Citrus Italian-style Ricotta Cheesecake – Anthony Salemme

A cake topped with berries and mint.

By Chef Anthony Salemme Serves 10 -12 One of my Family’s Easter traditions is this Italian-style Cheesecake bursting with lemon and orange, and topped with peaches, fresh berries. This was my grandfather’s favorite! Make this the day before you want to serve it. Cheesecake 2 pounds Cabot cream cheese, softened 1 ½ cups ricotta cheese,…

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ART! The Art of David Lloyd Glover, Newport Car Museum

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by Nancy Thomas There’s a reason the Newport Car Museum appeals to everyone who loves art. On their own, the fabulous cars on display (numbering more than 85) are breathtakingly beautiful, but stage them with platforms, turn tables and theatrical lighting, then surround them with artwork by David Lloyd Glover, and you have a true…

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If it’s Wednesday, it’s Sour Grapes! – Tim Jones

A comic strip with a woman and a teddy bear.

by Timothy Jones, RI Cartoonist _____ Tim Jones is the creator, artist and writer of the widely popular, self-syndicated comic strip, “Sour Grapes” – a comic about “Aesop”, a miserable flying dog and his odd friends, all living in a problematic and troubled world. Sour Grapes is currently published in multiple newspapers in Rhode Island,…

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Your RI Weather Today, April 6, 2022 – John Donnelly

Wednesday weather map.

by John Donnelly, meteorologist Our low pressure system passes to our south, with light rain affecting the area through mid afternoon. Cloud shield extends well past the center of low pressure, so odds of seeing the sun are quite low. Northeasterly breezes gusting towards 30 mph keep the low level moisture elevated enough to allow…

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Your RI Weather Today, April 5, 2022 – John Donnelly

Tuesday weather map.

by John Donnelly, meteorologist A nearly cloud-free start to the day, with gradually increasing high cloud cover during the afternoon and evening leading eventually to some light to moderate rain after midnight Wednesday as low pressure develops and advances through the eastern US. Morning lows start out in the upper 30’s, warming to the upper…

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RISD’s Huger Elliott (1910), on Providence – David Brussat

A black and white drawing of a city.

by David Brussat, Architecture Here and There, contributing writer Photo: Illustration from 1910 for design competition of Cove Basin near new State House. (AIAri) Architect Eric Daum recently passed along an illustration, above, done in 1910 by RISD president Huger Elliott. It expressed how the area of Providence between the new State House and downtown…

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Cranston case upholds 4th Amendment’s protection of privacy rights in the home

The 4th amendment poster.

ACLU, CRANSTON SETTLE MAJOR “SEARCH AND SEIZURE” CASE THAT WENT TO THE U.S. SUPREME COURT The question before the court: Whether the Fourth Amendment precludes government officials, who reasonably believe that a potentially mentally unstable person presents an impending threat of harming himself or others with a firearm, from a warrantless seizure of his person…

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Return of the RI Home Show

The ri home show logo on a purple background.

For the first time since 2019, the show will fill Convention Center April 7—10  What once felt like a day that might not come is now only a little more than 72 hours away. On Thursday, April 7, the RI Home Show returns to the Convention Center for the first time since 2019. The long-awaited return of…

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