Explores 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 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 pmA female-fronted Creedence Clearwater Revival and John Fogerty tribute band.
October 8 @ 4:00 pm - 7:00 pmMusician/band
October 8 @ 9:30 pm - 11:30 pmRodgers & Hammerstein’s final collaboration tells the true story of a governess who brought music and joy to the von Trapp household.
October 13 @ 7:30 pm - 10:30 pmSinger-songwriter.
October 13 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmFunk, soul, and rock & roll.
October 13 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmRodgers & Hammerstein’s final collaboration tells the true story of a governess who brought music and joy to the von Trapp household.
October 14 @ 7:30 pm - 10:30 pmTribute to Steely Dan.
October 14 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmRodgers & Hammerstein’s final collaboration tells the true story of a governess who brought music and joy to the von Trapp household.
October 15 @ 2:00 pm - 5:00 pmHigh energy dance.
October 15 @ 4:00 pm - 7:00 pmEagles tribute.
October 17 @ 7:30 pm - 10:00 pmThe show is based upon The Addams Family characters created by Charles Addams in his single-panel gag cartoons, which depict a ghoulish American family with an affinity for all things
October 20 - October 29Part circus, theater, comedy, and cabaret.
October 20 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmBallet.
October 21 @ 1:30 pm - 4:30 pmCountry music singer and songwriter.
October 21 @ 7:30 pm - 10:30 pmArticles relevant beyond the local area
Republican candidates, expected to mount strong challenges in marquee races, went down to defeat against Democratic opponents in RI in the Nov 8 election, although by varying margins. For the […]
See how this turned out. In a three-way contest to represent the RI 2nd congressional district in the US House – among Republican Allan Fung, independent William Gilbert, and Democrat […]
[See how this turned out.] Prohibiting licensing of cannabis-related businesses directly defies the underlying principle of the new Cannabis Act that legalized adult recreational use, which is to regulate it […]
Motif has analyzed a few of the hotly contested races and the statewide referendum questions (“News Analysis – Elections 2022: Few contested races remain after primaries”, by Michael Bilow, Oct […]
For information about the upcoming RI general election on Nov 8, see the web site – vote.sos.ri.gov – that explains how and where to vote, options for early voting, and […]
Bilow’s Law of Twitter: “No worthwhile ideas can be expressed in 140 characters, and even fewer in 280.” My public journalist Twitter account (@MikeBilow) was created in 2015 by which […]
UPDATE: View our video recording of the full 45-minute event at motifri.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Ukraine-vigil.2022-03-26-720p-h264-crf35.mp4 An umbrella group calling itself “Rhode Islanders for Ukraine” announced a vigil in support of the Eastern European […]
As retail gasoline prices rise above $4.00 per gallon, a lot of misinformation and even disinformation is circulating purporting to explain this. Let’s try to get to the real reasons. […]
Neo-Nazi protesters waving flags emblazoned with a swastika, “SS” runes, and a “Totenkopf” (death’s head) disrupted an event at Red Ink Community Library on Cypress Street near Billy Taylor Park […]
A federal mandate issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) requires health insurers to either directly cover or indirectly reimburse each insured individual for up to eight […]