Leslie Gutterman is senior rabbi at Temple Beth-El in Providence, a congregation he has served since 1970. He shares his beliefs about intense losses in our lives and the meaning they carry.

A sampling of the high school valedictory addresses of 2009, assembled by WRNI education reporter Elisabeth Harrison.

On this month's edition of Rhode Island Artscape, we profile a local artist who recovered a treasured diary lost in the nineteen eighties and turned it into a uniquely personal piece of art. Correspondent David Golann has the story.