In Providence: Holding
“I had the worst temper of anyone I’d ever met. That was before I went back to holding people. My life was really missing connection and intimacy, and allowing myself to reclaim that just cleared so...
View ArticleAdvice with Spyce: Getting What You Want and Getting What You Need
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 our...
View ArticleAltHealth: 2019 Wrapup
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 those who don’t...
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Ceremony: A tea house reimagined
“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 new business as...
View ArticleNo Stress Allowed
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 leading expert...
View ArticleIn Providence: Hungry Heart
“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 walking distance...
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666: The Number of the Beast? Not Quite.
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 King James Version of...
View ArticleAdvice from the Trenches: Mixed Medicine
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 been on psychiatric...
View ArticleFunda Fest 22 Schedule of Events
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, PVD. Free! 11:30am,...
View ArticleIn Providence: Living on America
“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 room doesn’t have...
View ArticleWarmer Than I Remember
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 three guys on...
View ArticleA New Look for Indigenous Culture: Introducing the revamped Tomaquag Museum
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 include a pottery...
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Spilling Tea: Rose Weaver on the duality of being a working artist and black...
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 tea. What I...
View ArticleRhody in Love: Young people hook-up, but not all is rosy in the Ocean State
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 workforce...
View ArticleThat New Relationship Energy: How to be cool when you really don’t want to be
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 going. Here’s...
View ArticleIn Providence: A Boy, A Girl and The Avon
“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 the street when she...
View ArticleIn Providence: I’ll Take My Diamonds Now
“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 years and tonight,...
View ArticleMessages from Beyond: Ocean State Paranormal Society raises money for...
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 fundraising event...
View ArticleHow Did it All Start? The unromantic roots of Valentine’s Day
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 Christian martyr, the...
View ArticleIn Providence: Dirty Laundry
“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 24-hour laundromat can...
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