The Spring Arts Podcast, with Craig Grossman

Craig talks with Kyle Cuffie-Scott of Darnel's Cakes about starting his business, his mission to advocate for AIDs prevention and education in honor of his cousin Darnel, and ideas for new collaborative projects with artists and other businesses in Spring Arts. Follow Darnel's Cakes on Instagram and Facebook and stop by his shop at 444 North Third St. or visit them at the Lansdale Farmers Market.

This week Craig talks with Antoinette Johnson of Cohere, "a design firm that's focused on transforming abandoned space or stories into something new again." They talk about their shared interest in bringing creative people together to try crazy things and hopefully make something beautiful and beneficial to the community in the process. Cohere recently launched The Viaduct as a collaborative meeting place. Follow the Viaduct @ViaductPHL on Instagram.

Craig talks with Melissa and Kevin Walter of Love City Brewing about maintaining balance between consistent quality and adaptability, the importance of creating an inclusive and welcoming space, and the nuance of partnering both in business and in life.

Craig talks with Chad Rosenthal of The Lucky Well about barbecue from Memphis to Brooklyn to Philadelphia, opening his new location in Spring Arts, and how his interest in cooking started at a very young age.

Craig talks with Mike Treon from Roy Pitz Barrel House about the origins of the company in Chambersburg, PA, opening the Barrel House in Spring Arts, and partnering with Love City and Triple Bottom Brewing in the wake of COVID-19 to create the new Spring Arts Beer Garden.

Michael Pasquarello and his wife Jeniphur moved to Spring Arts in the early 2000s and became a part of the neighborhood community when they opened Cafe Lift. In this episode, Craig sits down with Michael Pasquarello to discuss his impact on the Philadelphia restaurant scene over the last decade, starting with Cafe Lift and continuing through to his newest restaurant, La Chinesca.

Craig talks with Tess from Triple Bottom Brewing about starting the business in the fall of 2019 and the changes they had to make when COVID-19 threatened to shut everything down including partnering with other local businesses to create Joy Box, a box of "essential non-essentials".

In an age of quick and expendable, what if you were to start with history and repurpose what we already have. What if you were to use the forgotten spaces around you, and use them as a catalyst of creativity. This is The Spring Arts, with Craig Grossman and that’s our mission.