Soojin Lee moved to Rochester for the same reason a lot of people do—because of the Mayo Clinic. Her husband got a job there. But she brought her Korean traditional instrument, the kayagum, to introduce to Rochester and the state.
Hollywood stars had come through Rochester International Airport. But today, the airport itself was the star, or at least the setting, for the crew filming scenes for the new Disney movie,, Mighty Ducks 3.
Virginia was a waitress. Gordon was a retired Rochester cop. Together, they collected old furniture—including 1,500 chairs—and ran Granny’s Antiques in Mazeppa.
Alistair Cooke was better known as the host of PBS’s Masterpiece Theater. But he was in Rochester today with a film crew to tell the history of America through a visit to Mayo.
It was Bob Dylan’s last day in the recording studio for his second album. That’s when he pulled out a new song he’d been toying with, “Walls of Red Wing.”
Nell Mabey loved her Irish water spaniel Whimpie and life at her sister’s estate Bramble Haw. So she’d combined the two in her new book of poetry, Whimpie of Bramble Haw.
Dr. Philiip Hench was a member of the Norwegian Explorers, Minnesota’s very own Sherlock Holmes club. And now his group wanted to commemorate the world’s greatest detective with a plaque at Reichenbach Falls.
