![]() Subscribe to the Tariq Elite Radio Show on Itunes Archives. I imagined the public typewriter project as a scaled-down covid compliant form of the traditional type in the event. Welcome to the all new Tariq Elite Radio show,hosted by New York Times best-selling author and critically acclaimed film maker Tariq 'Elite' Nasheed. As we transition into a colder season full of unknowns I feel that it's important we continue to stoke that creative fire any way we can. Folks stopped and wrote, chatted, and bonded over their shared experience but we were also joined by street artists who began chalking out large murals on the street all around us. The event had surpassed either of our expectations because it morphed into a larger creative event. Covid sidelined the successful return of this event in 2020, however in July of 2021 we pivoted and were able to throw a Covid compliant "Type-Out" event on a closed down Cookman avenue. ![]() She supplied the venue and boosted the signal and I supplied nearly 25 different vintage typewriters, paper stock, and different events aimed at kick-starting creativity while being able to try writing on a serviced vintage typewriter (for the first time for many). "In 2019 I worked with Kathy Kelly, owner of "Paranormal Books & Curiosities" who was gracious enough to host New Jersey's first-ever "type-in" event. ![]() A lot of thought and effort is behind it, according to McAndrew: This typewriter project certainly wasn't a spur-of-the-moment thing. Since 2019 I have been collaborating with other small New Jersey-based businesses creating and executing different events aimed at promoting writing and literacy." According to McAndrew, " I have spent the last three years establishing and building my business around promoting the lost art of writing with true intention and freeing writers from the binary bonds of digital distraction and influence.
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