Let Run the Ink
Tattoos have spread like wild fire throughout our culture as an artistic expression of the person who bears the ink as well as the tattooer. The 1st Annual Anchors of […]
Events:
The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
‘The Portfolio Film’ Takes a Raw Look Into RI Skate Culture
RI skaters deliver a raw look into the local scene with Portfolio On the evening of December 21st at the Casino Theatre in Newport, skateboard enthusiasts, gathered for the premier of […]
Sex Q&A: Head Bitch in Charge
Ever found yourself wondering how to introduce a new sex act to your partner, or how to have orgasms that really hit the spot? If so, you’ve come to the […]
401 Counterculture: Jeselyn Online
The good, the bad, and the unordinary: Motif talks to Jeselyn Online For thousands of years human beings have stretched, pierced, branded, tattooed and lacerated their skin in the name […]
Locale Profiles: Santa’s Elves
Local farmers pose for Santa’s Elves to help feed the hungry in RI When you think of your average calendar girl or guy, the first image to come to mind […]
Opinion – In a Perfect World
Universal health care is a noble idea. Not just from a humanitarian perspective, but economically – everyone who needs treatment becomes a burden on someone – their future earnings, […]
Opinion – Employer Involvement in Health Care
It’s an established expectation that your employer will offer health insurance. The cost, logistically, of offering it on an individual basis used to make it excessively costly for insurance […]
Get Out: Alt Healing
The RI area is home to dozens of alternative clinics and healers. So what ails you? From anxiety to arthritis, put down the meds, get out, and turn 2014 into […]
Locale Profiles: The Fertile Underground
Part communal garden, part co-op, part grocery store, part cafe, and entirely local. The Fertile Underground Natural Cooperative is two years strong into its quest to change the way Providence […]
Funda Turns Sweet 16
Rhode Island Black Storytellers’ (RIBS) annual event welcomes in its 16thyear as the state’s premier, longest-running and only black storytelling festival: Funda Fest I have been on both sides of […]