Is This Jazz?: Newport Jazz Fest ’22
Each year as July edges closer to August, I feel my ears prickle at the prospect of enjoying yet another edition of the historic Newport Jazz Festival. Now that I […]
Events:
A Changing Reflection
This exhibition demonstrates Silver, Metalwork, and Jewelry in the 19th–21st Centuries.
February 4, 2022 - September 30, 2023The Performative Self-Portrait
Explores the body as material and medium and photography as vehicle to consider ways artists use self-portraiture to enact the self, question history, and articulate identity.
May 13 - November 12Ana Flores
Shaman Ladders and Other Stories.
May 20 @ 12:00 am - October 28 @ 11:59 pmRhode Island Art Educators Exhibit, September 1-30
Join us for our annual RI Art Educator’s Showcase, an exhibition featuring artwork from those individuals who teach art to others. Art teachers have the unique gift of
September 1 - September 30John Allmark Quintet
Jazz.
September 21 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pmGreg Piccolo
Roomful of Blues.
September 21 @ 9:00 pm - September 22 @ 12:00 amMystic Dead
Grateful Dead tribute.
September 22 @ 7:00 pm - 11:00 pmWalter Trout
Blues-rock guitarist.
September 22 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmJaniva Magness
Soulful blues diva was Blues Foundation’s 2009 prestigious BB King Entertainer of the Year, becoming only the second woman to be so honored.
September 22 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmToad The Wet Sprocket
An American alternative rock band formed in Santa Barbara, California.
September 22 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmThose Guys
A classic rock cover band.
September 22 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmSay Hello II Heaven
Chris Cornell tribute band.
September 22 @ 9:00 pm - September 23 @ 12:00 amAnthony Geraci & the Boston Blues All Stars
Lead by Brilliant pianist Anthony Geraci featuring Jeff Armstrong drums, Michael Mudcat Ward bass, Troy Gonyea guitar, and Dennis Brennan.
September 23 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmThe Noyz
Rockers with strong vocal harmonies playing well-known dance music.
September 24 @ 4:00 pm - 7:00 pmHenry Rollins
The artist of all arts recounts strange life events pre-COVID and then when things got even stranger.
September 26 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmOtis Read & Jimmy Corwin
Acoustic folk with blues and country roots, joined by Chris Books on pedal steel guitar.
September 28 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmVic DiBitetto
Comedy show with comic legend Andrew “Dice” Clay.
September 29 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmGypsy
Stevie Nicks & Fleetwood Mac tribute.
September 29 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pmConfounded Bridge
Led Zeppelin tribute
September 29 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmChris Leigh Band
Guitarist, singer, and composer.
September 29 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Footloose Flies Fancy-Free at Theatre By The Sea
Footloose is loosely based on events that took place in the small, rural and fanatically religious farming town of Elmore City, OK in 1978. Dances had been banned by an […]
Tightly Clung to Bochek!: PVD’s Bochek gets ready to release second full-length album
With a mix of unusual beats, improvisational sounds and engaging lyrics such as, “I was beaming about you, I’ve been healing without you” and “devoted to makin’ mental health my […]
Motif’s 2022 Music Awards Nominees: Who will take home the trophy?
With local music beginning to blossom once more following two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, Motif is pleased to present our annual Music Awards! These awards compile nominees put forward […]
Interviews that Resonate: Motif’s Between the Notes podcast doesn’t miss a beat
As I entered The Parlour one Monday night, on the stage against the far wall, I saw a man in a chair seated across from four other men in chairs, […]
Curtains Up: A RI summer theatre guide
This summer, between beating the heat with trips to the beach and Del’s lemonades, consider adding a play or two to your summer bucket list. Among the offerings from local […]
Nick Politelli: Examiner
Examiner, the debut release from local guitarist and songwriter Nick Politelli, is a well-crafted rock record that mixes tight hooks with experimental grooves. Politelli started playing music around age 20 […]
Cold Weather Concerts: December Music Roundup
Okee dokee folks… ‘Tis the season…for the war on Christmas! Every year I have to explain to people that I quit Christmas. I did this back in the mid ’80s. […]
Golda’s Balcony: Getting It Wrong
Dramatic works based upon historical events sometimes twist reality into an unrecognizable opposite well beyond what can be justified by legitimate theatrical license. No one expects what transpires on stage […]
Three Sisters: Sweet Despair
Epic Theatre Company is presenting Three Sisters, a drama from acclaimed Russian playwright Anton Chekhov. The show opened in previews on April 10. This production, adapted by Sarah Ruhl, focuses […]
