Roots Report
Okee dokee folks… “Sto lat, sto lat.” It’s a traditional Polish song that is meant to wish a long life to a person. “Sto lat” roughly translates to “100 years” […]
Events:
A Shared Journey
September 13, 2025 - March 5, 2026This Is a Thing, Recent Gifts to Prints, Drawings, and Photographs, 2020–2025
September 14, 2025 - March 1, 2026The Court: Art in Play
September 24, 2025 - April 26, 2026The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
Mourning the loss of Jeff Lawrence
There are more than seven-hundred members in my town’s pickleball club. It’s mostly seniors, with some regulars who show up daily. The rest are faces in the crowd. Jeff Lawrence […]
Obit: Pauly Danger
At Motif, we are heartbroken to share news of the loss of DJ Pauly Danger, a pillar of Providence’s music community. Pauly was so much more than a DJ. He […]
A Friend of Alan Hassenfeld
I met Alan Hassenfeld, former Hasbro chairman and CEO and unrivalled philanthropist, in the early 1990s, when he and H. Philip West Jr. led a coalition to bring badly needed […]
OBIT: Dominick J. Ruggerio, 1948 – 2025
The longtime Democratic member and president of the RI Senate passed away on April 21 after battling cancer for over a year. Ruggerio was the longest-serving member in either the […]
Obit: John “The Mad Peck” 1941-2025
The intersection of Power and Hope will forever conjure thoughts of artist The Mad Peck for Providence residents familiar with his iconic poster. His other alias, Dr. Oldie, was known […]
Robert “Rob” Yaffe: Obit. 1954-2025
If you’ve ever enjoyed a meal at Pawtucket’s Garden Grille or a vegan dessert at Wildflour (or back in the day at the still-missed Grange in PVD), you have Rob […]
Steve Morse, iconic rock & roll journalist, has died
Veteran rock critic Steve Morse, who covered the Boston area rock scene for more than forty years, has passed away.A Brown University graduate back in 1970, who went on to […]
An Artist’s Champion: Dr. Joseph A. Chazan’s vision for art in RI
There are not many who can claim to have fought for and saved lives in both medicine and the arts. Dr. Joseph A. Chazan was a rare individual, whose dedication […]
In Memoriam: Chuck Wentworth and Mary Lee Partington
Cancer sucks. In the past couple of weeks a couple of titans in the RI music community passed away. They were both friends who I have known for decades. Chuck […]