Buy Local: RI-made jazz albums to mellow the mood
With the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, those who make their lives through the gig economy have been dealt a tremendous blow from the general shutdown of society due to […]
Events:
The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
Letter from the Distribution Manager
After considerable discussion and research, Motif decided to publish our regularly scheduled print edition. We regard it as a valuable public service. We are safely distributing it with due regard […]
Pandemic at the Disco: Music venues are empty, but RI keeps rocking out
Heading For A Clampdown As much as I liked the idea of every Yankees, Giants or Jets fan being stopped on the highway without probable cause and the state police […]
Sojourner House Expresses Concern About Domestic Violence: Help is needed for those trapped at home with an abuser
Vanessa Volz is the Executive Director of Sojourner House, which provides services and resources to victims of domestic violence and shelter for women and children, who are trying to escape […]
RI Creatives Seek Statewide Artist Relief Fund
Our local economy has collapsed in the wake of COVID-19, leaving thousands of people down and out in the Ocean State with an unemployment rate rapidly approaching Great Depression levels. […]
ecoRI March News Roundup
Medical Waste Cooked 24/7 in West Warwick A proposed medical-waste-to-energy processing facility in West Warwick would operate around the clock, heating human blood, pathological waste and syringes to 1,652 degrees […]
Shop Safely
Local grocery stores are setting aside some of their hours of operation to be used exclusively for those most vulnerable to COVID-19 — seniors and those with underlying medical conditions. […]
Bored in the House and in the House Bored
Not even a pandemic on unfathomable scale can stop Motif from bringing you the very best in entertainment. Running out of things to do while you’re quarantined? We made a […]
The Scoop on Poop: Mouse infestation at the public storage unit
There’s a dead mouse sitting three steps down from the second landing in the public stairwell at Public Storage on Park Avenue in Cranston. It’s probably not getting much attention, […]
RI restaurants ask help and compassion from state government as COVID-19 shuts them down
A group of four independent food service operators sent a letter to RI Gov. Gina Raimondo on March 17, desperately asking for help from state government: “The COVID-19 crisis, and […]