We're psyched to share that Spillian Co-Founder Leigh Melander, PhD was recently a guest on Josh Mortensen's podcast, The Explorer Poet in an episode entitled Understanding Frivolity as a Tool for Understanding the Self and Fostering Creativity . Here's how Josh describes the conversation: In this engaging conversation with Leigh Melander, we explore the profound impact [...]
The Scheherazade Room holds layers: carpets hung above the bed, elephant lamps standing sentinel, antique wardrobes and dressers, old artwork, and a brass genie lamp. A room drawn from The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1001 Nights, and watching over it all, golden and serene, with false eyelashes, is Celeste the Camel. Celeste came to us [...]
“The Whole World is a Garden” At the top of the grand staircase—with its glorious, over-the-top frescoes stretching floor to ceiling—you turn right into the first bedroom. The walls are original pine ship-lap, and across them, painted directly on the shellacked wood—blooms a quiet riot of daisies and dragonflies. They're some of several remarkable frescos [...]
A Summer Kingdom in the Mountains Built in the early 1880s by the Fleischmanns Yeast family, Spillian was part of a sprawling, audacious Catskills estate: eight summer “cottages” on 160 acres, each one built for a member of the Fleischmanns’ first American generation. Today, only Spillian still stands—on 33 acres of mountain forest. The Fleischmanns [...]
Damn, the world is spinning wildly right now. Our hearts are holding such vulnerability – and hope - of so many people who are trying to breathe open fear and worry in a tumultuous time. Those who come to Spillian, and those who’ve never heard of the Catskills. Our hearts are there, too. And all [...]
What happens to flowers after your wedding? They go to folks who love them! We are lucky to have an amazing couple, Jen and Brent, come every Sunday when we have leftover flowers (with their famous therapy dog Bella!). They spend their afternoon breaking down wedding flowers into bouquets for residents at the local nursing [...]
Join us for Carsie Blanton in Concert: Creative Revolution Saturday, July 13 • 5 to 9 PM Oh, friends, do we have a glorious special reveling rebellion brilliant creative treat for you coming this summer! We are extremely proud to announce that singer/songwriter and activist Carsie Blanton is coming to join [...]
A Chance to Play with Us, Our Treat! We are delighted to share that our friends at HV Happenings are working with us to offer an Instagram giveaway contest for one of our Spillian Imaginarium events this winter! The winner has an adventure for two on us! Saturday play and food and delights, plus an [...]
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