Creating writing majors make Rochester history

I just visited a new exhibit in the Rochester Historical Society Center inside of the Rundel Memorial Library downtown and was please to see SOTA creative writing majors playing a small role in this historic display. The exhibit is all about Rochester businesses, with nearly one for every decade that the historical society has been around (150 years, but the 17 featured businesses go back even farther.) As I was looking at the display about the youngest business -- Writers & Books, at 30 years of age -- I realized I was staring at some familiar faces. There were creative writing majors Clara O'Connor and Amelia Carter looking back at me, along with fellow soon-to-be-a-SOTA-sophmore Sophie Dempster-Greenbaum and other teens from the mother-daughter book club they attend. The photo was taken during The Good Thief author Hannah Tinti's appearance at Writers and Books last March. If you're interested in seeing your classmates in this little bit of history, the show is up through Sept. 29. Admission is $3 for adults, $2 for those under 18.