Writing on the Wall
After a June night of violence in PVD, many downtown business owners covered their surviving windows with plywood to protect them from being broken during anticipated protests. Local artists beautified […]
Events:
The Court: Art in Play
September 24, 2025 - April 26, 2026The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
Get Your Jocks Off: An interview with Strapped for Danger II director, Richard Griffin
Unassuming, welcoming, understated, even shy at times, you need to peel back the layers to uncover the man beneath the myth. But Pawtucket-based film director Richard Griffin has long been […]
Comic Book Junkies: The hero we all need
Days after Lenny Schwartz and Nathan Suher premiered their film Far From Perfect: Life Inside a Global Pandemic, fans were clamoring for more. “I told them I’d only do if […]
Death Drop Gorgeous: Providence film to stream as part of Boston’s Wicked Queer film festival
Young gay men who work at a local drag club are lured out through the dating app POUNDR and then brutally murdered. This is the story behind Death Drop Gorgeous, […]
Bad Hair Day: Are magazines in salons dangerous?
On July 8, we sent out the first printed issue of Motif since April 1, a hiatus of three months. The world changed: On April 1 at least half of […]
Something Stinks: ecoRI’s environmental news roundup
Racist Remarks Sink Raimondo’s DEM Nominee Gov. Gina Raimondo’s nominee for an important post that offers a $130,692 salary for settling disputed permits and penalties had little environmental law experience […]
Lunar Notes
July begins with a Lunar Eclipse across the Cancer/Capricorn axis. This eclipse falls on the Natal Sun of the July 4, 1776 chart of the US. We can expect more […]
Phase 3 in RI: Staying the course, alone
As Rhode Island literally leads the nation in rate of decline for cases of COVID-19, Gov. Gina Raimondo moved forward with plans to enter Phase 3 of reopening the state […]
Watch It!: Drive-ins are the place to be this summer
You remember it well. The excitement of leaving the house early to get a good spot in front of your selected screen at the drive-in. The little playground where you […]
Now Read This!: Local authors to stash in your beach bag this summer
Some people will feel safe venturing out to the old haunts of last summer, while others will continue to be cautious and stay close to home. Here are some book […]