Roots Report
Okee dokee folks… I am one of the few people who will say it: I am happy summer is over! The time of year has arrived when I am comfortable […]
This exhibition demonstrates Silver, Metalwork, and Jewelry in the 19th–21st Centuries.
February 4, 2022 - September 30, 2023Explores the body as material and medium and photography as vehicle to consider ways artists use self-portraiture to enact the self, question history, and articulate identity.
May 13 - November 12Shaman Ladders and Other Stories.
May 20 @ 12:00 am - October 28 @ 11:59 pmJoin us for our annual RI Art Educator’s Showcase, an exhibition featuring artwork from those individuals who teach art to others. Art teachers have the unique gift of
September 1 - September 30Acoustic folk with blues and country roots, joined by Chris Books on pedal steel guitar.
September 28 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmComedy show with comic legend Andrew “Dice” Clay.
September 29 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmStevie Nicks & Fleetwood Mac tribute.
September 29 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pmLed Zeppelin tribute
September 29 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmGuitarist, singer, and composer.
September 29 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmAlt-rock, reggae fusion
September 29 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmDouble record release party performing originals and tributes to Hank Williams.
September 29 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pm2 DJ’s – 1 Pair of Headphones.
September 30Comedy show with comic legend Andrew “Dice” Clay.
September 30 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmRock guitarist, keyboardist and singer.
September 30 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmForeigner & Journey tribute
September 30 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmGrateful Dead tribute and OG rock.
October 1 @ 4:00 pm - 7:00 pmBlues, jazz, and swing.
October 4 @ 7:30 pm - 10:00 pmFeaturing top industry musicians and singers performing Motown hits spanning several decades. It’ll get you dancing in the street!
October 6 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmLong-standing folk and blues phenomenon
October 6 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmEverything from jazz to pop to rock.
October 7 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmOkee dokee folks… I am one of the few people who will say it: I am happy summer is over! The time of year has arrived when I am comfortable […]
Okee dokee folks… I want to thank all who came out and supported this year’s Rhode Island Folk Festival. It makes me feel good that so many folks enjoyed this […]
Okee dokee folks… I was saddened to learn about the passing of someone that I greatly admired, Bob Jones. If you are not in the folk world you may not […]
Okee dokee folks… NINETEEN YEARS! Wow! I have now been writing columns in Motif for a little more than 19 years! I started writing for Motif an issue or two […]
Okee dokee folks… This thought popped into my head today. When my duo, Fuzek-Rossoni, began playing open mics over 35 years ago, one of the first places we played was […]
Okee dokee folks… I was just online and a friend of mine posted photos from a concert he is at. He commented that people had been on their feet the […]
Okee dokee folks… We at Motif are going to start printing two issues per month again and I am excited! So much so, I cannot wait, so I am going […]
Okee dokee folks… Lately, I have been thinking a lot about concerts. I was VERY fortunate to have grown up in the ’60s and ’70s when the price of tickets […]
Okee dokee folks… Divorced, Beheaded, Died, Divorced, Beheaded, Survived. That lists the fates of each of King Henry VIII’s wives: Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, […]
Okee dokee folks… I have said this before and I will say it again, there are times when you wish that a show was happening more than one night so […]