Name: Writing from Photographs with Sonja Livingston | Gates Library
Start: 2026-10-12
End: 2026-10-12

X-Golf Pittsford is Rochester's newest golf simulator sports bar. With 8 simulators, a full bar, and a kitchen serving tasty upscale bites in a 7,000 square foot facility, X-Golf is the premier indoor golf spot in Rochester. X-Golf's state of the art indoor golf simulators offers players unparalleled accuracy and realism through a combination of camera systems, infrared lasers, impact sensors and advanced gaming software.

X-Golf Pittsford

Receive 30 minutes FREE when you purchase 90 minutes of play time. When booking your tee time, please book the full 2 hours.  The discount will be applied on-site at checkout.

Savor classic American cuisine in a casual and comfortable setting.

Images Restaurant & Bar

Visit Seabreeze Park – located between Lake Ontario and Irondequoit Bay. It’s the Finger Lakes Region’s #1 summertime family fun destination. Enjoy the excitement of four roller coasters, a classic wooden carousel, thrill rides, plenty of stuff just for the younger kids, a midway of food and games, outstanding live entertainment, plus a waterpark complete with a wave pool, tube slides, body flumes, a special kiddie section and more. Each summer, hundreds of groups let us do the work while they have all the fun. Whatever your group, corporate, community, camps and more -- you can save on a day of fun. We have discount pricing for groups of 15 or more on rides and picnic packages!

Seabreeze Amusement Park

Groups & Seabreeze go great together!  Explore these great group experience opportunities at Seabreeze.

Come and see the place Susan B. Anthony called home during the most politically active period of her life. Stand in the front parlor where she was arrested for voting in 1872. This home was also the headquarters of the National American Woman Suffrage Association when she was its president. Experience her amazing story of courage and determination at this National Historic Landmark. Admission to the Anthony Museum is through advance online ticket sales. Reservations encouraged, walk-ins welcomed.

National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House

We are a full-service catering and food truck company that has excelled in private and corporate setting since 2012. We strive on customer service and providing the best products to our customers. We specialize in on-site custom catering for small and large events. Drop-off services, rehearsal dinners, cocktail receptions, birthday celebrations, also see us at all local festivals. In addition to catering, we also have a full service event center in Spencerport, NY. At Chef's Event Center & Party House, your event has exclusive access to the beautifully landscaped property for your special day as well as a beautiful banquet hall, a full-service bar and spacious party deck.

Chef's Catering

Offering up to 2,500 square feet of open, uninterrupted floor space for customized and versatile layouts. University Gallery is the blank canvas that can bring a customer's vision alive. The open area is clear, allows for freedom of planning, and unburdened possibilities • Able to accommodate up to 150 guests for a seated meal, 200 guests with lecture-style seating, and 250 guests for a standing reception • Versatile space accommodating dinners, luncheons, award ceremonies, open houses, board meetings, receptions, conferences, or academic lectures • Audio Visual equipment is available on-site for various media and presentation needs.

University Gallery

The Campus of the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) is home to multiple top-end collegiate sports facilities and premier venues. With a large field house, competition pool, multiple arenas, and luxury event spaces the University Arenas venues can accommodate a wide array of sporting events and high-end events. University Arenas is comprised of the Godon Field House, the Gene Polisseni Center, the Lobozzo Alumni House, Tait Preserve and the University Gallery. The Gordon Field House is a 160,000 square foot center that includes a 60,000 square floor field/event venue, an aquatic center for competition and recreation, a fully equipped fitness center, and meeting space. The Gene Polisseni Center is a 112,400 square foot multi-purpose facility seats a capacity crowd of 4,300 fans which includes an ice rink, the RIT Athletic Hall of Fame, luxury suites, club longue, and concessions. Also, the Gene Polisseni Center is home to the university’s Division I Men’s and Women’s Hockey teams. The Joseph M. Lobozzo Alumni House is an impressive space with eye-catching design, high-end technology, and top-of-the-line comfort and amenities. Available for RIT campus use and the outside community, the House is an ideal space to host intimate gatherings or spacious events of up to 120 people. The University Gallery features curated exhibitions that showcase the work of professional alumni, faculty, esteemed national and international artists and designers. The University Gallery can accommodate events up to 150 people in seated for a meal or 200 people for lecture style seating. While Tait Preserve is only open to RIT community members and their guests. The preserve sits on 170-acres with a 60-acre lake and is RIT’s premier destination for special events, academic research and agricultural production. Featuring the stunning Leenhouts Lodge and a beautiful landscape of hills, forests and water, the Tait Preserve provides unique opportunities for the RIT Community to engage with the natural world.

University Venues at RIT

Nick Tahou Hots is a Rochester, NY landmark restaurant famous for its Garbage Plate. The restaurant was founded by its namesake, Nick Tahou. Despite many regional variants all based on the same theme, Nick's is widely regarded as the original Garbage Plate.

Nick Tahou Hots, Inc

TheatreRocs is dedicated to unifying the vast and varied theatre companies of the Rochester area, in order to build our audience, increase awareness of theatre offerings and provide a central source for theatre news and information.

TheatreRocs

The Major League Baseball Triple-A Affiliate of the Washington Nationals. The club plays 75 home games a year at beautiful ESL Ballpark. Dating back to 1885, the Red Wings pride themselves in providing wholesome, family fun at an affordable price. Our many group options include picnics, outdoor suites, and discounts! Whether your group is 20 or 1,000, we have the options to suit your needs! Give us a call today at (585) 454-1001 and ask for Group Sales!

ESL Ballpark

Rochester, NY, is the third-largest metropolitan area in New York State, nestled along the southern shore of Lake Ontario. With a proud sports tradition, Rochester is home to iconic teams like the Rochester Red Wings (MiLB), Rochester Americans (AHL), Rochester Knighthawks (NLL), and Flower City Union (NPSL). Our vibrant sports culture thrives across all levels, from youth clubs and high schools to elite collegiate programs, creating a strong, year-round foundation for athletic excellence.

The Rochester NY Sports Commission champions Monroe County through the power of sports tourism. By attracting championships, invitationals, and tournaments across a wide range of disciplines, we help fuel the region’s economy and enhance the quality of life for residents and visitors alike. Each year, Rochester welcomes a growing roster of sporting events, showcasing our top-tier facilities, supportive community, and dedication to teamwork on and off the field.

We invite event organizers, rights holders, and sports professionals to discover why Rochester and Monroe County are ideal destinations for your next competition or tournament. Let’s play in Rochester!

Visit Rochester

What can photographs tell us about our lives today, the traditions of our past, and the world we want to create? Which stories, emotions, details, secrets, and meanings lie just outside frame of the photograph?

Whether you’re creating memoir, poetry, family history, or a scrapbook—using photographs to inspire or accompany your work can add much-needed texture, focus, and intimacy. This session will offer tips and writing prompts to help get you started. You’ll have time to discuss your work in a supportive environment and come away with fresh ideas and drafts to refine or expand into longer projects. Bring 3-5 photographs (phone or hard copy) that intrigue, inspire, or hold great meaning for you.

This workshop is presented as part of our [Rochester Reads 25th Anniversary](https://writersandbooks.org/rochester-reads/) programming. Participants in this workshop will learn from Sonja Livingston, author of our 2026 Rochester Reads selection, *Ghostbread*.

**Sonja Livingston** is the author of four books of creative nonfiction, including the award- winning memoir Ghostbread, which has been adopted for classroom use around the country. Her work appears in The Kenyon Review, Ploughshares, Salon, and elsewhere. Honors include a NYFA Fellowship, an Iowa Review Award, an Arts & Letters Prize, a VanderMey Nonfiction Prize, and an AWP Book Prize. Sonja is an associate professor in the MFA Program at Virginia Commonwealth University and teaches in the Postgraduate Program at Vermont College of Fine Arts.

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