JAG Cast

Carminati Creamery makes delicious gelato from scratch and their long-awaited Jenkintown location just opened in Yorkway Place. The PIC stopped by, ate some gelato, and have some thoughts. We remember the history of Carminati in Jenkintown from its humble beginnings as a Summer Music Series gelato cart to the pandemic hustle of home delivered cold treats, to the Glenside location,

Joe Montone has been bringing live music to communities for over 14 years. With a soon-to-be-launched nonprofit called Stage United on the horizon and the third year producing the Abington Art Center's Summer Concert Series about to begin, Joe is making waves in the regional live music and performance scene. In this episode, we talk about concerts, air guitar competitions, the

The venerable Philadelphia music venue, The Grape Room, has sadly closed its doors and this week Miss Chrissie and Steve remember the most impactful experiences they had and people they met at the Grape. Stay until the end for a special send-off clip as we play one last song and pour one more round for the dearly departed, but never forgotten, "Cheers" of music venues, The Grape Ro

Learn from Miss Chrissie what it takes to start a Yoga studio as the PIC discuss the impending launch of Chrissie's latest business venture, Joy Movement Arts. How did she make the website? What business software did she choose? How will JMA distinguish itself from the competition? Learn all this plus some office desk drama and a random cat interruption! It's a short and sw

The PIC try (and fail amusingly) to generate images with Microsoft Copilot while discussing the "AI" tools they use day-to-day. Plus, some initial thoughts on OpenAI's Sora and our automated future. Subscribe at https://jenkintownartsgarage.com to get JAG updates delivered to your email inbox so you'll never miss an episode, video, or anything else we cook up! I

It's Jenkintown's sesquicentennial (say that three times fast!) this year and Ben Bergman returns to the Pod to talk about the J150 celebrations being planned and how YOU can get involved! Tune in to learn about 48 year-old high school letters, Boy Scout gazebo renovation plans, the night market's return, a historical mural, and more! Plus, a really fun A Game Called Something roun

The Vision Pro has officially launched and who better to discuss it and the new "spatial computing" era than friend of the pod, Kotaro Fujita. In this episode we attempt to answer two important questions: What is Vision Pro and What can you do with it? We discuss what it's like to use the product, what software will be available at launch, and what new kinds of experi

It's a new year and the PIC are starting it off with a banger of an episode featuring the Thursday night Broken Goblet legend himself, Mike Estabrook! A staple of the Goblet for many years now, the host of both a regular request show and new open mic, he talks everything from making his way in the music business while holding down a day job, using iPads and QR codes to facilita

In the final episode of 2023, the PIC discuss their favorite episodes of the year as chosen by Steve, Chrissie, and the YouTube algorithm! Chrissie goes deep about an episode with Righteous Jolly that includes Norwegian singing! Steve tries to convince Chrissie that learning to program is a good idea while The Algorithm's choice is an episode with one of our favorite people! Pl

Chrissie learns to code with the help of the programming environment, Scratch! Chrissie's youngest was playing with Scratch the other day and Steve decided to check it out for himself and build a little demo Pong game because a) it's fun and b) Chrissie has never heard of pong! Together during Steve's lunch break, the PIC add a feature to the game while exploring basic