In addition to hosting Thursdays with ESWA live weekly on Zoom, Tara has read and spoken for numerous organizations and conferences, including City Lit Project, Wilmington Writers Conference, Maryland Writers Association, MD Humanities, Baltimore County's Online Programs for Adult Learners (OPAL), The US Department of Education, Indie Lit Fest, Marietta House & Museum, Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site, Los Angeles Public Library, VALA Art Gallery, Cobalt Poets, Wilde Readings, MoCo Underground, Reston Readings, Salisbury University, The Freeman Stage, Write About Now, and more. She has also been featured on Good Morning Delmarva, Delmarva Today, DelmarvaLife, The Poetry Place (UK), Eat the Storms (Ireland), and Wordland.
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Upcoming Events 2024 November 16th Workshop: Using The Golden Shovel to Drive Your Writing A Day of One's Own Writing Retreat Manor Mill Monkton, Maryland LIVE December 27th Featured Reader: The Buzzed Word Reading Series The Buzzed Word Bookstore & Wine Bar Ocean City, Maryland LIVE 2025 January 18th Featured Reader with Karen Scott Saturday Afternoon Poets 3-5 PM EST Zoom March 8th Bay to Ocean Writers Conference Conference Chair Wye Mills, Maryland LIVE April 26th Featured Poet with David Kozinski Poetry in the Mansion Reading Series Rockwood Park & Museum, 1-3 PM 4651 Washington Street Extension Wilmington, DE 19808 LIVE Past Events January 20th A Tribute to Harriet Tubman: An Evening of Poetry Headquarters Live Salisbury, Maryland LIVE March 9th Bay to Ocean Writers Conference: Conference Chair Wye Mills, Maryland LIVE Bay to Ocean Writers Conference Open Mic: Emcee Queen Anne's County Center for the Arts LIVE April 9th Workshop: Fairy Tales--A Journey into the Self Maryland Writers Association, Lower Shore Chapter, Zoom April 13th Bay to Ocean Journal Reading Talbot County Free Library 100 West Dover Street, Easton, Maryland, LIVE April 20th Philadelphia Stories Poetry Reading, Reception, & Open Mic Kanbar Campus Center Thomas Jefferson University's East Falls Campus 3 - 5 PM, LIVE & on Zoom Registration Required May 19th Featured Poet with CL Bledsoe & Adam Chiles Reston Readings Reston Used Book Shop, Reston, VA, 5:30 PM, LIVE May 29th-June 2nd Antioch Poetry Retreat at Washington College with Grace Cavaleri, LIVE June 23rd Schuykill Valley Journal Launch with Featured Poet Luray Gross Manayunk Roxborough Art Center, 3:00 PM, LIVE 419 Green Lane (Rear) Philadelphia, PA 19128 LIVE July 1st Featured poet with Meredith Davies Hadaway Manor Mill Open Mic Poetry 6:30 PM, LIVE Hosted by poets Mel Edden and Robert Bowie, Jr., LIVE September 28th The Truth Reading in Honor of Banned Books Week Featured poet with Rosie Bean, Amber Green & Truth Thomas Sby ArtSpace 7-9 PM, LIVE Hosted by Salisbury Poet Laureate, Nancy Mitchell October 20th Workshop: Fairy Tales--A Journey into the Self Maryland Writers Association, Brain to Bookshelf Conference 1:30 PM, Concourse D, LIVE 2023 January 10th Featured Reader: Wilde Readings (Zoom) 7-9 PM EST January 28th Featured Reader: Planet Poetry 28 (Zoom), 5-7 PM EST. Also features an open mic. To register for this event, click here. March 31st CityLit Festival: Unshuttered Poets: Poetry at the Center of History & Remembrance Featured Poet, with Ephraim Nehemiah, Zeina Azzam, Sean Murphy, Kathleen Hellen, Jalynn Harris: Master of Ceremonies, and Patricia Smith Busboys & Poets, Baltimore, 7-9:30 PM April 22nd The Spark: Neuroscience, the Senses, & Memory North Baltimore's Chapter of Maryland Writers Association Historical Society of Baltimore County, 11 AM -12 PM Featured Reader: The Shore: An Earth Day Reading Talbot County Public Library, 2 PM No registration required July 11th Guest Host: Cobalt Poets on Zoom Login through website at link. Los Angeles, California, 10:30-1:00 PM EST July 22nd Eastern Shore History & Heritage Series "A Time & Place" A shared experience of four writers, each with their own perspective on Maryland's Eastern Shore Featured Reader with Brent Lewis, Tara A. Elliott, Kenton Kilgore, and Beth Dulin Queen Anne's County Centre for the Arts, 7-9 PM EST October 15th Maryland Writers Association, Brain to Bookshelf Conference Workshop: Women in the Hero's Journey: The Other Side of the Myth Baltimore Hilton BWI, Concourse D, 2:45 PM October 20th Reading for Lower Eastern Shore MWA Salisbury Wicomico Arts Council, 7 PM Baltimore County Department of Aging (OPAL) Lecture: The Spark: Neuroscience, the Senses, & Memory Zoom, 1-2 PM EST November 15th Antioch Poetry Retreat Anthology Book Launch Kent Cultural Alliance, Chestertown, MD, 6 PM |
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