Advice with Spyce: Getting What You Want and Getting What You Need
By Spyce Dear Spyce, My girlfriend and I have been together for a few years now and are really into each other. I love having sex with her, but its always the same thing. We only use our fingers and...
View ArticleAltHealth: 2019 Wrapup
By Cathren Housley This was a year that seemed to end not with a bang, but with a long-suffering whimper, with the health of both our government and our people somewhat in limbo. It is often said that...
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Ceremony: A tea house reimagined
By Jenny Currier “I want anyone to stumble upon Ceremony and say, ‘Oh my God, what’s this?’” says Michelle Cheng, the owner of Ceremony Café, which opened in early December in PVD. Cheng describes her...
View ArticleNo Stress Allowed
By Motif Magazine When kids pull all the blankets out of the closet and the cushions off the couch to build a fort, they’re answering a developmental need buried deep in their psyches. David Sobel, the...
View ArticleIn Providence: Hungry Heart
By Kevin Broccoli “My wife used to love Bruce. All she’d play is Bruce. Let me tell you, Bruce Springsteen ever showed up at the door, I was out, boy. I was a goner.” He lives in Wayland Square within...
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666: The Number of the Beast? Not Quite.
By Gregory Williams John’s Book of Revelations (written around 96 AD) is the last book of the New Testament and happens to be the birthplace of the infamous triple digits “666.” As stated in the New...
View ArticleAdvice from the Trenches: Mixed Medicine
By Cathren Housley Dear C and Dr. B; I just had an experience with my younger sister, Emma that scared the crap out of me. I don’t ever want it to happen again. First, I have to mention that Emma has...
View ArticleFunda Fest 22 Schedule of Events
By Motif Magazine Funda Fest returns this month. For full coverage, go to motifri.com/funda2020 The schedule of events follows. Jan 20: Providence Children’s Museum: MLK Amazing Grace, 100 South St,...
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In Providence: Living on America
By Kevin Broccoli “I have no idea what she does for a living.” We’re sitting on her couch. It’s a couch in a living room in an apartment on America Street on the west side of Providence. The living...
View ArticleWarmer Than I Remember
By Kevin Broccoli If you start walking toward downtown from The Scurvy Dog, you’ll go right by his house. “She took me home from the bar, but I lived in the opposite direction back then. I lived with...
View ArticleA New Look for Indigenous Culture: Introducing the revamped Tomaquag Museum
By Amadeus Finlay Tomaquag Museum in Exeter, the only institution in the state that focuses on Indigenous culture, history and art, has undergone an internal facelift. New and expanded exhibits...
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Spilling Tea: Rose Weaver on the duality of being a working artist and black...
By April Brown I met Rose Weaver at her home on the east side of Providence and we shared grown black women’s things — fear, insecurities, victories and joys. We laughed, scratched and spilled a little...
View ArticleRhody in Love: Young people hook-up, but not all is rosy in the Ocean State
By Amadeus Finlay It’s not easy being young. Millennials and their juniors face an uphill battle arguably more arduous than any generation has faced since the Second World War. An ever-competitive...
View ArticleThat New Relationship Energy: How to be cool when you really don’t want to be
By Spyce Hey Spyce, So I’ve recently met a gorgeous girl and I am super excited about our developing relationship. I have not had a girlfriend for a while, and I’m really anxious to keep this one...
View ArticleIn Providence: A Boy, A Girl and The Avon
By Kevin Broccoli “My blood was pumping. I was sitting there and my heart was racing. I was thinking, ‘What am I doing? What do I think I’m doing here like this? Have I lost my mind?’”She was across...
View ArticleIn Providence: I’ll Take My Diamonds Now
By Kevin Broccoli “He has always taken me out. That was one of the things I liked about him right away. He loved to go out. Didn’t matter what day it was — we’d go out.” They’ve been married for 53...
View ArticleMessages from Beyond: Ocean State Paranormal Society raises money for...
By Caitlin Howle When most people think of the ghosts of the past, they don’t imagine literal, well, ghosts. The Ocean State Paranormal Society is turning that all on its head with their upcoming...
View ArticleHow Did it All Start? The unromantic roots of Valentine’s Day
By Gregory Williams On February 14, couples of all ages and backgrounds will participate in the commonly celebrated traditions of Valentine’s Day. Originally a liturgical feast day to celebrate a...
View ArticleIn Providence: Dirty Laundry
By Kevin Broccoli “He’d come over and I’d do his laundry for him. That was the big thing. I did his laundry how he liked it. He never let anybody else do it. Just me.” Late on a Saturday night, a...
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Cleaning House: Maid in RI makes busy people less busy
By Bobby Forand The basic upkeep of a home can be daunting, leading people to put it off, which only makes for more work. While some people find it to be therapeutic (seems like people like to either...
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