Mike D’s Can’t Miss Show of the Fourth!
Monday, July 4: Revival Fest II, Dusk, 301 Harris Ave, Providence; 1pm – 2am, FREE; (not sure age restrictions). For the last 10 or so years, the 4th of July in Providence means to me being outside all day in the sun and watching a zillion bands for free somewhere. Revival Fest grew out of the […]
Hip-Hop: Moving it Forward
In order for the the music scene to thrive, we all need to participate in propelling it forward by embracing new talent. There are tons of artists waiting to be heard and you can find them on social media and other platforms. But the best place I find them is at live shows where you […]
Womanimation! Returns to Providence
On Saturday, June 25, Merging Arts will present the 8th annual Womanimation Film Festival in Providence, and if you’re not quite sure what it is, their slogan says it all, “It’s women…It’s animation…It’s Womanimation!” The Womanimation Film Festival will take place at AS220 and will feature 11 short films from around the world. The films will showcase […]
Locale Profile: PVDonuts
I love donuts, I lurve them, luff ‘em. I am not a morning person, but I will set an alarm and get my ass out of bed at an ungodly hour if there is the promise of donuts. Recently, I did just that. My trip to PVDonuts was more than worth the early morning wake-up […]
GMOs: Guide for the Perplexed
[See main article: motifri.com/gmofood] Surprisingly, the first and hardest problem of talking about genetically modified organisms (GMOs) is defining them. Advanced biotechnology since the 1990s makes possible direct modification of cellular genetic material through genetic engineering, but the results are distinguishable only by their precision from traditional breeding techniques used for millennia with plants and […]
GMO Food: Complicated Questions but No Simple Answers
[See sidebar: motifri.com/gmoguide] Food containing genetically modified organisms (GMOs) made by genetic engineering (GE) has been in the news recently following the May release of results from a major study conducted by the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine (NAS), a private non-profit corporation funded entirely by the federal government and originally chartered by […]
2016 Motif Food Truck Awards Winners!
In a burst of activity unusual for a Monday evening, the rooftop of a public parking garage in Pawtucket came to life for the first ever, hopefully annual RI Food Truck Awards. Created by Motif and FoodTrucksIn, the awards featured beer, hula hooping, face and body painting by Art on the Spot, juggling and magic […]
Phillipe and Jorge’s Cool, Cool World: The Urinal, Ali and Happenings Around Town
Shrinkage More lipstick on the pig of Fountain Street as Gatehouse Media continues to downsize The Urinal. BlowJo Executive Editor David Butler, who will obviously say anything to anybody with a straight face, took to The Other Paper’s front page on June 6 with a “Note to our (remaining) readers” to inform his audience of exciting (honk!) new changes […]
Rhode Island Spotlight: Keeping Kids Tobacco-Free
If you think you’ve heard everything about the dangers of smoking, just sit in on Jessica Walters’ class for half an hour and you might be surprised. Walters, who teachers 6th grade at the Woodlawn Regional Catholic School in Pawtucket, is using a new nationwide program called “Get Smart About Tobacco,” developed by Scholastic, the […]