Sing-Bee Chee
The Way of Cheng-Khee Chee
Chee exhibition opens in Duluth
“It’s a Chee.”
For most Duluthians, that simple phrase immediately calls to mind soft scenes of the city’s waterfront, stunning swirls of colorful koi or, for many, the thought-provoking picture book Old Turtle.
For half a century, artist Cheng-Khee Chee and his wife, Sing-Bee Chee, have called Duluth home, and we tend to think of him as “our” artist.
Editor Konnie LeMay previewed Cheng-Khee's new exhibition at the Tweed Museum of Art, on display through September 20.
River revival
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced this week that an additional $3.5 million has been made available for work to clean up contaminated sediment along the St. Louis River in the Twin Ports.
Funding for the projects comes from the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, administered by the EPA, and from U.S. Steel.
+ From the archive: "Renewed Life Along the St. Louis."
The Old Rittenhouse Inn Cookbook
It's a winner!
The Old Rittenhouse Inn Cookbook, written by second-generation innkeeper Mark Phillips and published by our crew, won two awards at the Midwest Book Awards this week. Congrats, all!
Mark took top honors in the Cookbook and Midwest Regional Interest: Text categories. The book awards are presented annually by the Midwest Independent Publishing Association.
The book pairs recipes from the inn's Landmark Restaurant with stories from the historic B&B, where Mark spent his childhood.
+ Jodi Lundmark, TBNewsWatch.com: "Local port off to strong start after banner year for grain shipments."
+ Jennifer Donovan, Michigan Tech: "The University of Michigan’s mineral collection—including some of the finest specimens of particular significance to Michigan—will have a new home at the A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum at Michigan Technological University. The museum is the official mineral museum of the state of Michigan."
+ Brent Linton, Thunder Bay Chronicle-Journal: "It was a busy day for boaters who were getting their vessels ready for another season on Lake Superior. Sailboat hulls were getting polished and painted, boat cabins prepared and equipment tested Sunday at the Thunder Bay Yacht Club’s Mission Island yard."