RIIFF 2018 Highlights
RIIFF programming director Shawn Quirk guided us through a selection of features and shorts. Opening night ceremonies on August 7 feature dedication of the 2018 festival to emerita professor Winifred […]
Events:
The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
Good-Natured Political Satire: Charlie Hall and the Ocean State Follies
Charlie Hall started the Ocean State Follies in 1992. Over the next two decades, it became the renowned and definitive political comedy and satire act in Rhode Island. He retired […]
Family Separation: A Need for “Common Sense and a Heart”
My friend of some years asked to remain anonymous as she explains the dangers of the federal government policy of separately detaining children, even infants and toddlers, of families crossing […]
Eric Weiner, King of the Road
Eric Weiner is the maven impresario of food trucks. His website, FoodTrucksIn.com, after five and half years in operation, lists more than 7,000 vendors in 1,600 cities, allowing the public to […]
Out Loud’s Escape – Whiteballed
Who knew that the valley of the shadow of death was a ball pit? Escape is a “world premiere movement piece” (there are no words) with five actors centered on […]
Beach Reads: New Non-Fiction of Local Interest
You’re not limited to romancey, vampirey, murdery fluff when you head to the beach this summer. Pick up one of these non-fiction local tales instead and getcher learn on, you dummy! […]
Update: Still Time for Free College Tuition
Under the special RI Promise program at the Community College of Rhode Island (CCRI), the final application deadline is not until July 16 for fall 2018 entrance and the unified […]
The Manor: Is There Any History of Sanity in Your Family?
Moving up to directing after 15 years experience working on the production side of countless films and television series, Rhode Islander (and occasional Motif contributor) Jonathon Schermerhorn released his first feature, […]
Proof: Not a Bathhouse
Although three of its four characters are mathematicians, you don’t need to know any math to appreciate Proof, but it doesn’t hurt. Nearly all of the math in the play […]
RI State Government Banks Locally
RI General Treasurer Seth Magaziner well understands that what banks and credit unions do is accept money in from depositors and lend it out to borrowers, charging interest from borrowers […]