We’re about to tempt your tummy. Ricardo’s has a great recipe for seafood for Lent.

Ricardo’s basic risotto recipe

(KTVI)– A 5-year-old from Cape Girardeau, Missouri was fighting Sickle-Cell disease when she learned of a bone-marrow donor match and possible cure.  Then, the donor backed out.  Her mother refused to give up hope.

Debbie Carter remembered taking her sick daughter, Gabby, to the pediatrician.  The child’s spleen was full of damaged red blood cells.  Doctors rushed gabby to St. Louis Children’s Hospital.

“The problem was, when we were in St. Louis with her being so small and dehydrated, all her veins were, we couldn’t access any of her veins,’ Carter said.  ‘The only option at that point was they had to put a port in to access her, and they had to do it right away.”

Gabby was only 10 months old and fighting Sickle-Cell disease.  The genetic disorder damages red blood cells and the organs that need them.  Gabby turned five and found hope: an acceptable bone-marrow donor.

The world-class art museums and galleries of Grand Center are opening their doors for the annual spring Art Walk in Grand Center, 5 to 9 p.m. Friday, May 11. The Art Walk in Grand Center features more than a dozen museums and galleries – several of which are hosting opening receptions for their latest exhibitions – lively entertainment, music, and one of the first opportunities to view the forthcoming temporary public art installation, “A Chromatic Confluence,” at Grand Boulevard and Samuel Shepard Drive.

The museums and galleries of Grand Center feature art from some of the region’s most renowned art institutions and brilliant artists from around the world. Visitors to the Art Walk will be issued “passports” upon which they may collect stamps at each museum or gallery. Those with six or more stamps will find discounts at participating district restaurants and venues. A complete list of those participating will be available onsite.