIFF
Karen Allen was barely into her 20s when she first read the short story, A Tree. A Rock. A Cloud., by Carson McCullers, but the words continued to resonate throughout […]
Stages of Freedom Museum Celebrates African American History
The Stages of Freedom Museum had its grand opening on July 20, and I was so proud to be a part of this educational and enriching event. When a new […]
Lunar Notes
Aries: You become aware that certain things that used to amuse you, your go-to fun things, no longer serve. Those you found romantically attractive no longer are. There’s a need to touch […]
Rent-to-Own: Desperation Financing
If you want furniture, small appliances, a television set or a computer, but you have bad credit or no credit, then it might seem tempting to shop at a “rent-to-own” […]