CroptoberFest
On Saturday, October 28, Motif will make its first foray into cannabis events, partnering with Mother Earth Wellness Dispensary and The MET for the first in a series. From 6 […]
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
AstroloBash – In the Stars Event
Motif is doing its first ever astrology-centered event this year, on November 15 (a date chosen by the stars and verified by our astrologer as a great day to network). […]
Cosplay Mission!
Save the date and warm up for Halloween with our TimeMission-sponsored cosplay event! Date: Thursday, Oct 12 Time: 6 – 11pm Location: R1 Entertainment Center, 100 Higginson Ave, Lincoln Cosplay […]
50 Years Naked in Rhode Island: Steve Smith bares all
It’s 1973. A 22-year-old Steve Smith hops out of the ocean in the haze of a Matunuck Beach summer. He shags his hair, throws his longboard up over his head, […]
On the Cover: September 2022
Motif is excited to welcome illustrator and visual artist Jeremy Ferris to the cover of our 2022 Fall Guide. Ferris is currently living in PVD where he is the Digital […]
Rhode Island: Basics for Beginners
Welcome to Rhode Island! The nation’s Ocean State offers a plethora of quirks for visitors, students, and residents. With the school year starting off, an influx of new students are […]
Grassroots Bluegrass: Tending to a homegrown music fest
Rhode Island is known for iconic music festivals. For decades, Newport has been home to two iconic music festivals: folk and jazz. As time has progressed some festival goers have […]
Phillipe & Jorge’s Cool Cool World: The Ads & The Influence
Under the Influence The legendary writer and public provocateur H.L. Mencken once wrote that a serious journalist had to do two things: Comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable. That […]
August Holidays, Ranked: Our hottest month lacks hot holidays
Folks, it is HOT. I’m writing this in the middle of a stinkin’ heat wave. There are times I wish my apartment wasn’t built before the Great Depression, and this […]
Beardly Fashion: Urban Fellow’s Seth Davis shows how beards make the man
They say that confessing guilt is good for the soul. With that in mind, I shall make this startling confession: I am a man with a beard, and I have […]