Steve Klamkin & The Saturday Am News

Anne Pohner, a Nurse Practitioner with MinuteClinic talks about the onset of spring allergies, and how to prevent the worst of the symptoms. #WPRO

Ann Clanton is the founder and CEO of the Rhode Island Black Film Festival. #WPRO The Festival's second annual edition is running April 22 – 28, 2019 at locations across the area. www.ribff.org

Dr. Sherrie Campbell is the author of "But It's Your Family - Cutting Ties with Toxic Family Members and Loving Yourself in the Aftermath" #WPRO Dealing with difficult issues in family relationships.

Anthony Feinstein, a University of Toronto professor & neuropsychiatrist is the author of "Shooting War", a book about war and conflict photographers. #WPRO

Elizabeth Burke Bryant, the Executive Director of Rhode Island Kids Count. #WPRO The release of the Kids Count annual Factbook brings a trove of information about the condition of children in the state. http://www.rikidscount.org/

Brown University physicist Prof. Ian Dell'Antonio examines the first image of a black hole. #WPRO The image was captured by a consortium of telescopes around the world: https://eventhorizontelescope.org/

Congressman David Cicilline introduced bi-partisan legislation to enable local news outlets to negotiate with online giants like Google and Facebook for their product. #WPRO https://bit.ly/2URYrZw

Kassi Archambault of the Wood-Pawcatuck Wild and Scenic Rivers Stewardship Council #WPROShe talks about how the watershed bordering Rhode Island and Connecticut has won a special federal "Wild and Scenic" designation. http://wpwildrivers.org/. Photo by Ayla Fox

Dr Kathryn Matthew, Director of the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services and Senator Jack Reed talk about library funding issues. #WPRO They spoke shortly after taking a 'hard-hat tour' of the Providence Public Library, which is undergoing a $25 million restoration project. Her agency funds library programs, not capital projects. https://www.imls.gov/

Cecile Richards is the author of "Make Trouble: Stand Up, Speak Out, and Find the Courage to Lead". #WPRO The daughter of former Texas governor Ann Richards and the former president of Planned Parenthood Cecile Richards talks about her memoir, now out in paperback. http://www.cecilerichardsbook.com/

Nicole Jellinek is among the organizers of the Rhode Island Coalition for Reproductive Freedom. #WPRO The group, comprised of more than 20 organizations, recently brought together religious leaders from a wide variety of faiths showing support for the Reproductive Freedom Act, to codify abortion protections spelled out in the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision to Rhode Island law. https://www.ricrf.org/

Joseph Warzycha is the newly appointed President & General Agent of the Rhode Island Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. #WPRO https://rispca.com/

The Community College of Rhode Island opens a food pantry for students described as "food insecure". #WPRO Insurance company executives Kim Keck of BlueCross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island and Bob DiMuccio of Amica Mutual Insurance Company made personal donations to kick-start the food pantry at the CCRI Lincoln campus, which is overseen by Dean of Students Michael Cunningham. https://www.ccri.edu/osl/ccri-food-pantry.html

Shannon Watts is the founder of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America. #WPRO She made a surprise appearance at the Rhode Island State House as local members of the group lobbied lawmakers to ban automatic weapons, guns in schools and more. https://momsdemandaction.org/

Pianist Olga Kern. #WPRO She performs Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto on Sunday, March 31, 2019 with the RI Philharmonic Orchestra at their annual Gala benefit performance. https://olgakern.com/ http://www.ri-philharmonic.org/

Keno Mullings runs the Bootstrap Boot Camp in Providence, #WPRO Aimed at fledgling entrepreneurs, the Boot Camp is an offshoot of Mullings' Institute of Entrepreneurship & Leadership https://ieleadership.org/

Jon Pousette-Dart of the Pousette Dart Band plays at the Narrows Center for the Arts in Fall River on Friday, March 29. #WPRO He describes himself as an American Classic and Folk Rock songwriter, musician, and performing artist. https://www.pousette-dart.com/ https://www.narrowscenter.org/

Barbara Baker, producer & writer of the film: "Ocean’s Awakenings" #WPRO This film in the making is Barbara Baker's story of her struggles with colon cancer. There is a fundraiser to benefit both the film and colon cancer awareness Saturday, March 23 - for the "Cancer Isn't Always Pink Fundraiser" https://bit.ly/2CpAZbJ https://www.cdc.gov/cancer/colorectal/

Prof. Michael Yelnoski; Dean of the Roger Williams University School of Law #WPRO The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ordered that the murder conviction of the late Aaron Hernandez in the death of Odin Lloyd be reinstated. The court overturned a long time practice of vacating a conviction in a capital case if a defendant died before a final judgement was rendered. Hernandez died of suicide in prison while his appeal was pending. https://law.rwu.edu/

Dr. Sean Fine is with the Brown Medicine Endoscopy Center. #WPRO March is Colon Cancer Awareness Month, and Dr. Fine, a gastroenterologist talks about what patients should know about the condition, which the Centers for Disease Control call the third most common cancer in the United States. https://www.cdc.gov/cancer/colorectal/ http://www.brownmed.org/provider-info/?ID=1354https://www.ccalliance.org/about/awareness-month