Molly Brenner’s “The Pleasure is Mine” is Coming to Kismet Improv
Molly Brenner used to be shy. When Motif caught up with Brenner, though, it was to discuss her upcoming comedy special, The Pleasure’s Mine, which chronicles her long journey to […]
Events:
The Court: Art in Play
September 24, 2025 - April 26, 2026The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
Candyman actor Tony Todd talks Providence
Tony Todd is the face and voice behind one of the most iconic characters in horror films: Candyman. He’s also appeared in hundreds of other roles across TV, films, video […]
Meet Charlotte: One of the first RI children protected by COVID-19 vaccine
Maureen O’Gorman was so eager to schedule a COVID-19 vaccination for her 10 year-old daughter Charlotte that she began refreshing her web browser repeatedly 15 minutes before appointments opened yesterday […]
Kevin Smith’s Mooby’s Pop Up Heads to Trinity Beer Garden for RI Comic Con!: Rhode Island Comic Con brings the fictional restaurant to Providence to celebrate the largest Clerks cast reunion to date
21-11-03 – Mooby’s P Starting this Thursday, Mooby’s, the fictional restaurant set in Kevin Smith’s View Askew-niverse, will be in Providence for RI Comic Con! The iconic pop-up will set […]
Taste and Feel of the Azores: Aguardente Restaurant
There’s a joke that Aguardente—which translates to “fire water” in Portuguese—is so strong it will blind you. This is the kind of myth that Victor Pereira, the visionary and owner […]
Fall Frenzy: Lunar Notes, November 2021
November’s New Moon sets the stage for a turbulent month with Sun and Moon tangling with Mr. Surprise, Uranus. Mars is ready to stir an already bubbling pot. Expect the […]
We Assure You RI Comic Con is Open: “Clerks” Reunion & Beer
RI Comic Con is back after the 2020 hiatus and it’s going to be bigger than ever. Starting Friday, November 5th through Sunday the 7th, the Rhode Island Convention Center […]
Unholy Lotus, Asphalt Woes, and De-Signed Trees: ecoRI News Roundup
Zoning Board Kicks Asphalt Operation to the Curb Providence’s Zoning Board of Review unanimously denied a variance request Oct. 13 from a pavement manufacturing company that sought to continue the […]
Becherovka Green Toddy: A Drink to Warm You Inside and Out
It’s my favorite time of year! I love the cooler weather, the flannel, the beanies, the way that strong and stirred drinks overtake bar menus… I also love hot drinks, […]
Indigenous Diner: Sly Fox Den Too
While working on the November issue of Motif, we kept hearing about an indigenous restaurant called the Sly Fox Den Too. It’s a wonderful and quintessentially Rhode Island kind of […]