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Episode 90: The Asbury Park Arts & Culture Plan

April 30, 2023 haj1000 Notable Locals 0 Comments

This week we discuss updates to the Asbury Park Arts and Culture Plan and welcome back Carrie Turner from the Asbury Park Arts Council.  We also welcome Eric Galipo from Francis Cauffman Architects who did the hard work of designing the Arts & Culture plan which will now be presented to the City Council.  Welcome Carrie and Eric!

AsburyPod also gratefully acknowledges the support of Jenn Hampton from the Parlor Gallery on Cookman Avenue in Asbury Park who let us record this episode in her lovely space. Thanks Jenn!

PS: You can see Eric Galipo’s presentation of the A&C plan at this link:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnCWRLzLlFE&t=29s

Episode 90: The Asbury Park Arts & Culture Plan

Episode 89: Local Poet Cord Moreski

April 15, 2023 asbury-pod Notable Locals 0 Comments

In honor of National Poetry Month, we welcome local poet Cord Moreski, who is the host, curator and driving force behind the wildly popular “Coffee and Words” poetry series held at Asbury Park Roastery—a series that is in turn just a small part of the New Jersey Poetry Renaissance which is bringing poetry readings to spaces all over the State of New Jersey.

Special thanks to Tom Chesek for letting us record this episode at the historic Stephen Crane House here in Asbury Park.

One Note, we have added a recording to Cord reading several of his poems to the end of this episode, so stay tuned and give them a listen! 

Poems:

  1. Aubrey
  2. Night Swimming
  3. Angel
  4. Won’t You Be My Neighbor
  5. Apartment Karaoke

Episode 89: Local Poet Cord Moreski

Episode 88: Part II of our Talk With Reverend David Parreott Jr.

March 13, 2023 haj1000 Notable Locals 0 Comments
Welcome to part two of our conversation with long-time Asbury Park Police Officer, former member of the Asbury Park City Council, former state champion tennis player from Asbury Park High School, and local Pastor—the Reverend David Parreott Jr. He reminisces about being a police officer during the 1970 riots in Asbury Park, being a neighborhood kid when Asbury Park had dirt roads and a synagogue on Cookman Ave, and what it was like to run for office in Asbury Park back in the 1980s. Welcome Reverend!
Reverend Perreott shows Amy & Joe the pool table he bought from Danny Devito.

Episode 88: Part II of our Talk With Reverend David Parreott Jr.

Episode 87: Reverend David Parreott Jr.

March 5, 2023 asbury-pod Notable Locals 0 Comments
When Amy & Joe sit down to interview guests, we try to keep our conversations somewhere near the 45-minute mark just to keep things simple. But this week’s guest, who has been a resident of Asbury Park since the 1930s, was such an engaging storyteller that they ended up with over 90 minutes of conversation before we knew it—enough for two full episodes. So welcome to part one of our conversation with long-time Asbury Park Police Officer, former member of the Asbury Park City Council, former state champion tennis player from Asbury Park High School, and local Pastor—the Reverend David Parreott Jr. Welcome Reverend!

Episode 87: Reverend David Parreott Jr.

Episode 86: The Coaster’s Editor Ellen Carroll

February 6, 2023 asbury-pod Notable Locals 0 Comments
Recording at the historic Stephen Crane House here in Asbury Park, this week Amy & Joe return to the local news scene and talk to Ellen Carroll, editor of The Coaster, one of the last remaining family-owned, hyper-local newspapers on the Jersey shore–which is also celebrating its 40 anniversary this year.

Episode 86: The Coaster’s Editor Ellen Carroll