Dean Robb, an iconic civil rights lawyer and longtime Suttons Bay resident, passed away Sunday, Dec. 2, at age 94. Robb, who grew up on a farm in southern Illinois, helped coordinate legal support for civil rights demonstrators and activists in the early 1960s in the Deep South and met Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., following the civil rights leader’s release in 1963 from Birmingham jail.
The July 2018 Wine on the Water Festival that was postponed due to lightning and thunderstorms has been rescheduled. The organizers are excited to host the festival on Saturday, Aug. 18, in its same location at Marina Park in Suttons Bay.
On Aug. 1 chef Adam McMarlin, most recently the owner and creator of Wren the Butcher in the Marketplace Center on East State Street in downtown Traverse City, took over the reins of 9 Bean Rows restaurant from Nic and Jen Welty, owners of the 9 Bean Rows Farm CSA and Bakery on M204.
Twenty years ago, Kerm and Sallie Campbell learned about the listing of a gorgeous 120-acre farm near Suttons Bay, complete with plantation style home, Centennial barn and indoor and outdoor equestrian facility. Rounding up three partners and a young winemaker, Sport Valley Farm was purchased and Black Star Farms began. The first crush was celebrated that fall, and the home was turned into a luxurious inn. Now a 160-acre winery estate producing 45,000 cases and consistently rated the top winery in the state, the Campbell family are the sole owners and remain the majority supplier of grapes to the winery.
TART Trails is thrilled to host the 18th annual Tour de TART bicycle tour on Friday July 20, from 4-6 p.m. More than 600 people of all ages will hit the TART and Leelanau Trails for an evening ride that begins in Traverse City at Darrow Park and ends at Village Marina and Park in Suttons Bay.
The Leelanau Peninsula Wine on the Water Festival will feature tastes from 10 Leelanau wineries, a distillery, and brewery as well as delicious food from Leelanau restaurants. Live music from three bands includes Jeff Bihlman and Soul Patch.
The morning heat was starting to sizzle as I escaped into the shade of the woods. I was just south of Suttons Bay on the TART trail pedaling north towards a dunk in the lake and a hearty breakfast. Dappled sun bounced off the clean pavement ahead as I shifted gears for more speed, energized by a cool breeze and the sight of the exit for Hop Lot.
On June 28 from 6-11 p.m. the Michael Chetcuti Foundation will hold a Suttons Bay Pride event hosted by 9 Bean Rows in partnership with The Bay Theatre and Up North Pride. The evening will include food, drinks, film, and engaging discussion. A portion of the proceeds benefits Up North Pride.
When Tina Greene-Bevington looks at the bookstore she has built in only half a year, she sees all the potential it holds. She sees patrons lounging on picnic tables sipping cups of tea, or buried deeply in the stacks, searching for the perfect book.
Peter Richards had an unassuming Leelanau County life, growing up in Suttons Bay, and graduating from Glen Lake High School in 2004. And then it hit: photography entered his life as he entered Northern Michigan University that fall.