Historic Brighton Summer Event 2025
Historic Brighton 2025 Summer Event
“Becoming a Neighborhood Community”
Sunday, June 29, 2025
- Brighton Memorial Library – 2300 Elmwood Ave.
- Community Room
- Presented by Peter Lovenheim and Judy Schwartz
- 2 – 3:45 p.m. – Free Admission
On the 15th anniversary of the publication of his book In the Neighborhood: The Search for Community on an American Street, One Sleepover at a Time, local author Peter Lovenheim will talk about his experiment to connect with his Brighton neighbors after a local murder/suicide.
Judy Schwartz, President of Virginia Colony Association, will discuss ways to “become more neighborly.” Attendees are invited to share the customs and practices in their communities that have connected residents to each other.
About the Speakers
Peter Lovenheim is an author and journalist whose articles and essays have appeared in the New York Times, New York Magazine, The Los Angeles Times, Parade, Politico, The Washington Post, and other publications. He is Washington Correspondent for the Rochester Beacon, an online source of news and commentary for his hometown of Rochester, NY.
His books of non-fiction include Gift Shop of Gratitude: A Journal to Explore the Journey of Your Life (2024), The Attachment Effect (2018), an exploration of how early bonds with parents shape personality throughout life, In the Neighborhood: The Search for Community on an American Street, One Sleepover at a Time (2012), winner of a Barnes & Noble Discover Award and the First Annual Zócalo Public Square Book Prize, and Portrait of a Burger as a Young Calf (2002), a first-hand attempt to understand the food chain, and three other books.
Judy Schwartz is a long time Brighton resident and neighborhood activist who has worked with the Rochester Voting Alliance, Brighton Neighbors United, and Building Minds in South Sudan. She has been a member of the Brighton Zoning Board of Appeals for many years.
In our new Spring 2025 Newsletter issue, some of the featured topics include:
- A Legacy of Community Activists in Brighton
- Memories of 1550 Clover Street”
- Joseph Chamberlain Wilson, 1909-1971
- Celestia Angenette Bloss
- Remembering Sol Myron Linowitz, 1913-2005
- Merchants of Monroe: Leo Lyons & the Rochester Jeffersonians
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Historic Brighton Summer Event 2025
Historic Brighton 2025 Summer Event
“Becoming a Neighborhood Community”
Sunday, June 29, 2025
- Brighton Memorial Library – 2300 Elmwood Ave.
- Community Room
- Presented by Peter Lovenheim and Judy Schwartz
- 2 – 3:45 p.m. – Free Admission
On the 15th anniversary of the publication of his book In the Neighborhood: The Search for Community on an American Street, One Sleepover at a Time, local author Peter Lovenheim will talk about his experiment to connect with his Brighton neighbors after a local murder/suicide.
Judy Schwartz, President of Virginia Colony Association, will discuss ways to “become more neighborly.” Attendees are invited to share the customs and practices in their communities that have connected residents to each other.
About the Speakers
Peter Lovenheim is an author and journalist whose articles and essays have appeared in the New York Times, New York Magazine, The Los Angeles Times, Parade, Politico, The Washington Post, and other publications. He is Washington Correspondent for the Rochester Beacon, an online source of news and commentary for his hometown of Rochester, NY.
His books of non-fiction include Gift Shop of Gratitude: A Journal to Explore the Journey of Your Life (2024), The Attachment Effect (2018), an exploration of how early bonds with parents shape personality throughout life, In the Neighborhood: The Search for Community on an American Street, One Sleepover at a Time (2012), winner of a Barnes & Noble Discover Award and the First Annual Zócalo Public Square Book Prize, and Portrait of a Burger as a Young Calf (2002), a first-hand attempt to understand the food chain, and three other books.
Judy Schwartz is a long time Brighton resident and neighborhood activist who has worked with the Rochester Voting Alliance, Brighton Neighbors United, and Building Minds in South Sudan. She has been a member of the Brighton Zoning Board of Appeals for many years.
In our new Fall 2024 Newsletter issue, some of the featured topics include:
- The Legacy of Brighton Architect C. Storrs Barrows
- Merchants of Monroe: “Vintage Ads”
- Marjorie Barkin Searl – In Memoriam
- Citizen Preservationist: Harold Thomas
- 2023 Leo Dodd Preservation Award
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