Putting Olneyville on the MAP
As more arts programs disappear from academic curricula, the Manton Avenue Project (MAP) is fighting back to educate and inspire Olneyville area students. Some 200 local theater professionals from the […]
Stuff to Do
A Changing Reflection
February 4, 2022 - September 30, 2023Social Fabric: Textiles and Contemporary Issues
December 3, 2022 @ 8:00 am - June 11, 2023 @ 5:00 pmSuperimposed
January 25 - June 4Elisabeth Subrin’s The Listening Takes
February 9 - June 4Nancy Elizabeth Prophet: I will not bend an inch
February 17 - August 4
Lunar Notes
Forecast Period: January 10, 2013 to February 7, 2012 Aries: Authority figures and those older and more mature play a big role in your public and private life. There […]
I Want My Rock & Reel
Some may argue that the fusion of rock and roll and film peaked back in the ‘70s with flicks like Brian De Palma’s Phantom of the Paradise, or Milos Forman’s […]
Funda Fest: Uniting People Through Storytelling and Education
The Rhode Island Black Storytellers (RIBS) present a week of traditional African and international storytelling, dance, music, and arts as Funda Fest arrives for its 15th year. From Saturday, January […]
Unbuttoning a Buttoned-Up Lawyer
Welcome to a new, experiment in Motif, where readers can dare me to take on zany and bizarre tasks in Rhode Island. Readers gave an abundance of awesome dares to […]
Non-Mayan Political Predictions for 2013
Since the world did not end as the Mayan calendar may or may not have predicted, and since the rapture has not yet left empty piles of clothes in kitchens, […]
Good Brews, a New Festival
Ivan? I honestly don’t know what’s wrong with me. Maybe it’s because I had an Imperial Pilsner back to back with a Russian Imperial Stout, or maybe it’s because […]
Scene and Heard by Rosemary Pacheco
Here we are in a new year – 2013. For those of you who feel like your life flew by like a 48 FPS film in 2012, I’m with you. […]
December Pin Up of the Month: Jessica Skrzyniarz
Occupation: Retail supervisor and promo/sales model Nicknames: Jess, Ica, Blondie, Barbie Favorite Holiday Songs: Any Gary Hoey Christmas Music. Favorite Movies: The Hangover, The Godfather, Wedding Crashers, Inception, Old […]
A Three-Part Adventure – The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
“Thirteen hours of Middle-Earth is just not enough,” I said to my buddies the day The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King was released. Well I’m getting […]