Events:
The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
Doodlebox
DoodleBox by Jeremy Howard
Pin-up: Maple Devine and her Fringe Follies
Motif: What’s on your holiday gift wish list? Maple Devine: Just to continue empowering the everyday person at every class or workshop I teach. Motif: Who’s on your nice […]
Future World: House minority leader Blake Filippi discusses where the RI GOP is headed
After a poor local showing in the recent midterms, with Rhode Islanders largely rejecting much of the national GOP platform and rhetoric from President Trump, I sat down with House […]
Philippe & Jorge’s Cool, Cool World: Elbow-rubbing with Evil: Czars to the left of him, despots to the right
Mass Murderers, Inc. Way back in our childhoods, when dinosaurs ruled the Earth, P&J trusted our country to be moving forward evolutionary-wise. Not so much these days, with a racist, […]
Avec Advent
We have a little tradition at Motif. You’re familiar with advent calendars; as Christmas approaches, every day you flip open a little cardboard door to discover — joy of joys! […]
Buy, Buy Baby: Shopping locally gives a gift to your whole community
The “Shop Local” slogan is slapped on bumper stickers and business doors in the hopes that it penetrates consumers’ conscience, especially this time of year. And hopefully, that motivation is […]