IMBIBE: Smokey Negroni
It’s May and in the spirit of warm days to come, we often turn toward agave-based spirits. With the Motif Music Awards in mind, I think something a little more […]
Events:
The Court: Art in Play
September 24, 2025 - April 26, 2026The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
Memorial Hospital and the Future of Maternity Care
The future of Memorial Hospital in Pawtucket is still uncertain. Motif has been covering the debate around the obstetrics unit closure, and with Mother’s Day on the horizon had the opportunity to […]
Wait, Wait … Don’t Tell Me! Comes to PPAC
You don’t have to be a news aficionado to appreciate National Public Radio’s Chicago-based “Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me!” but the weekly comedy series, taped live every week for Saturday […]
Phillipe & Jorge’s Cool, Cool World: The Bern, Trump’s Rhody Connection and Recent Losses
Feeling the Bern Your superior correspondents (who were at The Met last Tuesday night, emceeing the celebration of Bernie Sanders’ primary win in Vo Dilun) believe that his overwhelming victory […]
Rhode Island Spotlight: Heavenly Gingers
Frank O’Donnell has been a professional comedian for more than three decades, appearing in front of hundreds of audiences like one that gathered at Twin River on a Tuesday evening […]
Party Train: Rhode Island’s Presidential Preference Primary
On April 26, Rhode Islanders will head to the polls to cast ballots in the 2016 Presidential Preference Primary. In my mind, I hear the voice of Samuel L. Jackson […]
DIY Porno Coming to the Columbus
For one steamy night, porn is making a resurgence at the Columbus Theatre. On Saturday, April 30, the venue is hosting Dan Savage’s Hump Film Festival – a screening of […]
The Hummel Report: Quarterly Update
Editor’s Note: Jim Hummel’s quarterly roundup provides new information and developments on previous Hummel Report investigations. One Man’s Junk: Last fall we told you about Lorraine LeClerc’s decades-long struggle to […]
Phillipe & Jorge’s Cool, Cool World: Spare the Rod, Spoil the Child and Can’t-Miss Events
Not Cool, Not Warm Phillipe & Jorge hope that in the “Cooler and Warmer” PR fiasco here in the Vo Dilun, we do not miss the irony of the fact that its […]
RI Innovation Fellowship Grant Awarded to Raymond Watson
The Rhode Island Foundation’s 2016 Innovation Fellowship Grant was awarded to Raymond “Two Hawks” Watson, a Providence native with some big ideas about the future of tourism. Over the next […]