Center Spread
Tess Perry, Tess Perry Tattoos, Best Cover Up Pete Fortune, Anchor Steam, Critics Choice: Character Jen Clinch Guertin, Anchor Steam, American Traditional Tara D’Agostino, Iron Lion, Critics Choice: Pirate Emma […]
Events:
The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
Do You Write? One simple question changed the trajectory of a kid’s life
A couple of Juan Antonio Cortez’s buddies wanted to go ride bikes. There would be music, girls, maybe even some spray paint — everything a teenaged boy could desire. But […]
Art Lesson: Experts discuss access to the arts in RI
Rhode Island has a vast and storied history as a creative mecca and artist hub, dating back to at least Native American times, running full speed through colonial days and […]
AltFacts: Everybody Gets a Massage!: Cowboy contemplates the agony of da feet
From Russia with Love We already knew that the NRA is slightly stoopid, but this takes the (white flour, American) biscuit. It was recently revealed that a 30-year-old Russian national […]
Glowrious George
Proprietor of Richmond St Tattoo, Glowrious George, lends a particular feature to the shop. His bodysuit features black light tattoos, which provide an impressive glow in the right setting. “My original tattoo […]
Snapshot!
The word “visceral” is often overused by critics in describing any work that has an immediate, almost physical impact on the audience, whether via physical events onstage or in the […]
Ink in the Office: The evolving cultural acceptance of body mods at work
Anecdotal second-hand reports of tattoos or piercings causing problems for employees or prospective employees are common, but Motif was unable to find any labor lawyer who had been approached on […]
2019 Motif Tattoo Award Winners
Tara D’Agostino, Critics choice – Pirate Emma Hamilton, Critics choice – Femme Fatale Pete Fortune, Critics Choice – Character Jen Clinch Guertin, American Traditional Chrystal Santos, Critics choice – […]
Open and Closed
Open CBD Center of RI: A new store selling cannabidiol goods has opened in Johnston at 1239 Hartford Ave. It’s not a typical smoke shop; its mission is to provide […]
Phillipe & Jorge’s Cool, Cool World: Too Many Players on the Field!: Your superior correspondents talk sports and politics
Death of a Nation Phillipe and Jorge hate to preach or belabor the obvious, but we can’t help saying that the lowest point in our lifetimes, as far as our […]