The Past, Present and Future of Beer and Breweries
Inspired by the classic Dickens tale, our beer reporters set off on separate journeys through time to learn about their favorite beverage. Read about Pete’s trip through time and space […]
Events:
A Shared Journey
September 13, 2025 - March 5, 2026This Is a Thing, Recent Gifts to Prints, Drawings, and Photographs, 2020–2025
September 14, 2025 - March 1, 2026The Court: Art in Play
September 24, 2025 - April 26, 2026The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
A Chorus of Christmas Carols
Nominal Christians (or “Chreasters” as some like to call them) are often derided for the practice of showing up to church once or twice a year at the Big Masses […]
The Ultimate (Local) Holiday Gift Guide
The Motif writing team is a talented bunch with various interests. We’re geeks, drinkers, movie lovers, parents, newlyweds, farmers, and lovers of music, art, theater, books and film. And with […]
Fill Your Stockings with Suds
Alt holiday gift ideas for the beer nerd in your life The leaves are still on the trees, candy wrappers are still on the floor, the nights are just getting […]
Mike D’s Top 5 — Can’t Miss Shows of November
Top November Alt Shows in the greater RI area 1. Friday, November 8: Tim Kasher (of Cursive/The Good Life), Laura Stevenson, Littlefoot. $12 advance / $14 day of. 8 pm doors […]
Don’t Repeat My Halloween Mistakes! And a Few Other Ways to Keep Your Soul
Don’t go on a drunk ghost hunt, don’t act like a ho, and other vital advice for tomorrow’s Halloween haunting There are two types of people in this world: those […]
Book Review: Woman Rebel: The Margaret Sanger Story
Bagge seeks to illuminate the life of a woman who was neither saint nor devil, but a human being with qualities both heroic and vainglorious. Margaret Sanger, founder of Planned […]
The Not So Great Gatsby
Hi Nick, Borrowing from Eric B and Rakim, it’s been a long time, I shouldnt’ve left you without a dope note to read through. The end of the summer into […]
