Dash Around Town: CD Review – Halfway Home
Local musicians David Furlong and Joe Caron have made a stunning CD, Halfway Home, which contains 11 well-produced tunes and was recorded at the Richmond Room. A second CD is […]
The People Vs. Frankenstein: The measure of a sentient being
Attleboro Community Theatre (ACT) presents The People vs. Frankenstein by Nicola Cuti and Kevin M. Glover. Things aren’t always what they seem, and the truth is about to be put on trial. The legendary creature...
Buzzing into Spring: A look at Little Rhody Beekeeping
Cindy Holt, an EAS certified Master Beekeeper has always been a fan of insects. A large part of her childhood was spent checking flowers and under rocks, in hopes of finding a creature. She considered...
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Local Art
Somewhere in Providence there is a painting. I want it. * In this coffeeshop there are sculptures, which are flat and look like paintings but are not. Today I visited an art gallery, which is...
Between Riverside and Crazy: Theatre review
Gritty, profanity-laced, and unforgiving might be just the elixir audiences need these days and Gamm Theatre delivers via a gut-punch production of Between Riverside and Crazy. The dark comedy by Stephen Adly Guirgis and 2015...
Growers Grow, Part 3: Ocean State curated cannabis
This is the third in a series of articles on the Ecology of Cannabis Growers in RI. There are around 60 growers and 7 retail cannabis dispensaries in the Ocean State, which works out to...
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Spring Spritzers
They ripes as New Year draws closer and other trees stand almost leafless Nothing says springtime to me like spritzers. Traditionally most of my favorites would be made with champagne, however I find the Prosecco crafts...
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 Yaffe to thank. His passion...
Life Cafe: Brewing up opportunities
There is such a whole mess of amazing things going on in Pawtucket and I am almost ready to move there. But no need. It is just “up the way” from Providence and I just...
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Springing Into New England Cuisine: A New England twist on a classic
It’s time to bring fresh and vibrant flavors to the table. What better way to celebrate the season than with a playful twist on one of Rhode Island’s most beloved coastal dishes — the stuffie?...
Patios to live for: A guide to spring patio culture in PVD
Spring has sprung for the ocean state. The plants are coming back to life, and the grey winter drifts into memory. The sun is shining and your outfit is slaying. You know what that means;...
3 Local Releases You Should Know About
Free Beer The Band - Puppy Love Rock n’ Roll is alive and well in the new release from South County-based outfit, Free Beer The Band. With slow and heavy guitar riffs, dynamic vocals, and...
Roots Report
Okee dokee folks… It’s getting hard to focus on doing anything these days while the United States is being eaten away from within by an aggressive cancer. I thought of the band who played on...
Local EP review: The War in Kids
The War in Kids - Tilting at Windmills With their third EP Tilting at Windmills, RI-based group The War in Kids is back to ensure that the pop-punk sound reminiscent of the early 2000s is...
Open & Closed
Opened: Royal Fried Chicken: Upon first inspection, I wasn’t sure if this place was real or not. But, judging by the Yelp reviews, it boasts amazing popcorn chicken, fries, coleslaw, and five-star reviews all around. Also...
American Caesar Salad
Decoy Duck (ca.1938) by Rose Campbell-Gerke. Original from The National Gallery of Art. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. In recent news, the national administration has trimmed and furloughed workers in the FAA and NOAA. Because flight-safety and...
Ants in the City: Taking the pulse of the city
When studying energy in biology, students learn that the mitochondria are the powerhouses of the cell; about the many chemical reactions of glycolysis, the Krebs cycle, and the electron transport chain… but less covered is...
EcoRI News Roundup
Frozen Federal Funding Wreaks Havoc on Key RI Climate Issues PROVIDENCE — Funding for RI’s key climate initiatives remains illegally frozen by the Trump administration in defiance of a temporary restraining order issued by a...
The Vernal Equinox: Birth is violent, lushness is inevitable
The Vernal Equinox marks the day exactly between the Winter and Summer solstices, when day and night are in perfect balance and last an equal amount of time. It was a time of celebration for...
Spring On The Powder: Stoke Patrol on spring boarding alert
“Spring?? You want to talk about spring snowboarding?!” While the snow is pummeling New England harder than The Patriots pummeled anyone all season… It seems a little ridiculous to already be talking about postseason snowboarding. It...
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Two Feet Two Bucks: Whale Rock Surf Jam
Thinking about a spring hike? Have you been to the ocean since last summer? Everything you love about the ocean is there all year long, everything except for swimming… unless you happen to be a...
On the Cover: Amelia Rozear
In creating the cover for this issue, Amelia Rozear of Providence says she wanted to depict “the glow of warmth after a cold, cold winter. It’s the grandeur of spring taking over, and taking over...
Local Comic Strip & Iconic Yacht Club Soda Unite
Yacht Club Soda, The Official Soda of Rhode Island, and “Sour Grapes” a nationally syndicated comic strip created by Rhode Island resident Tim Jones (that actually has a place in this here magazine, one of...
Stuff to Do
Spring Awakening
March 1 - March 22Soul Power
March 14 @ 10:00 pm - March 15 @ 2:00 amCELEBRATE SPRING
March 15 - April 27Newport St. Patrick’s Day Parade
March 15 @ 11:00 am - 2:00 pmRoomful of Blues
March 15 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pm
A Hip-Hop Revelation: The Church Of Providence Returns
Win some last minute tickets! The Church of Providence is a sacred tradition in the city and is a staple for underground hip-hop heads, and on Halloween night, The Church […]
Disagreeable but Not Ridiculous – Doubt: A Parable
Doubt as a philosophical concept has a bad reputation in traditional religion, and its advocates have tended to be heretics and apostates. Voltaire, one of history’s most famous agnostics, said, […]
Got Beer? Some New Brews and Beervana News
Newport Storm Angel’s Envy – Our Coastal Extremists are continuing to evolve and create new unique brews, experimenting with a good deal of success, I might add. A dark, semi-translucent […]
The Hummel Report Quarterly Update
As we round the corner toward the final few months of 2013, there are new developments on a handful of Hummel Report investigations. Fox and the Feds – Rhode Island […]
CTC’s Assassins Slays ‘Em
There hasn’t been a full-blown, well-publicized presidential assassination attempt in quite some time (Motif’s publisher would very much like us to point out that this is a good thing). No […]
Remember, Remember, the Fifth of November
In 1605, Guy Fawkes and other co-conspirators somehow managed to sneak 36 barrels of gunpowder into the English House of Parliament in an attempt to blow it up to protest […]
Water by the Spoonful at Leeds Theatre
There are two plots running parallel here. The first involves a Latino Afghanistan war vet, Elliot (Zach Rufa) and his older cousin Yaz (Ivy Alphonse-Leja). Why we’re supposed to be […]
Stellar Les Miserables at OSTC
Ocean State Theatre Company (OSTC) has launched their 2013-14 season with a top-flight production of Les Misérables, which opened in previews on October 2 and runs until October 27. This […]
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