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January 25-February 25, 2023: Tara is RUTH in Ruth and The Green Book, at the Center for Puppetry Arts in Partnership with the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum, Atlanta GA! Tuesdays Thru Thursdays @10:30AM; Saturdays @11:00AM; Sundays @ 2:00PM. Carter Center Presidential Library Special Evening Performance & Talkback on 2/15 at 7:00PM!
December 24, 2023: Tara is Soprano Soloist for The Christmas Eve Service at The Episcopal Church of the Advent, providing Soprano Solo for “He Shall Feed His Flocks” (Air for Alto and Soprano from Handel’s Messiah) and performing “O Holy Night” (Adam/Martin) at Episcopal Church of the Advent, Kennett Square, PA 9:00PM!
December 21, 2023: Tara performs The Christmas Spirituals Project presented by the AfroSouthern Education Project at Arch Street Meeting House, Philadelphia, PA 7:00PM!
December 17, 2023: Tara is Soprano Soloist for A Concert of Choir and Organ Offerings, performing “O Holy Night” (Adam/Martin) at Episcopal Church of the Advent, Kennett Square, PA 4:00PM!
December 3, 2023: Tara is Soprano Soloist for A Jazz Christmas, soloing “Operator” (Shaw arr.) and performing “Love Can Change the World (Somers, Somers, Louden). Presented by Music With a Mission, Inc., at The Tatnall School, Wilmington DE.
November 3 & 4, 2023: Tara performs her award-winning solo play I Know It Was The Blood: The Totally True Adventures of a Newfangled Black Woman in Philadelphia! Venue: Mosaic Community Church, West Phila.
October 15, 2023: Tara is Soprano Soloist for Jazz Vespers featuring The Episcopal Church of the Advent and Church Farm School Choirs, soloing “Operator” (Shaw arr.) and performing with choir at Episcopal Church of the Advent, Kennet Square, PA 4:00PM!
September 8, 2023: Tara is Soprano Soloist for Jazz Vespers for the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, performing “Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child” (Hogan, arr.) and “Come Sunday” (Ellington) at Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Parish, West Grove, PA 6:30PM!
July-August, 2023: Tara performs her award-winning solo play I Know It Was The Blood: The Totally True Adventures of a Newfangled Black Woman on tour at Providence Fringe Fest (RI, July 20-22), Borderlight Fringe Festival (Cleveland, August 3-5), and Jersey Fringe (Aug 19-20)!
May 25, 2023: Tara performs Hold On: Songs of Hope, Justice & Solace presented by the AfroSouthern Education Project at Arch Street Meeting House, Philadelphia, PA 6:30PM!
May 21, 2023: Tara is Soprano Soloist for Feast of the Ascension service, performing “He Is King of Kings” (Boyer) and performs in select chorus singing “Out of Deep” (Requiem, Rutter) at Episcopal Church of the Advent, Kennett Square, PA 10:15AM!
April 9, 2023: Tara is Soprano Soloist for Easter Service, performing solo arrangement of Faure’s “In Paradisum”, other selections, at Episcopal Church of the Advent, Kennett Square, PA 10:15AM!
April 2, 2023: Tara is Soprano Soloist at Jazz Vespers in Honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, performing “Come Sunday”, other selections, at The Church Farm School, Exton PA, 4:00PM!
April 2, 2023: Tara is Soprano for Palm Sunday service performing in duet of “On The Willows” (Schwartz) from Godspell at Episcopal Church of the Advent, Kennett Square, PA 10:15AM!
March 30,2023: Tara is Featured Entertainment at the New Jersey Black Women’s Collective’s inaugural event A Seat At The Table: Honoring the Voices of Black Women, at Social Profit Center, Hamilton, NJ, 5:00PM!
February 12,2023: Tara is Soprano Soloist at the Spirituals Concert in Honor of Abraham Lincoln’s Birthday, “Ride On, King Jesus,” other selections, at Episcopal Church of the Advent, Kennett Square, PA 6:30PM!
December 29, 2022: Tara celebrates the 10th Anniversary of “The Christmas Spirituals Project” at Calvary United Methodist Church, Philadelphia, PA 6:30PM!
December 24, 2022: Tara is Soprano Soloist at Christmas Eve Lessons & Carols services, “I Wonder as I Wander”, other selections. Episcopal Church of the Advent, Kennett Square 4:00PM
November 6, 2022: Tara is soprano soloist at Organ and Chancel Choir Offerings, Episcopal Church of the Advent, Kennett Square 4:00PM
April 17, 2022: Tara is soprano soloist at Easter Service, St Timothy’s Episcopal Church, Roxborough-Philadelphia, PA 10:30AM
April 16, 2022: Tara performs the “Easter Eve Recital & Reception: A new collection of Spirituals, Sacred Songs and Poetry for Easter” with the AfroSouthern Education Project. Arts House on 5th, Philadelphia, PA 3:00 PM
April 9, 2022: Tara performs her new dramatic poetry collection “Robeson” for the African American Cultural Collaboration of Mercer County in partnership with the Arts Council of Princeton at the Albert Hinds Center, Princeton, NJ. 4:00 PM
March 20, 2022: Tara premieres 4 Poems: A New Experience of Original Poetry & Song, Signature Loft, Philadelphia PA 4:30 PM
12/30/2021 & 01/01/2022: Tara performs the 9th Annual AfroSouthern Education Christmas Spirituals Project at St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church (5720 Ridge Avenue) and The Church of the Crucifixion Episcopal Church (807 Bainbridge Street), Philadelphia PA.
11/28 & 12/4/2021: Tara’s special “Haitian Immigration and the Afro-Immigrant Experience in the United States airs on WPPM 106.5FM, TuneIn, and PhillyCam.org
October 18 & 25 and 11/2/2021: Tara’s Community Care special series features organizations featuring exclusive interviews with leaders at MANNA,The Choir School of Delaware, Overbrook School for the Blind, Covenant House PA, and Mercy Hospice. Airs on WPPM 106.5 FM, Philadelphia, TuneIn (WPPM), and PhillyCam.org
May 28 & 29 2021: Tara interviews Emily Ford, the first African American and first LGBTQ person, and only the second person ever to thru-hike the 1200-mile Ice Age Trail in Winter. Airs on WPPM, 106.5 FM, Phladelphia, TuneIn (WPPM), and PhillyCam.org.
December 21 & 23 2020: Tara interviews artist T.D. Anderson, on her powerful new two-panel painting centering the experience of Mamie Till-Mobley, mother of Emmett Till. View Anderson’s diptych Pietà: “Woman, Behold Your Son; Behold Your Mother” at www.TDAndersonArt.com. Airs on WPPM, 106.5 FM, Philadelphia, on TuneIn (WPPM) or at www.phillycam.org/listen. Coming Soon to Youtube.
December 14, 16, 17 & 18, 2020: A special edition of A Philadelphia Literary Moment featuring Tara’s interview with Dr. Utz McKnight, author of the new book Frances E.W. Harper: A Call To Conscience, published December, 2020. Companion to the three-part Harper series. Airs on WPPM, 106.5 FM, Philadelphia, on TuneIn (WPPM) or at www.phillycam.org/listen. Now available on Youtube.
December 1, 2020: Tara re-releases The Barack Obama Block Party on Facebook Video and YouTube. The two-part documentary chronicled the election night and post events with an eye toward events in the battleground state of North Carolina. Now Available on Youtube.
October 31 - November 1, 2020: Tara performs in A Philadelphia Literary Moment: Frances E.W. Harper’s Speeches, a radio special written and produced by Tara Lake. Part of a three-part series. Airs on WPPM, 106.5 FM, Philadelphia, on TuneIn (WPPM) or at www.phillycam.org/listen. Now available on Youtube.
July 12, 18 & 19, 2020: Tara performs in A Philadelphia Literary Moment: Frances E.W. Harper’s Fiction, an audio drama inspired radio special written and produced by Tara Lake. Part of a three-part series. Airs on WPPM, 106.5 FM, Philadelphia, on TuneIn (WPPM) or at www.phillycam.org/listen. Now available on Youtube.
June 11, 2020: Tara performs as RUTH in the online presentation of the original production of Ruth and The Green Book, Civil Rights puppetry musical. Presented in response to the Black Lives Matter Movement by the Center for Puppetry Arts, Atlanta.
04/25 & 05/02/20: Airing of A Philadelphia Poetry Moment: Frances E.W. Harper’s Poetry, radio special written, performed and produced by Tara Lake. Part of a three-part series. Airs on WPPM, 106.5 FM, Philadelphia, on TuneIn (WPPM) or at www.phillycam.org/listen. Now available on Youtube.
July 2019-October 2019: Tara performs her one-woman show, “I Know It Was the Blood: The Totally True Adventures of a Newfangled Black Woman” on Summer-Fall 2019 Tour!
-Scranton, PA (October 3-6) at Scranton Fringe Festival
-Philadelphia, PA (September 20-22) at Phily Fringe Festival
-New York, NY (August 25-27 & 30, September 1) at The Dream Up Festival, Theatre for the New City
-London, UK (August 8-11) at Camden Fringe Festival
-Washington DC (July 11-13, 17 & 23) at Capital City Fringe Festival
August 19, 2019: Tara Performs at Festival Preview Night #2 at The Rotunda, Philadelphia. Philadelphia FringeArts - Philly Fringe.
August 2018-November 2018: Tara performs her one-woman show, “I Know It Was the Blood: The Totally True Adventures of a Newfangled Black Woman” on Summer-Fall 2018 Tour!
-Baltimore, MD (Nov. 8-11) at Charm City Fringe Festival
-The Geva Theatre, Rochester, NY (Sept. 20-22) Rochester Fringe Festival
-CCJP Hall in Chicago, IL, (Aug. 31-Sept 2) Chicago Fringe Festival
September 13, 2018: Tara interviews with Reenah Golden, host of The Goddess Hour, on WAYO 104.3FM to discuss “I Know It Was the Blood: The Totally True Adventures of a Newfangled Black Woman” at 9PM.
05/24/18: Tara performs “Miss Wheatley’s Garden & Other Works: A Celebration of African American Women Poets and Composers” at The Mercantile Library, in Cincinnati, OH at 6PM. FREE & OPEN to the Public. Reservations Required.
04/19/18: Tara performs AfroSouthern’s Concert, “Hold On: Songs of Justice, Hope and Solace”, at Berea College, in partnership with the Peace and Social Justice and Music Departments.
01/22/18: Tara performs her story “I Know It Was the Blood or, My First Love”, at TrueSong, presented by True Theatre, in historic Memorial Hall in Over The Rhine, Cincinnati, OH at 8PM.
12/17/17: Tara performs The 2017 Christmas Spirituals Project, as a soprano, storyteller and scholar at First Lutheran Church, 1208 Race Street, Cincinnati, OH. Produced by AfroSouthern.
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Tara meets the late Rep. John Lewis, Congressman for Georgia’s 5th District, at a reception following her performance as “Ruth” in Ruth & The Green Book
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