This is the fourth article in a series about community theaters located throughout Rhode Island. The Community Players’ first performance was the 1921 staging of Milestones, a three-act melodrama that followed an upper-middle-class English family over...
Version 1.0.0 Did you know that birth control has only been legalized in 14 states? Or that not one, but two activists fought for its legalization? Providence resident Stephanie Gorton dives deep into the origins of...
Tattoos have been part of history for at least 5,000 years. They are an artistic and poetic expression. From ink to skin, thoughts, pain, joy, love and memories are written. The permanency of this creative...
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Grand Pagoda 2 oz Moet Hennessy .75oz dry curaçao .75 oz lemon grass syrup .5 oz lemon juice .25 oz orgeat 2 dashes of grapefruit and orange bitters Shaken and served over ice with amaretto...
When I told my friend Judy that I wanted to try out a new restaurant, Suya Joint, for lunch a few weeks ago, she was very excited and immediately checked out their website (I love...
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When Wu-Tang Clan’s debut album Enter the 36 Chambers was released in 1993, I was thirteen years old. I remember it vividly because Theodora, my longtime friend/ crush, had gifted me a bootleg copy of...
Mirah’s second full-length, Advisory Committee (K Records, 2002), came out during the spring of my freshman year at Boston University. While the album’s title perhaps suggested some homage to academia, the songwriting mostly revealed a...
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R.I. Coastal Regulator Receives Passing Grade from Federal Government WAKEFIELD, R.I. — The state’s coastal regulatory agency has received a passing grade from the federal government. Federal officials from the Office of Coastal Management in...
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From pin-up girls and anchors, to clocks and lions; fine-line infinity signs and finger mustaches, to cyber-sigil and patchwork, tattooing is an art that is in constant flux and conversation with the changing world and...
“As an artist, you need to have an open mind to learn and grow,” says Motif cover and tattoo artist Jay Blackburn of Pawtucket, “You’re constantly learning,” he emphasizes. Speaking in his workspace at Unicorn...
When I got my first tattoo in Caracas, at 18, it was the start of what would become a deeply personal and evolving relationship with body art. Today, at 45, I carry nine tattoos —...
A well-decorated artist on the Rhode Island tattoo scene, Jessica Talbot is changing the way that Rhode Islanders think about their tattoo experience. Jess’ passion for the timeless art of American traditional tattooing, combined with...
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Naomi sought a bruja to cast a spell; her name was Flor and she was a neighborhood witch who served the locals with Santeria. Naomi was there for a standard service, on behalf of jilted...
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In the last two months, eight bodies have been found in New Haven, Norwalk, Groton, and Killingly, Connecticut; Foster, Rhode Island; and Framingham, Plymouth, and Springfield, Massachusetts. Amateur detectives on […]
R.I. Coastal Regulator Receives Passing Grade from Federal Government WAKEFIELD, R.I. — The state’s coastal regulatory agency has received a passing grade from the federal government. Federal officials from the […]
On social media I saw a guy on a mission to walk every street in Providence, so I invited Daniel Morris for a Motif interview along his next walk. We […]
“This is not a sad story,” declared Daniel Crenca on the closing of his family restaurant, NicoBella’s, in downtown PVD, after a 10-year run that weathered a pandemic, a partial […]
From pin-up girls and anchors, to clocks and lions; fine-line infinity signs and finger mustaches, to cyber-sigil and patchwork, tattooing is an art that is in constant flux and conversation […]
“As an artist, you need to have an open mind to learn and grow,” says Motif cover and tattoo artist Jay Blackburn of Pawtucket, “You’re constantly learning,” he emphasizes. Speaking […]
When I got my first tattoo in Caracas, at 18, it was the start of what would become a deeply personal and evolving relationship with body art. Today, at 45, […]
A well-decorated artist on the Rhode Island tattoo scene, Jessica Talbot is changing the way that Rhode Islanders think about their tattoo experience. Jess’ passion for the timeless art of […]
Maven’s Delicatessen Looking for a traditional meat-stuffed deli sandwich? Look no further than Maven’s Delicatessen. Maven’s pays tribute to the delicatessens of the past while serving delicious mouthwatering food to […]
Naomi sought a bruja to cast a spell; her name was Flor and she was a neighborhood witch who served the locals with Santeria. Naomi was there for a standard […]
