* Offers an admission-free, facilitated drop-in creative writing group for lifelong learners. Rochester Reads, a community-wide one-book initiative. Outdoor Poetry Festival at Highland Park. SummerWrite, July-August reading and writing camp serving youth K-12. Hybrid Visiting authors reading series. Virtual Literary Conference every other year.Playwriting Competition. Education -through-the literary arts in Rochester-based public middle and high schools.* Operates Ampersand Books, an independent bookstore, at its Neighborhood of the Arts headquarters. * Owns and operates Gell: A Finger Lakes Creative Retreat, a 24-acre site in Naples, NY.