Through movement, Jessica expresses her art. She teaches at Newport Academy of Ballet and religiously takes four classes a week there. A former member of Island Moving Company, she has […]
Okee dokee folks…Forward.Thank you,America! So, I had a busy week of checking out shows. Trying to make up for lost time. Jesus Christ Superstar at the PVD Social Club was […]
If you think you hear characters from Futurama around Providence next month, you’re not hallucinating. If at some point, you think you’ve seen the crew of the original Battlestar Galactica cross the street DownCity, you still won’t be hallucinating. And if you see Chewbacca walking through the Providence Place Mall … well, you get the idea.
Actor Peter Mayhew has portrayed Chewbacca, the lovable “walking carpet” from the Star Wars films, since the original film. He took a moment to speak to Motif writer Mike Ryan […]
Okee dokee folks…It’s unofficially summer. The Memorial Day Weekend starting gun has been fired. I hope that you’ve done some eye stretches and are ready to read the marathon list […]
Providence City Council members’ cell phones cost taxpayers big bucks For more than a decade, it was a perk that had largely flown under the public radar: Use of a […]
Okee dokee folks… And now back to our regularly scheduled programming. Just in case you were wondering, I didn’t have a column last issue as we put out the Motif […]
Environmental agency puts turbines to good use Wherever you go on the Providence waterfront these days, they are impossible to miss: Three massive wind turbines that have changed the landscape […]
“Tell me a story.” Put on the spot like that, one’s mind tends to go blank. Based on the context, and the identity of the person demanding the story, you […]
This split CD from Cretin Records comes out of the gates with no holds barred punk rock. Defecation Area open the CD swinging with “Generation D.U.M.B.,” which while essentially generic […]
