BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Spillian - ECPv6.17.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://spillian.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Spillian REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20150308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20151101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20160313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20161106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20170312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20171105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20180311T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20181104T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20190310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20191103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20200308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20201101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20210314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20211107T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240210T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240211T110000 DTSTAMP:20240210T152003Z CREATED:20231023T220442Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240210T152003Z UID:12010-1707570000-1707649200@spillian.com SUMMARY:Absinthe Makes the Heart Grow Fonder: A Bohemian Valentine's Ball | February 10 DESCRIPTION:Absinthe Makes the Heart Grow Fonder:\nA Bohemian Valentine’s Ball\nSaturday\, February 10\, 2024\n\nJoin us for Absinthe Makes the Heart Grow Fonder: A Bohemian Valentine’s Ball\, as the Green Fairy presides at a Bohemian celebration of love. \nCome wanderers\, vagabonds\, and adventurers…and come as your favorite bohemian! Think Monmartre in Paris\, think Plaff’s Beer Cellar in Manhattan\, think the early days of the Bohemian Grove in Sonoma County… Artists\, writers\, and defiers of convention all. \nThere will be dining. There will be dancing. There will be sparks and sparkles of romance. Wit and wonder. Along with really bad puns. And not a cherub in sight. \nWE ARE COMPLETELY SOLD OUT!  \nAs of January 8\, all of our rooms are now sold out\, but we still have plenty of space for guests in the afternoon and evening! And we have several neighboring lodging choices who would be delighted to host you. Please make your reservations for the gathering with us and check in with these folks if you need a place to stay.  \n\nThe Arts Inn: Call directly to see if they have availability for a one night stay\nThe Alpine Four Season Lodge: Let them know you’re coming to Spillian and they’ll work with you to meet your lodging needs\nBelleayre Lodge: Check with them about their availability for one-night stays\nRiver Run Bed and Breakfast\n\n  \nReserve Now!\n\nThe Bohemian Valentine’s Ball\nCocktails 5 – 6:30 PM\nStrut your best bohemian weirdness\, savor a cougere (a gruyere puffed pastry) and have a drink or two to start your evening. Our bar will be open\, serving wine\, beer from our friends at Upward Brewing Company\, regular cocktails\, and featuring: \n\nAbsinthe la Louche: the traditional absinthe cocktail\, with iced water dripped over a cube of sugar\, slowly transforming its colour from the original emerald green to a lighter\, opalescent shade of milky green.\nThe Bohemian: Gin\, elderflower liqueur\, grapefruit juice and a dash of bitters.\nDeath in the Afternoon: Invented and named by Papa Hemingway himself; a superb mix of absinthe and champagne. Because\, right?\n\nDinner 6:30 PM\nA table d’hote dinner fit for a café in an ancient windmill in Paris\, painted by Renoir…with flavors for both carnivores and vegivores. The menu! \nFirst Course\nWalnut Mushroom Paté/Cheeses/Onion Jam/Watercress Salad\nServed with our House-Made Baguettes and Bliss Crisps Seed Crackers \nSecond Course\nMoulin de la Galette Buckwheat Galettes with Ratatouille \nThird Course\nVegivore\nVegan Cassoulet | Beet Tartare | Green Beans Amandine \nCarnivore\nConfit Duck with Catskills Blueberry Wine Demi-Glace | Duck Fat potatoes | Green Beans Amandine \nDessert\nPrince Charlie’s Heart Shaped Short Bread\nPersian Rose Petal Love Cakes \n  \nDancing 8-11 PM\nThe Lucky 5: “An Infectiously Rambunctious Hot Jazz Ruckus.” \nCombining originals and creative reworks of old standards\, The Lucky 5 is a hard-swinging jazz band that blends 30’s and 40’s style swing with gypsy and Parisian flavors to create a unique blend of music that stands by itself. \nThe band is comprised of highly seasoned touring musicians\, having been part of The Hunger Mountain Boys\, Lauren Ambrose & The Leisure Class\, and traveled\, performed and recorded with artists such as Neko Case\, Iris Dement\, Bobby Previte\, Del McCoury\, Jim Lauderdale\, just to name a few. \nThe Lucky 5 brings verve\, high energy\, and an unpredictable impulse to the tradition of jazz\, grooving deeply\, and keeping feet moving on the dance floor. \n \n\nPricing\nThe Bohemian Ball SOLD OUT\nAppetizers\, Dinner\, and Dancing $85/person\nCash bar\, tax and gratuities extra. Advance Reservations Required. \nStay the Night SOLD OUT\nThe Ball and an Overnight Stay at Spillian $365/couple\nMake it a getaway! Includes the evening’s entertainment and dining and an overnight stay with a light breakfast featuring our house-made bagels and turnovers on Sunday morning.  Cash bar\, tax\, and gratuities not included. Click here to learn more about our splendid rooms! Check in at 1 PM on Saturday\, check out by 11 AM on Sunday. \n\nBohemian Inspiration\nCome as your favorite Bohemian…or your creative take on your wildest Bohemian fantasies. For a bit of inspiration\, here are some of the more famous (or infamous) Bohemians who have brought their irreverent creative eccentricity to the world… \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\nJoin our Mythic Catskills Adventures email list and be the first to know about upcoming events: URL:https://spillian.com/event/absinthe-makes-the-heart-grow-fonder-a-bohemian-valentines-ball-2/ LOCATION:Spillian\, 50 Fleischmanns Heights Road\, Fleischmanns\, 12430\, United States CATEGORIES:Dinner,Imaginarium,Mythic Catskills,Revel ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://spillian.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/absinthe-graphic-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240127T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240128T110000 DTSTAMP:20240112T164423Z CREATED:20231023T201250Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240112T164423Z UID:11966-1706360400-1706439600@spillian.com SUMMARY:The Winter Wonder Games | January 27 DESCRIPTION:The Winter Wonder Games:\nA Frosted Festival for Misfits\nWith Legendary Outdoor Guide Will Soter\nSaturday\, January 27\, 2024\nCome and join in on a most excellent winter fest\, led by our friend the magical Will Soter\, who knows the Catskills with a rich and delightful intimacy. We’ll compete with fire and fire water\, play in the snow\, explore Spillian’s forests\, feast on a dinner worthy of the forest king\, and wind up the evening with bonfires and s’mores in Spillian’s meadow. \nSpace is limited\, so make your reservations early! \nReserve Now!\n\nThe Winter Wonder Games\n1 to 4 PM: Savor the delights of frost and fire (and a little mostly-friendly competition) on Spillian’s mountain for the afternoon.  \n\nWill’s Winter Fire Challenge: A relay race to build the best fire and make hot chocolate over open flame in our Meadow.  Winners can spike yours! \nA Foraging Wander: Explore the trails with Will\, seeking signs of winter activities and foraging for pine for simple syrup (more on that later). Depending on snow cover\, we’ll either hike in boots or snow shoes.\nSlip Sliding Away: If the snow gods bless us well\, sled Spillian’s As You Wish hill and avoid the pond for special points!\nSnow Sweets: Make your own maple syrup candies in the ice\, featuring the famous flavored maple syrups from our friends at Tree Juice.\nIce Bowling in the Bocce Court: This promises to be an olympic-worthy event.\n\nThe bonfire will be blazing and we’ll have hot drinks (straight and laced) available at the Bar Pavilion in the Meadow to keep blood in your toes. \nThe Spillian Permission Slip\nWe only have two basic rules at Spillian: 1) there is no inherent dignity and 2) there are no calories. As such\, you’re invited  to unfold as far into a snow day as you like\, whatever that means to you. Feel like hanging by the inside fire\, sipping Spillian’s new herbal Cat’s Love Tea or nursing a whiskey? Or hiding under the covers in your room and reading the book you’ve been yearning to get to? We’ll give you your very own permission slip so you can formally grant yourself the freedom to do exactly what you’d like for the afternoon. \n5 – 7 PM: The Winter Cocktail Contest\nLearn to make pine simple syrup from the pine foraged this afternoon\, and channel your inner mixologist at the winter cocktail contest. We’ll have an array of ingredients awaiting you\, from local spirits to mixers and garnishes and a smoker. Here’s your chance to mix the next great Spillian cocktail\, with naming rights! \n7 PM: A Forest Feast from Chef Christian Van Etten \nSalad\nWhole slice sage-thyme roasted roasted butternut squash with burrata and vegan gluten free romesco\, accompanied by a lightly tossed lemon  pepper vinaigrette arugula salad\ntossed with balsamic glazed pine nuts (VG no burrata) \nVegivore (VG)\nvegan sausage with a sun dried tomato\, cherry pepper\, rehydrated cherry and slow roasted garlic puree\, served with lemon pepper broccolini\, and  a brown rice and quinoa\, and roasted sweet potato pilaf  \nCarnivore\npan-seared duck breast\, red currant thyme and brandy sauce\,  glazed parsnips\, rutabaga  and a creamy marscapone polenta \nDessert\nApples on apples: honey-crisp Apple cobbler\, with apple cider reduction\, garnished with a candied apple chip\, house made vanilla bean ice-cream\nor\nMini apple tarte tatin\, oat milk vanilla bean cream sauce\, vegan vanilla ice cream\, \ngarnished with a candied apple chip (VG)\n  \n9 PM: Meadow Bonfire and S’Mores\nDiscover a Midwinter Night’s Dream in Spillian’s Meadow\, all lit up with lights against the pines and snow\, a boisterous bonfire\, and s’mores. Because they’re necessary. \n\nPricing\nThe Cocktail Contest\, Dinner & Bonfire: $95 per person\nJoin us for the cocktail contest\, supper\, and night bonfire. Cocktails and contest begin at 5 PM\, dinner at 7 PM. Price includes dinner\, cocktail contest makings and the bonfire. Additional cash bar\, tax\, and gratuities not included. \nThe Winter Wonder Games\, Cocktail Contest\, Dinner & Bonfire: $125 per person\nJoin us for the Winter Wonder Games\, cocktail contest\, supper\, and evening bonfire. Games begin at 1 PM. Price includes all activities and supplies for the games\, dinner\, cocktail contest makings and the bonfire.Cash bar\, tax\, and gratuities not included. \nThe Full Winter Wonder Games: All of the Offerings Plus an Overnight Stay: $395 per couple\nMake it a getaway! The Full Winter Wonder Games includes Price includes all activities and supplies for the games\, dinner\, cocktail contest makings for a drink and the bonfire. plus an overnight stay for two with a light breakfast featuring our house-made bagels and turnovers on Sunday morning.  Cash bar\, tax\, and gratuities not included. Click here to learn more about our splendid guest rooms! Check in at Noon on Saturday\, check out at 11 AM on Sunday. \nReserve Now!\n\nAbout Will Soter\nWill Soter is a NYSDEC Licensed Guide; he started his professional guiding caterer in 2011 when he cofounded Upstate Adventure Guides\, a Catskills based adventure company. Recently Will has start a concierge adventure travel company offering custom tailored adventures. Will calls upon his knowledge and connections in the industry to provide a wide array of options that span North America and Europe. Will enjoys sharing his love\, and knowledge of the outdoors. He holds certifications in CPR\, Wilderness First Responder.  He is also trained as Leave No Trace Master Educator\, and a Water Safety Instructor.  \nWill is currently involved in several industry organizations working on efforts such as NYSOGA’s effort to update the current Guide licensing requirements and  licensing exam. He is also participating in a collaborative effort to evaluate the viability of trail expansions\, and the possible construction of new trails in New York.  \nWill previously worked as the Director of the Catskill Conservation Corps\, leading crews that built lean-tos\, and trail structures.  He has served on the Board of Directors for the Catskill Mountain Club\, and served as President of the New York Outdoor Guide Association (NYSOGA). He was employed by the NY/NJ Trail Conference\, managing Catskill Trail Maintainers\, and the Catskill Conservation Corp\, which provided recruitment\, and training services for various volunteer stewardship organizations in the Catskill region.  \nThrough all of his work\, Will strives to help others find a deep\, and meaningful connection to the world outdoors and works to open opportunities for others to learn the skills to enjoy safe and memorable adventures in the outdoors. \n(And he is a complete delight!) URL:https://spillian.com/event/the-winter-wonder-games-january-27/ LOCATION:Spillian\, 50 Fleischmanns Heights Road\, Fleischmanns\, 12430\, United States CATEGORIES:Adventure,Dinner,Imaginarium,Outdoors,Revel ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://spillian.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/winterwonderpathonlyweb-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240120T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240121T110000 DTSTAMP:20240112T162026Z CREATED:20231023T200535Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240112T162026Z UID:11973-1705755600-1705834800@spillian.com SUMMARY:The Hallowed Haggis: A Robert Burns Celebration | January 20 DESCRIPTION:The Hallowed Haggis:\nA Robert Burns Celebration\nJanuary 20\, 2024\nWe all know January–the time of the year when holiday delights have faded into the snow and the dark cold nights of winter threaten despair… We have an antidote: The Hallowed Haggis: A Robert Burns Celebration. \nCome push against the darkness\, and join us for a seriously silly celebration of the words and song of the Ploughman Poet\, Robert Burns. Indulge your whimsy\, and join in the revelry as we enjoy the smoky taste of great whiskey\, the play of candlelight against silver\, the wail of the bagpipes\, the Spillian Haggis Games\, and a great feast of the Hallowed Haggis… Hilarity will ensue. \nWhat the hell is Haggis\, you ask?  Its liver\, tongue and other unmentionable bits together with Scottish oats\, onions\, stock and herbs all cooked together into “the great chieftain o’ the pudding race.” Put away your mocking thoughts\, and know that this is one delicious bit of pie.  And\, in deference to those who think it is truly terrifying\, we will offer haggis to taste alongside Chef Christian’s superb takes on much more accessible Scots carnivorous and vegetarian fare…\n \nOur co-founder Leigh Melander and our great friends and colleagues\, theatre artist Robert Smythe and textile artist Susan Smythe\, will be co-directing the delights of the weekend and spurring you on to great Haggis heights. And John “Johnny Piper” McGovern will be evoking the highlands and bringing us into line with his bagpipes throughout the evening. \nJoin us as we push back winter’s dark cloak with games\, verse\, drinks and superb food\, all invoking – and evoking – your inner Highlander. \nThree ways to play: \n\nCome for the evening: Saturday Robert Burns Supper & Festivities\nCome for the day: Saturday Haggis Games\, Robert Burns Supper & Festivities \nStay the night: The Full Haggis – The Haggis Games\, Supper\, Festivities and Overnight Stay\n\n\nPlease join us! Space is limited\, so advanced reservations are required.\n \nReserve Now!\n\nThe Haggis Games\n\n1 to 4 PM: The Spillian Haggis Games\, a superbly silly array of activities and competitions to get your inner Highlander primed for the Robert Burns Feast and contests. We’re still putting final touches on this year’s game plan\, but here are some of the ridiculousness we’re considering…\n\nA Scots Dialect Lesson: Och\, aye… Land in the language of Burns and explore your talent for accents and/or a touch of moxie. Click here for a list of Robert Burns poems you can practice on.\nAn Ode to an Ode: A guided chance to release your inner poet and create an ode to that which you love\, to share at the dinner table with your fellow celebrants and competitors. Fear not! Even if your inner poet is shy; sublime or absurd\, we’ll help you get to full-on poet status for the evening.\nTo the Toasts!: How to hold the heart and soul of what you’re honoring as you make a toast that will ring in the memories of all who join us.\nRad Plaid Pads: Invent your own plaid as you weave your own hot pad holder. (Crafts for grownups!)\nThe Spillian Auld Lang Syne Orchestra Rehearsal: Kazoos await those who are brave enough to become a member of the band. Only the smallest modicum of musical talent required…bravado counts. (And those of you who actually play instruments\, feel free to bring yours and help guide the mayhem.)\nThe Bar will open at 1 PM if you need some liquid courage\, and we’ll have some Spillian-made snacks on hand for noshing in the afternoon.\n\n\n\n\nThe Robert Burns Feast & Festivities\nA family style feast around our extraordinary mahogany dining table\, all dressed for the occasion. This table is a true place of convivium\, where tales are topped\, ideas are birthed\, and friendships created. We will toast\, dine\, share stories\, poetry\, the music of the pipes\, announce the winners of the Haggis Games. We will have both carnivore and vegetarian menu choices\, just let us know which would prefer when you buy your tickets. \nThe Menu\n\nSalad (V)\ncharred fennel\, cranberries\, candied pecans\, cucumbers \nover arugula with a house made lemon vinaigrette \nFirst Course (V)\nroasted tartan veggies\nparsnips\, carrots\, rutabaga\, and potatoes with smoked salt\, local honey and thyme \nand a tasting for the brave:\nthe mighty haggis: great chieftain o’ the puddin’ race\n\nVegivore Entrée (V)\nour famous vegetarian mushroom wellington\nserved with an apple cider reduction and braised leeks \nCarnivore Entrée\nwhiskey marmalade braised lamb shanks with a smokey bacon au jus\nserved over a leek and barley risotto  \nDessert (+V)\nraspberry whiskey cranachan with scottish shortbread\nboth dairy and vegan versions \ncoffee | spillian cat’s love tea | spillian sweet winter orange tea | lemonade | cucumber water \nThe Schedule \n\n5 PM: Cocktail hour featuring the Spillian Highland\, with local Catskills whiskey\, a whisper of the heather on the hills\, and a curl of smoke. And some Spillian snacks…\n7 PM: A full-flown Robert Burns Supper\, with a feast from Spillian’s chef Christian Van Etten around our grand table\, featuring traditional and vegan haggis along with his creative takes on the evocative flavors of Scotland; and all of the glorious pageantry of a traditional Burns Supper\, featuring poetry\, speechifying\, and the magic of John “Johnny Piper” McGovern on bagpipes.\nAfter Dinner: The final round of Haggis Games contests\, including the memorable Bonniest Knees Contest for our kilt-wearers (bribes will be encouraged)\, awards\, and rousing last chorus of Auld Lang Syne with the Spillian Auld Lang Syne Orchestra. Don’t have your kilt? No worries…we’ve got a flock of them thanks to Johnny Piper\, and are happy to lend you one for the day.\n\n\nPricing\nAdvance reservations required.\nThe Robert Burns Supper & Festivities: $80 per person\nJoin us for the cocktail hour\, supper\, and festivities. Cocktails begin at 5 PM\, dinner at 7 PM. Includes dinner\, and the evening’s entertainment. Cash bar\, tax and gratuities not included. \nSaturday Haggis Games\, Robert Burns Supper & Festivities: $95 per person\nJoin us for the Haggis Games\, cocktail hour\, supper\, and festivities. Games begin at 1 PM. Includes afternoon games\, dinner\, and the evening’s entertainment. Cash bar\, tax and gratuities not included. \nThe Full Hallowed Haggis: $365 per couple\nMake it a getaway! The Full Hallowed Haggis includes The Haggis Games\, cocktail hour\, supper\, the evening’s entertainment\, an overnight stay with a light breakfast featuring our house-made bagels and turnovers on Sunday morning\, and sales tax..  Cash bar and gratuities not included. Click here to learn more about our splendid guest rooms! Check in at noon on Saturday\, check out at 11 AM on Sunday. \nReserve Now!\n\nAbout Johnny Piper\nBy day an attorney\, and at all other moments\, wild man Johnny Piper\, John McGovern is a talented traditional bagpipe player\, playing both with  Ulster County Sheriff’s Office Honor Guard & Alternative Ulster\, a punk/Celtic fusion band that raises every roof in a 20 mile radius. Johnny will be joining us in full kit and as much sobriety as the occasion invites\, providing a memorable bagpipe soundtrack to our evening’s entertainments. \n  \n  \nAbout Leigh Melander\, PhD\nLeigh has a doctorate in cultural mythology and psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute and wrote her dissertation on frivolity as an entry into imagination. She has an eclectic background in the arts as well as consulting in strategic planning\, outreach and marketing\, and event planning for over 20 years. She has performed\, and taught and facilitated explorations of imagination and creativity internationally\, working with individuals and groups to help them find their way to bringing their wild ideas to life. \nHer undergraduate degree is in performance\, literature\, and history from Penn State\, and she studied writing by invitation with Nobel Poet Laureate Derek Walcott at Boston University. She has has appeared in various media outlets\, including the History Channel\, as a mythology expert\, and has published articles in Spring Journal\, The Routledge International Handbook of Jungian Film Studies\, The Mythology CD-ROM. She hosted two weekly radio shows on an NPR affiliate for several years: Myth America (now available as a podcast)\, an exploration into how myth shapes our sense of identity; and The Reveling Radio Hour\, an irreverent mashup of her take on the old Fleischmanns Yeast Radio Hour variety shows\, self-help podcasts\, and Being John Malkovich. She served for four years as the Vice President of the Joseph Campbell Foundation and the editor of their MythBlast series. She is a presenter and coach in creativity and imagination\, and her first book\, Psyche’s Choice: The Frivolous Revolution is available on Amazon Kindle. \n\nJoin our Spillian Imaginarium email list and you’ll be the first to know about upcoming events: URL:https://spillian.com/event/the-hallowed-haggis-a-robert-burns-celebration-january-20-2024/ LOCATION:Spillian\, 50 Fleischmanns Heights Road\, Fleischmanns\, 12430\, United States CATEGORIES:Adventure,Dinner,Imaginarium,Mythic Catskills,Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://spillian.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/hallowedhaggisimage.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231216T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231217T110000 DTSTAMP:20231216T195548Z CREATED:20231017T155541Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231216T195548Z UID:11963-1702731600-1702810800@spillian.com SUMMARY:Reveler's Rubato: Steal A Night Away at Spillian | December 16 DESCRIPTION:Reveler’s Rubato:\nSteal a Night Away at Spillian\nSaturday\, December 16\, 2023\nIn a musical score\, tempo rubato invites musicians into expressive freedom as they play. In Italian\, tempo rubato literally means “stolen time.” We invite you to steal away this December for a bit of Spillian- style R&R Spillian style…a little Respite and Revelry…and find a little freedom. \nJoin us for Saturday for a glowing evening of feasting and merriment\, or stay with us for a quick weekend overnight escape. \nSOLD OUT\nCome and join us at one of our other delightful escapes planned this winter! You can find them here. \nThe Dinner: A Reveler’s Rubato Feast\nMake an evening of it! Special cocktails and a chance to be a taste-tester for some new retail food offerings we’re developing\, followed by an intimate chef’s dinner at Spillian’s grand table on Saturday evening. Linger afterwards and enjoy the fire. And perhaps play a holiday tune or two on our antique Steinway… \n\n5 PM Saturday: Cocktail Hour. Actually hour and a half\, but who’s counting? Featuring a special Spillian holiday cocktail and official taste-testing of new Spillian products.\n6:30 PM Saturday: Feasting and Frolicking. A prix fixe dinner to delight both veggie and meat lovers; you can choose the carnivore or vegivore (full vegan) menu when you purchase your tickets.\n\nSalad (VG)\npears\, pine nuts\, pickled shiitake\, and cucumber over mixed greens\nwith a house made maple vinaigrette \nCarnivore’s Entrée\nan apple and sage stuffed pan seared pork chop and roasted carrots\,\nserved with shiitake mushrooms and leek fried spatzle \nVegivore’s Entrée (VG)\ncrispy carmalized leeks and quinoa cakes with a tangy tomato relish\,\nserved with roasted carrots and a creamy vietnamese nuoc cham sauce\n(from cashews\, lime\, roasted garlic and dill ) \nDessert\nhouse made panna cotta with raspberry coulis and mint\nboth vegan and dairy versions \ncoffee | spillian cat’s love tea | lemonade | cucumber water \n  \nPRICE: $75 per person\nIncludes snacks during cocktail hour and dinner. Cash bar\, tax and gratuities extra.\nDinner seating is limited and advance registration is required. \n\nThe Full Rubato: An Overnight at Spillian for Two\nSteal away for a mini-escape! Take advantage of our special early check-in and spend the day as you wish – staring into the fire\, tackling a jigsaw puzzle\, wandering the woods\, checking out small town holiday festivities\, or simply taking a nap. Then gather with fellow revelers for cocktails and feast. Stay overnight in one of our eight enchanted bedrooms\, and grab a quick breakfast in the morning as you head off into Sunday’s adventures. \n\n1 PM Saturday: Check In. We’ll have coffee\, tea\, and lemonade on hand\, and the fire going in the fireplace. You’re welcome to enjoy the privacy of your room\, explore the Catskills for the afternoon\, or simply breathe easy as you contemplate the fire.\n5 PM Saturday: Cocktail Hour. Wander down to the tavern to have a drink and meet your fellow revelers for the evening. And be our quality testers on some new retail products we’re developing!\n6:30 PM Saturday: Feasting and Frolicking.\nYour Call Saturday: Bedtime. Sugarplum visions or ghosts from holidays past\, if you so conjure them. Or dreamless sleep in the quiet of a Catskills December night.\n9 AM Sunday: A Spillian ContinentalBreakfast. With fresh coffee\, tea\, juice\, fruit\, Spillian chicken hard boiled eggs\, and starring our house-made bagels and apple turnovers.\n11 AM Sunday: Check out and journey into your Sunday.\n\nPRICE: $355 per couple\nIncludes double occupancy overnight room rental; and tasting\, dinner\, and light breakfast for two. Cash bar\, tax and gratuities extra.  \n\nPS: Can’t make it this weekend?\nNever fear\, we have an array of delightful escapes planned this winter.\nYou can find them here. \n\n  URL:https://spillian.com/event/revelers-rubato-steal-a-night-away-at-spillian-december-16-2023/ LOCATION:Spillian\, 50 Fleischmanns Heights Road\, Fleischmanns\, 12430\, United States CATEGORIES:Dinner,Imaginarium,Revel ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://spillian.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/SpillianWeddingFleishmannsbyChelliseMichaelPhotography525.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Spillian":MAILTO:sam@spillian.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231202T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231203T110000 DTSTAMP:20231202T160819Z CREATED:20231023T185957Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231202T160819Z UID:11980-1701522000-1701601200@spillian.com SUMMARY:Reveler's Rubato: Steal A Night Away at Spillian | December 2 DESCRIPTION:Reveler’s Rubato:\nSteal a Night Away at Spillian\nSaturday\, December 2\, 2023\nIn a musical score\, tempo rubato invites musicians into expressive freedom as they play. In Italian\, tempo rubato literally means “stolen time.” We invite you to steal away this December for a bit of Spillian- style R&R Spillian style…a little Respite and Revelry…and find a little freedom. \nJoin us for Saturday for a glowing evening of feasting and merriment\, or stay with us for a quick weekend overnight escape. \nSOLD OUT!\nBut you still can join us on December 16! Click here to make your reservations! \n\n  \nThe Dinner: A Reveler’s Rubato Feast\nMake an evening of it! Special cocktails and some light munchies\, followed by an intimate private chef’s dinner at Spillian’s grand table on Saturday evening. Linger afterwards and enjoy the fire. And perhaps play a holiday tune or two on our antique Steinway… \n\n5 PM Saturday: Cocktail Hour. Actually an hour and a half\, but who’s counting? Featuring a special Spillian holiday cocktail and some munchies…and maybe a chance to test a new snack from Spillian’s kitchens that we’re testing for the retail world!\n6:30 PM Saturday: Feasting and Frolicking. A prix fixe dinner to delight both veggie and meat lovers; you can choose the carnivore or vegivore (full vegan) menu when you purchase your tickets.\n\nWinter Salad (VG)\nromaine wedges and arugula with toasted pumpkin seeds\nfrizzled shallots\, cranberries and a house made balsamic vinaigrette\n\nCarnivore’s Entrée\nbeef wellington with roasted mushrooms\, pickled mustard seeds and braised leeks \nserved with a peppercorn cream sauce\n\nVegivore’s Entrée (VG)\ndelicately fried falafel with grilled portabella mushrooms and braised leeks\nserved over butternut squash sage risotto\n\nDesserts \nhouse made classic cheesecake\, strawberry compote and mint\nhouse made lemon no-bake cheesecake with strawberry compote and mint (VG)\n\ncoffee | spillian cat’s love tea | lemonade | cucumber water\n  \nPRICE: $75 per person\nIncludes light hors d’oeuvres\, and dinner. Cash bar\, tax and gratuities not included.\nDinner seating is limited and advance registration is required. \n\nThe Full Rubato: An Overnight at Spillian for Two\nSteal away for a mini-escape! Take advantage of our special early check-in and spend the day as you wish – staring into the fire\, tackling a jigsaw puzzle\, wandering the woods\, checking out small town holiday festivities\, or simply taking a nap. Then gather with fellow revelers for cocktails and feast. Stay overnight in one of our eight enchanted bedrooms\, and savor a continental breakfast in the morning before you head off into Sunday’s adventures. Check out our whimsical rooms here. \n\n1 PM Saturday: Check In. We’ll have coffee\, tea\, and lemonade on hand\, and the fire going in the fireplace. You’re welcome to enjoy the privacy of your room\, explore the Catskills for the afternoon\, or simply breathe easy as you contemplate the fire.\n5 PM Saturday: Cocktail Hour. Wander down to the tavern to have a drink and meet your fellow revelers for the evening.\n6:30 PM Saturday: Feasting and Frolicking.\nYour Call Saturday: Bed Time. Sugarplum visions or ghosts from holidays past\, if you so conjure them. Or dreamless sleep in the quiet of a Catskills December night.\n9 AM Sunday: A Spillian Continental Breakfast. With fresh coffee\, tea\, juice\, fruit\, Spillian chicken hard boiled eggs\, and starring our house-made bagels and apple turnovers.\n11 AM Sunday: Check out and journey into your Sunday.\n\nPRICE: $355 per couple\nIncludes double occupancy overnight room rental\, light hors d’oeuvres\, dinner\, and light breakfast for two. Cash bar\, tax\, and gratuities extra.  \n\nPS: Can’t make it this weekend?\nNever fear\, we have an array of delightful escapes planned this winter.\nYou can find them here. \n\n  URL:https://spillian.com/event/revelers-rubato-steal-a-night-away-at-spillian-december-2-2-23-2/ LOCATION:Spillian\, 50 Fleischmanns Heights Road\, Fleischmanns\, 12430\, United States CATEGORIES:Dinner,Imaginarium,Revel ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://spillian.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/9Y0A4410-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230211T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230211T230000 DTSTAMP:20230211T000212Z CREATED:20230114T143756Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230211T000212Z UID:11812-1676134800-1676156400@spillian.com SUMMARY:Absinthe Makes the Heart Grow Fonder: A Bohemian Valentine's Ball DESCRIPTION:Absinthe Makes the Heart Grow Fonder:\nA Bohemian Valentine’s Ball\nSaturday\, February 11\, 2023\n\nJoin us for Absinthe Makes the Heart Grow Fonder: A Bohemian Valentine’s Ball\, as the Green Fairy presides at a Bohemian celebration of love. \nCome wanderers\, vagabonds\, and adventurers…and come as your favorite bohemian! Think Monmartre in Paris\, think Plaff’s Beer Cellar in Manhattan\, think the early days of the Bohemian Grove in Sonoma County… Artists\, writers\, and defiers of convention all. \nThere will be dining. There will be dancing. There will be sparks and sparkles of romance. Wit and wonder. Along with really bad puns. And not a cherub in sight. \nSOLD OUT!\n\nThe Bohemian Valentine’s Ball\nCocktails 5 – 6:30 PM\nStrut your best bohemian weirdness\, savor a cougere (a gruyere puffed pastry) and have a drink or two to start your evening. Our bar will be open\, serving wine\, beer from our friends at Upward Brewing Company\, regular cocktails\, and featuring: \n\nAbsinthe la Louche: the traditional absinthe cocktail\, with iced water dripped over a cube of sugar\, slowly transforming its colour from the original emerald green to a lighter\, opalescent shade of milky green.\nThe Bohemian: Gin\, elderflower liqueur\, grapefruit juice and a dash of bitters.\nDeath in the Afternoon: Invented and named by Papa Hemingway himself; a superb mix of absinthe and champagne. Because\, right?\n\nDinner 6:30 PM\nA table d’hote dinner fit for a café in an ancient windmill in Paris\, painted by Renoir…with flavors for both carnivores and vegans. (Choose when you register!) \nA Petit Charcuterie\nHouse-made walnut mushroom paté\, local cheese\, house-made carmelized onion jam\, and watercress salad\nHouse-made baguettes and seed crisp crackers \nSavory Galette\nIn honor of the first gathering place of the Bohemians in Monmartre\, Le Moulin de Galette. A savory buckwheat crepe wrapped around ratatouille. \nFor Our Meat Lovers\nCoque au Cidre\, Beet Tartare\, Green Beans Amandine\nFour Our Vegetable Lovers\nVegan Cassoulet\, Beet Tartare\, Green Beans Amandine \nDessert\nPersian Love Cakes & Vegan Macarons \nDancing 8-11 PM\nIntroducing The Lucky 5: “An Infectiously Rambunctious Hot Jazz Ruckus.” \nCombining originals and creative reworks of old standards\, The Lucky 5 is a hard-swinging jazz band that blends 30’s and 40’s style swing with gypsy and Parisian flavors to create a unique blend of music that stands by itself. \nThe band is comprised of highly seasoned touring musicians\, having been part of The Hunger Mountain Boys\, Lauren Ambrose & The Leisure Class\, and traveled\, performed and recorded with artists such as Neko Case\, Iris Dement\, Bobby Previte\, Del McCoury\, Jim Lauderdale\, just to name a few. \nThe Lucky 5 brings verve\, high energy\, and an unpredictable impulse to the tradition of jazz\, grooving deeply\, and keeping feet moving on the dance floor. \n \n\nPricing\nThe Bohemian Ball SOLD OUT\nAppetizers\, Dinner\, and Dancing $85/person\nCash bar\, tax and gratuities extra. Advance Reservations Required. \nStay the Night SOLD OUT\nThe Ball and an Overnight Stay at Spillian $355/couple\nMake it a getaway! Includes the evening’s entertainment and dining and an overnight stay with a light breakfast featuring our house-made bagels and turnovers on Sunday morning.  Cash bar\, tax\, and gratuities not included. Click here to learn more about our splendid rooms! Check in at 3 PM on Saturday\, check out by 11 AM on Sunday. \n\nBohemian Inspiration\nCome as your favorite Bohemian…or your creative take on your wildest Bohemian fantasies. For a bit of inspiration\, here are some of the more famous (or infamous) Bohemians who have brought their irreverent creative eccentricity to the world… \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\nJoin our Mythic Catskills Adventures email list and be the first to know about upcoming events: URL:https://spillian.com/event/absinthe-makes-the-heart-grow-fonder-a-bohemian-valentines-ball-2023-2/ LOCATION:Spillian\, 50 Fleischmanns Heights Road\, Fleischmanns\, 12430\, United States CATEGORIES:Dinner,Imaginarium,Mythic Catskills,Revel ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://spillian.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/absinthe-graphic-scaled.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Spillian":MAILTO:sam@spillian.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230121T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230122T110000 DTSTAMP:20230119T155351Z CREATED:20221209T145544Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230119T155351Z UID:11737-1674306000-1674385200@spillian.com SUMMARY:The Hallowed Haggis: A Robert Burns Celebration January 21\, 2023 DESCRIPTION:The Hallowed Haggis:\nA Robert Burns Celebration\nJanuary 21\, 2023\nWe all know January–the time of the year when holiday delights have faded into the snow and the dark cold nights of winter threaten despair… We have an antidote: The Hallowed Haggis: A Robert Burns Celebration. \nCome push against the darkness\, and join us for a seriously silly celebration of the words and song of the Ploughman Poet\, Robert Burns. Indulge your whimsy\, and join in the revelry as we enjoy the smoky taste of great whiskey\, the play of candlelight against silver\, the wail of the bagpipes\, the Spillian Haggis Games\, and a great feast of the Hallowed Haggis… Hilarity will ensue. \nWhat the hell is Haggis\, you ask?  It’s liver\, tongue and other unmentionable bits together with Scottish oats\, onions\, stock and herbs all cooked together into “the great chieftain o’ the pudding race.” Put away your mocking thoughts\, and know that this is one delicious bit of pie.  And\, for those who dare not\, we’re also concocting a vegan version o’ the great and powerful Haggis.\n \nOur co-founder Leigh Melander and our great friends and colleagues\, theatre artist Robert Smythe and textile artist Susan Smythe\, will be co-directing the delights of the weekend and spurring you on to great Haggis heights. And John “Johnny Piper” McGovern will be evoking the highlands and bringing us into line with his bagpipes throughout the evening. \nJoin us as we push back winter’s dark cloak with games\, verse\, drinks and superb food\, all invoking – and evoking – your inner Highlander. \nThree ways to play: \n\nCome for the evening: The Hallowed Haggis Feast \nCome for the day: The Haggis Games and Feast Saturday \nStay the night: The Full Haggis – The Haggis Games\, Feast\, and Overnight Stay\n\n\nThe Hallowed Haggis at Spillian. It’s Mythic. Local. Real. \nReserve Now! \n  \n\nThe Haggis Games\n\n1 to 4 PM: The Spillian Haggis Games\, a superbly silly array of activities and competitions to get your inner Highlander primed for the Robert Burns Feast and contests. Learn\, compete\, laugh…including choices like:\n\nA Scots Dialect Lesson: Och\, aye… Land in the language of Burns and explore your talent for accents and/or a touch of moxie. Click here for a list of Robert Burns poems you can practice on.\nAn Ode to an Ode: A guided chance to release your inner poet and create an ode to that which you love\, to share at the dinner table with your fellow celebrants and competitors. Fear not! Even if your inner poet is shy; sublime or absurd\, we’ll help you get to full-on poet status for the evening.\nTo the Toasts!: How to hold the heart and soul of what you’re honoring as you make a toast that will ring in the memories of all who join us.\nRad Plaid Pads: Invent your own plaid as you weave your own hot pad holder. (Crafts for grownups!)\nThe Spillian Auld Lang Syne Orchestra Rehearsal: Penny whistles\, slide whistles\, kalimbas and kazoos await those who are brave enough to become a member of the band. Only the smallest modicum of musical talent required…bravado counts. (And those of you who actually play instruments\, feel free to bring yours and help guide the mayhem.)\nThe Bar will open at one if you need some liquid courage\, and we’ll have some Spillian-made snacks on hand for noshing.\n\n\n\n\nThe Saturday Robert Burns Feast\nA family style feast around our extraordinary mahogany dining table\, all dressed for the occasion. This table is a true place of convivium\, where tales are topped\, ideas are birthed\, and friendships created. We will toast\, dine\, share stories\, poetry\, the music of the pipes\, announce the winners of the Haggis Games. \nThe Menu\n(Except for the traditional haggis\, all other dishes can be vegan: you can choose when you register!)\nGreen Salad with Roasted Beets\, Chestnuts\, and Charred Cabbage (V)\nThe Mighty Haggis: Great Chieftan o’ the Puddin’ Race\nVegan Haggis in Savoy Cabbage with Cinnamon and Nutmeg\nNeeps and Tatties: Glazed Rutabaga and Potatoes with Chive Whiskey Sauce\nCarmelized Braised Leeks\nCurrant Bannocks\nGingerbread with crystallized ginger and spiced maple whiskey sauce\nCoffee\, Tea\, Iced Tea\, Water\, Lemonade \nThe Schedule \n\n5 PM: Cocktail hour featuring the Spillian Highland\, with local Catskills whiskey\, a whisper of the heather on the hills\, and a curl of smoke. And some Spillian snacks…\n7 PM: A full-flown Robert Burns Supper\, with a feast from Spillian’s chef Christian Van Etten around our grand table\, featuring traditional and vegan haggis along with his creative takes on the evocative flavors of Scotland; and all of the glorious pageantry of a traditional Burns Supper\, featuring poetry\, speechifying\, and the magic of John “Johnny Piper” McGovern on bagpipes.\nAfter Dinner: The final round of Haggis Games contests\, including the memorable Bonniest Knees Contest for our kilt-wearers (bribes will be accepted)\, awards\, and rousing last chorus of Auld Lang Syne with the Spillian Tin Whistle Auld Lang Syne Orchestra. Click here for kilt maker who rents kilts in Highland NY!\n\n\nPricing\nSaturday Robert Burns Supper & Festivities: $75 per person\nJoin us for the cocktail hour\, supper\, and festivities. Cocktails begin at 5 PM\, dinner at 7 PM. Includes dinner and the evening’s entertainment. Cash bar\, tax\, and gratuities not included. \nSaturday Haggis Games\, Robert Burns Supper & Festivities: $95 per person\nJoin us for the Haggis Games\, cocktail hour\, supper\, and festivities. Games begin at 1 PM. Includes afternoon games\, dinner and the evening’s entertainment. Cash bar\, tax\, and gratuities not included. Advance reservations required. \nThe Full Hallowed Haggis: $355 per couple\nMake it a getaway! The Full Hallowed Haggis includes The Haggis Games\, cocktail hour\, supper\, the evening’s entertainment\, and an overnight stay with a light breakfast featuring our house-made bagels and turnovers on Sunday morning.  Cash bar\, tax\, and gratuities not included. Click here to learn more about our splendid guest rooms! Check in at noon on Saturday\, check out at 11 AM on Sunday. \nReserve Now! \n  \n\nAbout Robert Smythe\nRobert is an acclaimed theater artist and the founder of Mum Puppettheatre\, the only regional theater in the United States dedicated to puppetry\, serving as its Artistic Director for 23 years. During that time he wrote\, directed and performed over 20 original productions using puppets\, masks and human actors\, winning numerous awards and honors\, including four Barrymore Awards for himself and 13 for the company. He also led Mum on international tours on four continents. \n\nRobert is the recipient of Guggenheim\, Pew\, NEA and six Pennsylvania Council on the Arts fellowships\, and six Barrymore Awards for Excellence in Theater in areas ranging from education to choreography. According to Philadelphia City Paper\, Smythe’s work with Mum “sparked the theater renaissance that continues to this day.” He was the first artist to receive a commission from the Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts in 2008\, and the resulting collaboration between him and the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia\, Stravinsky’s “l’Histoire du Soldat\,” won the 2011 Barrymore Award for Outstanding Collaboration. \nHe is the founder of the Playwriting Program for the International Puppetry Conference at the Tony-winning O’Neill Theater Center. His work on motor contagion was been published in Acta Psychologica; his ground-breaking application of narrative theory to puppetry\, “Reading a Puppet Show: Understanding the Three-Dimensional Narrative\,” was published in The Routledge Companion to Puppetry and Material Performance. Robert received his MFA in Playwrighting from Temple University\, where he was a University Fellow. Philadelphia Magazine named him “Best Professor” in their annual “Best of Philadelphia” issue in 2010. He is now the Culinary Lead Baker for Swarthmore College\, where he makes hundreds of desserts every day. He also is currently directing and acting at the acclaimed Hedgerow Theatre in Philadelphia\, teaches playwrighting in workshops internationally\, and works as a voiceover specialist in national advertising. \nAbout Susan Smythe\n\n \nSusan is delighted to be working again at Spillian.  Long-time Philadelphia costume designer and two-time Barrymore nominee for her work at Mum Puppettheatre\, she has also had a long association with InterAct Theatre\, with Uncanny Valley\, Gideon’s Knot\, The How and the Why\, Two Jews Walk into a War\, Jihad Jones and the Kalashnikov Babes\, Other projects: L’Histoire du Soldat for the innaugural PIFA at the Kimmel Center\, other companies: The Berserker Residents\, Tribe of Fools\, Drexel University\,and Swarthmore College Theater and Dance. Susan also designs and sells housewares and accessories at Crooked Dog Designs. \n\n  \nAbout Johnny Piper\nBy day an attorney\, and at all other moments\, wild man Johnny Piper\, John McGovern is a talented traditional bagpipe player\, playing both with  Ulster County Sheriff’s Office Honor Guard & Alternative Ulster\, a punk/Celtic fusion band that raises every roof in a 20 mile radius. Johnny will be joining us in full kit and as much sobriety as the occasion invites\, providing a memorable bagpipe soundtrack to our evening’s entertainments. \n  \n  \nAbout Leigh Melander\, PhD\nLeigh has a doctorate in cultural mythology and psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute and wrote her dissertation on frivolity as an entry into imagination. She has an eclectic background in the arts as well as consulting in strategic planning\, outreach and marketing\, and event planning for over 20 years. She has performed\, and taught and facilitated explorations of imagination and creativity internationally\, working with individuals and groups to help them find their way to bringing their wild ideas to life. \nHer undergraduate degree is in performance\, literature\, and history from Penn State\, and she studied writing by invitation with Nobel Poet Laureate Derek Walcott at Boston University. She has has appeared in various media outlets\, including the History Channel\, as a mythology expert\, and has published articles in Spring Journal\, The Routledge International Handbook of Jungian Film Studies\, The Mythology CD-ROM. She hosted two weekly radio shows on an NPR affiliate for several years: Myth America (now available as a podcast)\, an exploration into how myth shapes our sense of identity; and The Reveling Radio Hour\, an irreverent mashup of her take on the old Fleischmanns Yeast Radio Hour variety shows\, self-help podcasts\, and Being John Malkovich. She served for four years as the Vice President of the Joseph Campbell Foundation and the editor of their MythBlast series. She is a presenter and coach in creativity and imagination\, and her first book\, Psyche’s Choice: The Frivolous Revolution is available on Amazon Kindle. \n\nJoin our Spillian Imaginarium email list and you’ll be the first to know about upcoming events: URL:https://spillian.com/event/the-hallowed-haggis-a-robert-burns-celebration-january-2023/ LOCATION:Spillian\, 50 Fleischmanns Heights Road\, Fleischmanns\, 12430\, United States CATEGORIES:Adventure,Dinner,Imaginarium,Mythic Catskills,Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://spillian.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/hallowedhaggisimage.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Spillian":MAILTO:sam@spillian.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221217T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221218T110000 DTSTAMP:20221214T205824Z CREATED:20221111T210651Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221214T205824Z UID:11704-1671271200-1671361200@spillian.com SUMMARY:Reveler's Rubato: Steal A Night Away at Spillian | December 17 DESCRIPTION:Reveler’s Rubato:\nSteal a Night Away at Spillian\nSaturday\, December 17\, 2022\nIn a musical score\, tempo rubato invites musicians into expressive freedom as they play. In Italian\, tempo rubato literally means “stolen time.” We invite you to steal away this December for a bit of Spillian- style R&R Spillian style…a little Respite and Revelry…and find a little freedom. \nJoin us for Saturday evening feasting and merriment\, or stay with us for a quick weekend overnight escape. \nReserve Now!\nThe Dinner: A Reveler’s Rubato Feast\nMake an evening of it! Cocktails and dinner at Spillian’s grand table on Saturday evening\, with a chance to be a taste-tester for some new retail food offerings we’re developing. And\, of course\, a resplendent dinner from Chef Christian. Linger afterwards and enjoy the fire. And perhaps play a holiday tune or two on our antique Steinway… \n\n5 PM Saturday: Cocktail Hour. Actually hour and a half\, but who’s counting? Featuring a special Spillian holiday cocktail and official taste-testing of new Spillian products.\n6:30 PM Saturday: Feasting and Frolicking. A prix fixe dinner to delight both veggie and meat lovers. Here’s the menu\, a wonderful fresh take on holiday eats:\n\nChristmas Tamales\nfor our meat lovers\nshort rib and plantain duck fat tamales topped with blueberry mole and charred scallions;\nserved with a charred eloté corn salad \nfor our veggie lovers\ntamales two ways: sweet potato and pinto bean; fire roasted green chili and vegan mozzarella\, served with pico de gallo; served with a vegan charred eloté corn salad \nMeat Lovers Entrée\npan seared skirt steak with sesame chimicurri; Geno’s baguette crosanti grilled with citrus butter & meyer lemon gremolata; grilled wasabi potatoes; leek soubis; roasted pepper\, tomato and zucchini trio \nVegan Entrée\nspicy sabzi cauliflower with cashews; roasted sweet potato; charred citrus-marinated fennel; pickled carrots and picked shiitake mushrooms over leek risotto; with sesame lime ponzu sauce \nDessert\npumpkin ginger cheese cake\, topped with dulce de leche and a pear crisp\nor for our vegans\, tiramisu with a pear crisp and raspberry pearls \ntea | coffee | lemonade | iced tea | cucumber water \n  \nPRICE: $75 per person\nIncludes tasting and dinner. Cash bar\, tax and gratuities extra.\nDinner seating is limited and advance registration is required. \n\nThe Full Rubato: An Overnight at Spillian for Two\nSteal away for a mini-escape! Take advantage of our special early check-in and spend the day as you wish – staring into the fire\, tackling a jigsaw puzzle\, wandering the woods\, checking out small town holiday festivities\, or simply taking a nap. Then gather with fellow revelers for cocktails and feast. Stay overnight in one of our eight enchanted bedrooms\, and grab a quick breakfast in the morning as you head off into Sunday’s adventures. \n\n10 AM Saturday: Check In. You’re welcome any time after 10 AM. We’ll have coffee\, tea\, and lemonade on hand. Ask us for directions to one of the great lunch spots in Fleischmanns!\n5 PM Saturday: Cocktail Hour. Wander down to the tavern to have a drink and meet your fellow revelers for the evening. And opine on new food product ideas we’re creating.\n6:30 PM Saturday: Feasting and Frolicking.\nYour Call Saturday: Bedtime. Sugarplum visions or ghosts from holidays past\, if you so conjure them. Or dreamless sleep in the quiet of a Catskills December night.\n9 AM Sunday: A Quick Breakfast Nosh. With fresh coffee\, tea\, juice\, fruit and our house-made apple turnovers.\n11 AM Sunday: Check out and journey into your Sunday.\n\nPRICE: $325 per couple\nIncludes double occupancy overnight room rental; and tasting\, dinner\, and light breakfast for two. Cash bar\, tax and gratuities extra.  \n  \nReserve Now! \n  \n\nPS: Can’t make it this weekend?\nNever fear\, you have two more chances on December 3 and December 10!\nYou can find them here. \n\n  URL:https://spillian.com/event/revelers-rubato-steal-a-night-away-at-spillian-december-17/ LOCATION:Spillian\, 50 Fleischmanns Heights Road\, Fleischmanns\, 12430\, United States CATEGORIES:Dinner,Imaginarium,Revel ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://spillian.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/9Y0A4410-scaled.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Spillian":MAILTO:sam@spillian.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221210T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221211T110000 DTSTAMP:20221118T020835Z CREATED:20221111T204144Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221118T020835Z UID:11698-1670666400-1670756400@spillian.com SUMMARY:Reveler's Rubato: Steal A Night Away at Spillian | December 10 DESCRIPTION:Reveler’s Rubato:\nSteal a Night Away at Spillian\nSaturday\, December 10\, 2022\nIn a musical score\, tempo rubato invites musicians into expressive freedom as they play. In Italian\, tempo rubato literally means “stolen time.” We invite you to steal away this December for a bit of Spillian- style R&R Spillian style…a little Respite and Revelry…and find a little freedom. \nJoin us for Saturday evening feasting and merriment\, or stay with us for a quick weekend overnight escape. \nReserve Now!\nThe Dinner: A Reveler’s Rubato Feast\nMake an evening of it! Cocktails and dinner at Spillian’s grand table on Saturday evening\, with a chance to be a taste-tester for some new retail food offerings we’re developing. And\, of course\, a resplendent dinner from Chef Christian. Linger afterwards and enjoy the fire. And perhaps play a holiday tune or two on our antique Steinway… \n\n5 PM Saturday: Cocktail Hour. Actually hour and a half\, but who’s counting? Featuring a special Spillian holiday cocktail and official taste-testing of new Spillian products.\n6:30 PM Saturday: Feasting and Frolicking. A prix fixe dinner to delight both veggie and meat lovers. The menu:\n\nWinter Salad & Soup\nspinach and arugula salad\, in a raspberry citrus vinaigrette\, with roasted golden beets\, candied pecans\, pomegranates\, and honey goat cheese\, served alongside a light butternut squash soup topped with crème fresh and chives.\nfor our vegan guests\, we’ll hold the goat cheese and crème fresh \nMeat Lovers Entrée\nduo of pork: apple cider & lemongrass brined pork tenderloin medallions; cider-braised pork belly; creamy polenta; served with prosecco poached rutabaga and charred balsamic brussel sprouts garnished with an apple chip and orange zest gremolata \nVegan Entrée\nfire roasted balsamic glazed eggplant stuffed with wild leek and thyme risotto with romesco sauce; served with rutabaga purée and confit tomatoes with fried basil and a crispy tomato skin garnish \nDessert\nraspberry bomboloni with mango pearls and crème anglaise\nfor our vegan guests: lemon olive oil cake with mango pearls and raspberry coulis \ntea | coffee | lemonade | iced tea | cucumber water \nPRICE: $75 per person\nIncludes tasting and dinner. Cash bar\, tax and gratuities extra.\nDinner seating is limited and advance registration is required. \n\nThe Full Rubato: An Overnight at Spillian for Two\nSteal away for a mini-escape! Take advantage of our special early check-in and spend the day as you wish – staring into the fire\, tackling a jigsaw puzzle\, wandering the woods\, checking out small town holiday festivities\, or simply taking a nap. Then gather with fellow revelers for cocktails and feast. Stay overnight in one of our eight enchanted bedrooms\, and grab a quick breakfast in the morning as you head off into Sunday’s adventures. \n\n10 AM Saturday: Check In. You’re welcome any time after 10 AM. We’ll have coffee\, tea\, and lemonade on hand. Ask us for directions to one of the great lunch spots in Fleischmanns!\n5 PM Saturday: Cocktail Hour. Wander down to the tavern to have a drink and meet your fellow revelers for the evening. And opine on new food product ideas we’re creating.\n6:30 PM Saturday: Feasting and Frolicking.\nYour Call Saturday: Bedtime. Sugarplum visions or ghosts from holidays past\, if you so conjure them. Or dreamless sleep in the quiet of a Catskills December night.\n9 AM Sunday: A Quick Breakfast Nosh. With fresh coffee\, tea\, juice\, fruit and our house-made apple turnovers.\n11 AM Sunday: Check out and journey into your Sunday.\n\nPRICE: $325 per couple\nIncludes double occupancy overnight room rental; and tasting\, dinner\, and light breakfast for two. Cash bar\, tax and gratuities extra.  \n  \nReserve Now! \n  \n\nPS: Can’t make it this weekend?\nNever fear\, you have two more chances on December 3 and December 17!\nYou can find them here. \n\n  URL:https://spillian.com/event/revelers-rubato-steal-a-night-away-at-spillian-december-10/ LOCATION:Spillian\, 50 Fleischmanns Heights Road\, Fleischmanns\, 12430\, United States CATEGORIES:Dinner,Imaginarium,Revel ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://spillian.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/CroppedTableJennMorsePhotography.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Spillian":MAILTO:sam@spillian.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221203T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221204T110000 DTSTAMP:20221118T020800Z CREATED:20221111T155621Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221118T020800Z UID:11662-1670061600-1670151600@spillian.com SUMMARY:Reveler's Rubato: Steal A Night Away at Spillian | December 3 DESCRIPTION:Reveler’s Rubato:\nSteal a Night Away at Spillian\nSaturday\, December 3\, 2022\nIn a musical score\, tempo rubato invites musicians into expressive freedom as they play. In Italian\, tempo rubato literally means “stolen time.” We invite you to steal away this December for a bit of Spillian- style R&R Spillian style…a little Respite and Revelry…and find a little freedom. \nJoin us for Saturday evening feasting and merriment\, or stay with us for a quick weekend overnight escape. \nReserve Now!\nThe Dinner: A Reveler’s Rubato Feast\nMake an evening of it! Cocktails and dinner at Spillian’s grand table on Saturday evening\, with a chance to be a taste-tester for some new retail food offerings we’re developing. And\, of course\, a resplendent dinner from Chef Christian. Linger afterwards and enjoy the fire. And perhaps play a holiday tune or two on our antique Steinway… \n\n5 PM Saturday: Cocktail Hour. Actually hour and a half\, but who’s counting? Featuring a special Spillian holiday cocktail and official taste-testing of new Spillian products.\n6:30 PM Saturday: Feasting and Frolicking. A prix fixe dinner to delight both veggie and meat lovers.\n\nWinter Salad\na trio of romaine\, bib lettuce and arugula delicately tossed in citrus vinaigrette\nwith roasted with roasted butternut squash\, beets and charred cauliflower\nbedecked with candied pecans and cranberry garnish \nMeat Lovers Entree\nconfit duck leg with house-made honey-pumpkin marscapone cappelletti\nand maple brandy brown butter\, glazed baby carrots and wild mushrooms \nVegan Entree\nroasted quinoa stuffed acorn squash glazed with apple cider balsamic reduction\,\nparsnip puree\, glazed baby carrots and wild mushrooms \nDessert\nblueberry cobbler with  house-made honey ice cream\, spun sugar+mint garnish\nor our vegan choice: blueberry crisp\, lemon sorbet\, spun sugar+mint garnish \ntea | coffee | lemonade | iced tea | cucumber water \nPRICE: $75 per person\nIncludes tasting and dinner. Cash bar\, tax and gratuities extra.\nDinner seating is limited and advance registration is required. \n\nThe Full Rubato: An Overnight at Spillian for Two\nSteal away for a mini-escape! Take advantage of our special early check-in and spend the day as you wish – staring into the fire\, tackling a jigsaw puzzle\, wandering the woods\, checking out small town holiday festivities\, or simply taking a nap. Then gather with fellow revelers for cocktails and feast. Stay overnight in one of our eight enchanted bedrooms\, and grab a quick breakfast in the morning as you head off into Sunday’s adventures. \n\n10 AM Saturday: Check In. You’re welcome any time after 10 AM. We’ll have coffee\, tea\, and lemonade on hand. Ask us for directions to one of the great lunch spots in Fleischmanns!\n5 PM Saturday: Cocktail Hour. Wander down to the tavern to have a drink and meet your fellow revelers for the evening. And opine on new food product ideas we’re creating.\n6:30 PM Saturday: Feasting and Frolicking.\nYour Call Saturday: Bedtime. Sugarplum visions or ghosts from holidays past\, if you so conjure them. Or dreamless sleep in the quiet of a Catskills December night.\n9 AM Sunday: A Quick Breakfast Nosh. With fresh coffee\, tea\, juice\, fruit and our house-made apple turnovers.\n11 AM Sunday: Check out and journey into your Sunday.\n\nPRICE: $325 per couple\nIncludes double occupancy overnight room rental; and tasting\, dinner\, and light breakfast for two. Cash bar\, tax and gratuities extra.  \n  \nReserve Now! \n  \n\nPS: Can’t make it this weekend?\nNever fear\, you have two more chances on December 10 and December 17! \n\n  URL:https://spillian.com/event/revelers-rubato-steal-a-night-away-at-spillian-december-3/ LOCATION:Spillian\, 50 Fleischmanns Heights Road\, Fleischmanns\, 12430\, United States CATEGORIES:Dinner,Imaginarium,Revel ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://spillian.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/9Y0A4449-scaled.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Spillian":MAILTO:sam@spillian.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191122T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191124T120000 DTSTAMP:20191121T161627Z CREATED:20180924T220602Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191121T161627Z UID:10614-1574445600-1574596800@spillian.com SUMMARY:Forage Your Feast | A Mythic Catskills Adventure DESCRIPTION:Forage Your Feast | A Mythic Catskills Adventure\nNovember 22-24\, 2019\nIn this era of illusion\, many of us are yearning for realness. For authenticity. \nCome to the source and taste some as the Catskills brings in the fall harvest\, on the eve of the Thanksgiving holiday\, for your very own farm to table celebration. (This is as far from cranberries in a can as it gets…) \nSpillian is proud to partner with Table to Farm Tours to invite you to come and taste – literally and metaphorically – the terroir of the Catskills and bring it back to your table for your holiday feast. \nJoin with us as we introduce you to an extraordinary group of farmers who love this land\, in all of its beauty and its harshness\, and produce food that tastes of all that the Catskills awaken in us. You’ll wander with the inspiring team from Table to Farm Tours to a hand-selected array of Catskills farms\, offering the bounty of late fall on a custom designed private tour. Bring the flavors of the Catskills directly home to your celebrations; food tastes different when you not only know where it comes from\, but also when you’ve met the folks who have brought it into being. \nForage Your Feast at Spillian. It’s Mythic. Local. Real. \nReserve Now! \n\nMythic Catskills Adventures\nSpillian’s Mythic Catskills Adventures are an intersection with the essence of the Catskills: the forests\, the mountains\, the people\, the deep stories that make this place so compelling. \nEach gathering celebrates a facet of this gem-like place: its food\, its fish and streams\, its ringing summer\, its snow-spangled winters\, its flowing creative life force. \nCome for a weekend of grand adventure. Feast. Explore. Hear the great stories and share your own.  Revel in the mythic possibility of the Catskills and find where it sings in your life – and then bring that song back home with you. \n\nForage Your Feast Schedule\nFriday\nAn evening of Catskills Flavors \n• A robust farm-to-table charcuterie\, including local meats and cheeses\, spring greens\, hummus\, relishes\, chutneys\, and more from our neighboring farmers and food producers\, along with red onion & leek tarts and salad.\n• A tasting of Catskills ciders: fresh and hard\, and an exploration into the extraordinary history of the apple in the Catskills.\n• Tales\, real and mythic\, about farmed and wild food in the Catskills\, around the fireplace. \nSaturday\nForaging Your Feast on the Farms \n• Begin your day with a Catskills breakfast featuring eggs from Spillian Farm’s ridiculous chickens.\n• A custom Catskills farm tour with Table to Farm Tours\, tasting and gathering the foods that speak to your soul and taste buds to inspire your holiday cooking. You’ll be wandering to Barber’s Farm\, Sap Bush Hollow Farm\, Scrumpy Ewe Cider\, Buck Hill Farm\, and Harpersfield Cheese. Looking for the perfect turkey for Thanksgiving? You can pre-order it from Sap Bush Hollow. We’ll email you instructions when you register! (Please note you need to register for the tour in addition to the weekend if you’d like to go.)\n• A lunch at one of our local farm-to-table cafés.\n• A cocktail hour and mixology contest featuring Catskills spirits.\n• A six-course local feast from Spillian’s chef Christian Van Etten\, featuring flavors from the farms you visited during the day.\n• Storytelling of the history and legends of the Catskills and its food\,  and how it lands our yearning for a sense of place. \nSunday\nForaging Wild Woods Flavors \n• A Spillian breakfast.\n• A gentle guided moving meditation inviting you to savor a sense of place in the Catskills.\n• Foraging on Spillian’s property and a cooking lesson with Chef Christian.\n• A gathering to sample your culinary masterpiece. \n\nThe Saturday Feast\nA family style feast around our extraordinary mahogany dining table\, all dressed for the season. This table is a true place of convivium\, where tales are topped\, ideas are birthed\, and friendships created. Chef Christian Van Etten’s menu for the evening: \n\n• Warm Frizee salad with Fennel\, Apple\, and Goat Cheese\n\n\n• House Made Butternut Squash Tortolloni with Pine sauce and Pesto\n\n\n• Roasted Venison with Roasted Beet\, Carmelized Onion Chutney\n\n\n• Three Sisters Bowl with Hominy\, Beans\, and Squash\n\n\n• Roast Quail stuffed with Sausage\, Apple & Chestnut over a Bed of Pureed Roasted Rutabagas\n\n\n• Maple Frozen Custard with Candied Bacon served over Cornbread Fingers\n\n\nPricing\nJoin us for the full weekend\, or on Saturday for the tour and dinner\, or simply for the evening on Saturday! \nForage Your Feast Weekend For One: $425 until November 10! $525 after that.\nPer person\, single room occupancy. Weekend fee includes all sessions at Spillian\, all meals; tastings; mixology contest\, foraging session\, moving meditation; cooking class; and lodging at Spillian. Guided Table to Farm tour with Saturday lunch is an additional $105 per person; please register for this on the registration page if you’d like to join us. Evening cash bar\, tax\, on-farm purchases\, and gratuities not included. Click here to learn more about our splendid guest rooms! Check in Friday any time after 3 PM. \nForage Your Feast Weekend For Two: $595 until November 10! $695 after that.\nFor the couple\, double room occupancy. Weekend fee includes all sessions including  all meals; tasting; moving meditation; cooking class; and lodging at Spillian. Guided Table to Farm tour with Saturday lunch is an additional $105 per person; please register for this on the registration page if you’d like to join us. Evening cash bar\, tax\, on-farm purchases\, and gratuities not included. Click here to learn more about our splendid guest rooms! Check in Friday any time after 3 PM. \nSaturday Table to Farm Tour: $105\nPer person. A custom Catskills farm tour with Table to Farm Tours\, tasting and gathering the foods that speak to your soul and taste buds to inspire your holiday cooking. You’ll be wandering to Barber’s Farm\, Sap Bush Hollow Farm\, Scrumpy Ewe Cider\, Buck Hill Farm\, and Harpersfield Cheese. Lunch included. On-farm purchases\, tax\, and gratuities not included. \nSaturday Evening Feast & Festivities: $65 per person\nJoin us for a Catskills spirits mixology contest\, and a feast fit for kings. Cocktails begin at 5 PM\, dinner at 7 PM. Includes your mixology masterpiece cocktail and dinner. Cash bar\, tax and gratuities not included. Reservations required. \nWhat to Bring With You\nWe’re fairly casual here in the mountains! If you’re going on the farm tour\, a pair of boots is a grand idea\, as mountain farms can be muddy. If you’re up for a moving meditation class\, please bring something you can easily move in. November in the mountains is beautiful but can be chilly\, so make sure you bring layers with you! Other than that…a camera if you’d like\, and a willingness for adventure. \nReserve Now! \n  \n\nAbout Table to Farm Tours\nOur goal is to connect the dots for you\, curating tours to a variety of local producers from creameries to tea blenders\, veggie farms to hard cideries\, creating an experience you’ll remember long after you’ve visited the Catskills. Hop in our comfortable van and we’ll take you on full day tour or come along for an evening of amazing libations and excellent farm-to-table food. You’ll have opportunities to meet individual farmers and makers\, hear their stories\, learn about their philosophies\, tour their site\, and taste some amazing food and drink. Learn more here. \n\nHave You Joined Our Mythic Catskills Adventure email list? Join now and be the first to know about upcoming events and special early pricing! \n\n  URL:https://spillian.com/event/forage-your-feast-a-mythic-catskills-weekend-november-2019/ LOCATION:Spillian\, 50 Fleischmanns Heights Road\, Fleischmanns\, 12430\, United States CATEGORIES:Adventure,Dinner,Imaginarium,Music,Mythic Catskills,Outdoors ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://spillian.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/highlandrainbow.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Spillian":MAILTO:sam@spillian.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190713T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190713T220000 DTSTAMP:20200309T211240Z CREATED:20190419T222807Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200309T211240Z UID:11517-1563033600-1563055200@spillian.com SUMMARY:SpillianFest 2020 | High Wind Advisory DESCRIPTION:SpillianFest 2020:\nHigh Wind Advisory\n\nSaturday\, July 11 • 4 to 10 PM\nFeaturing\nJohnny Piper\nBrasskill\nThe Dylan Doyle Band\n• Advance tickets: $10/adult • $5 child (13 & under) until Midnight Friday July 12.\n• Door tickets: $15/adult • $5 child (13 & under)\n• Dinner a la carte\n• Cash bar  \nBlow\, baby\, blow!  We got pipes. We got horns. We got guitars and tubas and dancing and rock AND roll. Yeah. All that. And all sprung from the Catskills. \nAll in Spillian’s magical meadow. Dancing. Eats and drinks. A Bonfire. And\, of course\, marshmallows. And a fiercely fabulous way to join us in celebrating the emerging artists of these mountains. \nLet’s get wind blown. \nTIX ON SALE ON MARCH 10\, 2020! \n\nThe Magic\nSpillianFest 2019 Catskills Picnic\n• The much praised and nearly world-famous Spillian Fried Chicken\n• The Spillian Veggie BBQ Jackfruit Taco (vegan)\n• Beer & Onion Grilled Brats with house made sauerkraut\n• Catskills smoked local street corn on the cob (vegetarian)\n• House made Potato Salad (vegetarian)\n• House made Slaw (vegan)\n• Spillian Maple Caramel Corn (vegetarian)\n• Marshmallows for the bonfire (sustenance) \nSpillianFest 2019 Cash Bar\n• Local beers from Catskills breweries\n• Beringer wines: Pinot Grigio\, Chardonnay\, Pinot Noir\, and Cabernet Sauvignon\n• And of course\, Catskills Hurricanes \nSpillianFest 2019 Schedule\n• 4 PM Doors and bar open\n• 4:30-6:30 PM SpillianFest Picnic (Or until we run out of food!)\n• Music all day and into the night\n• 7 PM Lighting the Bonfire\n• 10 PM The End \nPlease…no outside food or drink\, no drugs\, and no dogs. Thank you! \n\nSpillian’s Meadow\nThree years ago our first SpillianFest introduced the public to “The Meadow\, ” our gorgeous outdoor stage built into the old stone foundation of one of the original Spillian buildings. It was a revelry attended by more than 500 guests. Since then our magical meadow has hosted weddings\, workshops\, and gatherings. We’ve added a pretty spiff rustic pavilion for the bar\, made from trees on the property\, the bonfire pit\, and lighting to shape the woods around us. \n\nThe Music\nJohnny Piper\n\nEclectic and powerful\, John “Johnny Piper” McGovern is not only the founder of internationally acclaimed Bagpipe Punk Rock band\, Alternative Ulster\, he’s also the bagpiper for the Ulster County\, NY Sheriff’s Office Honor Guard. THE authority when it comes to Celtic Punk\, Paddy Rock Podcasts\, has declared Alternative Ulster as one of the Top 5 Bands for the Next Decade (2020-2030). John has performed solo for countless funerals and weddings\, but is also always ready to get the party started with jigs\, reels and rock & roll. In John’s hands\, the bagpipes will get your feet dancing as well as your tears flowing. An ancient Scottish proverb speaks to the raw power of the ancient instrument – “12 Highlanders and a bagpipe make a rebellion”. No other musical implement inspires such courage in battle\, joy in celebration or anguish in mourning. Johnny’s mighty drones shall rock your bones! \n  \nBrasskill\nBrasskill is the Hudson Valley’s party brass band. Based in Hudson\, NY and founded in the Spring of 2018\, Brasskill brings funky decibels to parties\, festivals\, parades and other merry gatherings in the Hudson Valley and surrounding areas. Brasskill’s music ranges from New Orleans second line tunes to punk and pop covers as well as Latin grooves — and is guaranteed to get your party out on the dance floor.\nMore on Brasskill… \n\nThe Dylan Doyle Band\n \n\nBack for his fifth year headlining SpillianFest! Southern born\, Northern raised \, Dylan Doyle has been steeped in everything from Bob Dylan\, Wes Montgomery\, and Bill Withers to John Prine\, Jimi Hendrix\, and The Band.  From this comes a unique musical interpretation that lies somewhere within the delta of Roots\, Rock\, and Jazz\, giving him a style that defies classification. \nTouring nationally since age 15\, Dylan became a seasoned professional at a very young age.  He has played with such notable musicians Rob Stoner (Bob Dylan\, Don Mclean)\, John Platania (Van Morrison\, Natalie Merchant)\, Ben Cauley (Otis Redding) and Bill Payne (Little Feat).  Stoner called Dylan one of the most prodigious players he has known with abundant natural talent.  John Platania has referred to Dylan as “The Future.”  Ben Cauley\, after playing with Dylan in Memphis said\, “Dylan Doyle sounds like a young Jimi Hendrix.”  In the words of Bill Payne upon sharing the stage\, “Music is a conversation.  Dylan spoke beautifully and was listening to the musicians around him.  His play was imaginative and original.” Attesting to Dylan’s versatility\, Dylan has played the King Biscuit Blues Festival three consecutive years as well headlining the Grateful Garcia Gathering\, the largest Grateful Dead festival in the Midwest. Dylan consistently packs houses around Europe and the United States. \n\nMore on the Dylan Doyle Band…\n  URL:https://spillian.com/event/spillianfest-2020high-wind-advisory/ LOCATION:Spillian\, 50 Fleischmanns Heights Road\, Fleischmanns\, 12430\, United States CATEGORIES:Dinner,Imaginarium,Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://spillian.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/dylancrowd.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Spillian":MAILTO:sam@spillian.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190713T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190713T220000 DTSTAMP:20190713T134930Z CREATED:20190419T222807Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190713T134930Z UID:11165-1563033600-1563055200@spillian.com SUMMARY:SpillianFest 2019 | Let's Make Some Noise DESCRIPTION:SpillianFest 2019:             \nLet’s Make Some Noise\nSaturday\, July 13 • 4 to 10 PM\nFeaturing\nThe Dylan Doyle Band\nLara Hope & the ArkTones\n• Advance tickets: $10/adult • $5 child (13 & under) until Midnight Friday July 12.\n• Door tickets: $15/adult • $5 child (13 & under)\n• Dinner a la carte\n• Cash bar  \nA hundred and thirty years ago\, the Fleischmanns Yeast family built a place of magic in the Catskills.\nFive years ago\, that place got rebirthed as Spillian. And the reveling began again.\nFour years ago\, SpillianFest was born. And the reveling got serious.\nThis year\, it’s time to make some noise. \nFeaturing two extraordinary bands from these hills and rivers: \n• The wipe-your-soul-clean driving blues and rock of guitar phenom The Dylan Doyle Band.\n• The you-ain’t-seen-sass-if-you-ain’t-seen-this rockabilly of Lara Hope and the Arktones. \nSpillian’s magical meadow. Dancing. Eats and drinks to feed your soul. A Bonfire. And\, of course\, s’mores. And a fiercely fabulous way to join us in celebrating the emerging artists of these mountains. \nLet’s sing to the stars. Let’s make some noise. \nADVANCE TICKETS SALES ARE NOW CLOSED.\nTICKETS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR\, STARTING AT 4 PM.\n\nThe Magic\nSpillianFest 2019 Catskills Picnic\n• The much praised and nearly world-famous Spillian Fried Chicken\n• The Spillian Veggie BBQ Jackfruit Taco (vegan)\n• Beer & Onion Grilled Brats with house made sauerkraut\n• Catskills smoked local street corn on the cob (vegetarian)\n• House made Potato Salad (vegetarian)\n• House made Tangy Slaw (vegan)\n• Spillian Maple Caramel Corn (vegetarian)\n• Marshmallows for the bonfire (sinful) \nSpillianFest 2019 Cash Bar\n• Local beer from Catskills Brewery:  Ball Lightning Pilsner and Floodwatch IPA\n• Beringer wines: Pinot Grigio\, Chardonnay\, Pinot Noir\, and Cabernet Sauvignon\n• And of course\, Catskills Hurricanes \nSpillianFest 2019 Schedule\n• 4 PM Doors and bar open\n• 4:30-6:30 PM SpillianFest Picnic (Or until we run out of food!)\n• 5-7 PM Dylan Doyle Band\n• 7 PM Lighting the Bonfire\n• 7-9 PM Lara Hope & the Arktones\n• 9-10 PM Lara & Dylan Jam Session \nPlease…no outside food or drink\, no drugs\, and no dogs. Thank you! \n\nSpillian’s Meadow\nThree years ago our first SpillianFest introduced the public to “The Meadow\, ” our gorgeous outdoor stage built into the old stone foundation of one of the original Spillian buildings. It was a revelry attended by more than 500 guests. Since then our magical meadow has hosted weddings\, workshops\, and gatherings. We’ve added a pretty spiff rustic pavilion for the bar\, made from trees on the property\, the bonfire pit\, and lighting to shape the woods around us. \n\nThe Music\nLara Hope & The Arktones\n \nFresh off from touring with the Brian Setzer Orchestra! Winner of the 2017 Ameripolitan Music Award for Best Female Rockabilly Artist\, and named the “Best Up-And-Coming Band” by Hudson Valley Magazine\, Lara Hope and the Ark-Tones are New York’s premier “Roots Rock n’ Roll & Rockabilly Twang” outfit. They released their 2nd full length album\, “Love You to Life”\, in August 2017\, and have been hitting the road hard\, spreading the gospel of American music wherever they go. Describing their sound\, Hope explained to Rockabilly Online “I would say we are a new take on an old sound. It’s been described as ‘pan-americana’ which means we use many areas of early rock and roots music as a creative launchpad. Where it goes from there is anyone’s guess\, because while we appreciate old music\, we don’t want to write songs that have already been written.” \nThey’ve built a great network of venues in the US by touring heavily\, and like many American bands\, they have gained supportive fans and excellent press overseas as well. They recently completed their first European tour\, successfully spending the month of April 2018 in Belgium and Holland. Hope was featured on the cover of UK Rock n’ Roll magazine in March 2015\, and New York’s Ulster Magazine in March 2016. The band has had the privilidge of playing with many of their musical heroes including Joan Jett\, Tiger Army\, Gary US Bonds\, Dale Watson\, Big Sandy\, Wayne Hancock\, and America\, among others\, and has performed at at a variety of national festivals including Viva Las Vegas\, Ink n Iron\, and The Nashville Boogie. They spent the summer of 2018 on tour in support of The Reverend Horton Heat and The Blasters\, and Nov/Dec on the road Brian Setzer Orchestra Christmas Rocks Tour. \nMore on Lara Hope & The Arktones… \n  \nThe Dylan Doyle Band\n \n\nBack for his fourth year headlining SpillianFest! Southern born\, Northern raised \, Dylan Doyle has been steeped in everything from Bob Dylan\, Wes Montgomery\, and Bill Withers to John Prine\, Jimi Hendrix\, and The Band.  From this comes a unique musical interpretation that lies somewhere within the delta of Roots\, Rock\, and Jazz\, giving him a style that defies classification. \nTouring nationally since age 15\, Dylan became a seasoned professional at a very young age.  He has played with such notable musicians Rob Stoner (Bob Dylan\, Don Mclean)\, John Platania (Van Morrison\, Natalie Merchant)\, Ben Cauley (Otis Redding) and Bill Payne (Little Feat).  Stoner called Dylan one of the most prodigious players he has known with abundant natural talent.  John Platania has referred to Dylan as “The Future.”  Ben Cauley\, after playing with Dylan in Memphis said\, “Dylan Doyle sounds like a young Jimi Hendrix.”  In the words of Bill Payne upon sharing the stage\, “Music is a conversation.  Dylan spoke beautifully and was listening to the musicians around him.  His play was imaginative and original.” Attesting to Dylan’s versatility\, Dylan has played the King Biscuit Blues Festival three consecutive years as well headlining the Grateful Garcia Gathering\, the largest Grateful Dead festival in the Midwest. Dylan consistently packs houses around Europe and the United States. \n\nMore on the Dylan Doyle Band…\n  URL:https://spillian.com/event/spillianfest-2019-lets-make-some-noise/ LOCATION:Spillian\, 50 Fleischmanns Heights Road\, Fleischmanns\, 12430\, United States CATEGORIES:Dinner,Imaginarium,Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://spillian.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/dylancrowd.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Spillian":MAILTO:sam@spillian.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190607T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190609T120000 DTSTAMP:20190603T132356Z CREATED:20190220T000307Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190603T132356Z UID:10657-1559930400-1560081600@spillian.com SUMMARY:The Leavening: A Mythic Catskills Weekend DESCRIPTION:The Leavening: A Mythic Catskills Weekend\nJune 7-9\, 2019\n\nAn extraordinary history. An extraordinary vision of the future. And yeast. All in one rollicking\, evocative\, flavorful weekend. \nLeavening: a substance used in dough to make it rise. And\, even more to Spillian’s point\, an element that permeates and transforms something for the better. \n\n\nJoin us as we evoke the exquisite era of Spillian’s founders\, the  Fleischmann family\, and their wide-flung community of artists\, leaders\, makers\, and imaginers in a celebration of community\, culture\, food\, and the 150th birthday of Fleichmann’s Yeast®. \nWe are thrilled to be a part of the weekend’s Fleischmanns Founder’s Day Celebrations\, sponsored by AB Mauri\, owners of Fleichmann’s Yeast®\, and Fleischmanns First\, an extraordinary local community organization. \nTake your place  in the creative energy that has been emerging from the Catskills for over a century as we throw a birthday bash for a company that changed how America ate\, and a family who changed how we imagine ourselves. Let us be leaveners together\, and imagine how we will help the world rise. \nWith music\, conversation\, dreaming\, the inspiration of history and community\, and food\, glorious food. A feast of flavors inspired by the Fleischmanns Vienna Bakery in New York City in the era that they spent summers here. And baking. With yeast. Of course. \nThe Leavening. It’s mythic. Local. Real. \nRegister Now! \n\nMythic Catskills Weekends\nSpillian’s Mythic Catskills Weekends are an intersection with the essence of the Catskills: the forests\, the mountains\, the people\, the deep stories that make this place so compelling. \nEach weekend celebrates a facet of this gem-like place: its food\, its fish and streams\, its ringing summer\, its snow-spangled winters\, its flowing creative life force. \nCome for a weekend of grand adventure. Feast. Explore. Hear the great stories and share your own.  Revel in the mythic possibility of the Catskills and find where it sings in your life – and then bring that song back home with you. \n\nThe Leavening: A Mythic Catskills Weekend | What’s Included\nFriday \n\n5 PM: A robust farm-to-table charcuterie\, including local meats\, cheeses\, spring greens\, house-made hummus\, relishes\, chutneys\, tarts\, and more from our neighboring farmers and food producers; as well as our house-made carmelized onion\, leek\, and goat cheese tarts; trout rollmops; and our famous house chocolate bark.\n6:00 PM Cash bar cocktail hour featuring Union Grove Distillery’s special label Vly Creek vodka made with Fleischmanns Yeast®. (Open to the public. Reservations required if you’re not staying with us. See below.)\n7 PM: Founders’ Day Panel discussing the area’s history\, the Fleischmann family\, and local connections to baseball. (Free admission and open to the public. Reservations required if you’re not staying with us. Click here to register!)\n8 PM: Special VIP Concert and Reception for Spillian guests\, press\, and invited guests from the community and the baking world\, with a tasting array of historic Fleischmann’s Yeast® breads and baked goods from their early cookbooks\, cheese from local farms\, Spillian Spiked Root Beer Cocktails (inspired by an historic Fleischmanns Yeast® root beer recipe)\, with a very special performance by Justin Kolb\, pianist\, and Executive Secretary of the American Liszt Society on our 1914 Steinway grand piano. We’ve asked Justin to join us in celebration of the Fleischmann family’s close friendship with Anton Seidl\, and their support of his work leading the Metropolitan Opera and the New York Philharmonic\, as he was also an accomplished performer of Liszt and often spent his time in the mountains playing the piano.\n\nSaturday \n\n9 AM: A classic Spillian Catskills breakfast featuring eggs from Spillian Farm’s ridiculous chickens and house-made cocoa bread from an historic Fleischmanns Yeast® recipe.\n10 AM: Moving Meditation with Spillian co-founder Leigh Melander\, Ph.D. A bit of yoga\, a bit of breathing and imagery work going deep into metaphors of the wild mountains\, streams\, and forests\, and the generative energy of creativity.\n11 AM to 4 PM: Wander down the hill to celebrate Fleischmanns Founders’ Day! A parade\, an old-fashioned mountain league baseball game\, bake off contest\, 19th Century kids games\, live music\, food vendors\, and more!\n5 PM: Cocktail hour featuring the Spillian Trout Tail cocktail (with vodka from Union Grove Distillery and maple syrup from Tree Juice Maple Syrup\, and the Fleischmanns Sparkling Martini\, with special Fleischmanns Yeast® Union Grove Distillery vodka and local hard cider. With jazz from the ineffable Eric Rosen and friends.\n7 PM: The Leavening Feast around Spillian’s grand table\, celebrating the creative energies that have been drawn to this part of the Catskills for over a hundred years\, accompanied a six course dinner with a menu drawn from a 1906 menu at the Fleischmanns Vienna Bakery in the city. Bring your best ideas of how to change the world. We will leaven together.\n\nSunday \n\n9 AM: A Spillian Catskills breakfast.\n10 AM: A cooking class with Chef Christian: learn to make Fleischmanns Yeast® cocoa bread so you can make it at home to fulfill what we’re quite sure will be your new addiction.\nNoon: A farewell toast before you wander back to reality\, filled with energy to raise your piece of the world.\n\n\nThe Leavening Feast\nA chance to break bread with fellow revolutionaries\, revelers\, and risers. A family style feast around our extraordinary mahogany dining table. This table is a true place of convivium\, where tales are topped\, ideas are birthed\, and friendships created. \n\nPricing\nFriday Fleischmanns Founders’ Day Cocktail Hour &  Panel Discussion: Free Admission\nJoin us for a rousing exploration of the Fleischmanns family and their extraordinary reach into the world\, through their work as trailblazing producers of yeast and other food and drink products\, their role in American baseball history\, and as creative and philanthropic visionaries. Cocktails begin at 6 PM\, panel at 7 PM. Cash bar\, tax and gratuities not included. Our guests are automatically invited to this event.\nNOTE: If you are not staying with us for the weekend\, we’re delighted to have you join us for this! We’ll be asking for reservations for the cocktail hour and panel discussion so we have a sense of how many people will be joining us. Click here to register! \n\nSaturday Leavening Cocktail Hour & Feast: $45 per person\nA chance to savor the brilliance of ideas about how we can make the world rise together! An informal salon over a seven course meal inspired by the Fleischmann family’s offerings at their café in New York City\, where artists and musicians gathered daily to work ideas\, in the place where they welcomed a generation of leaders in culture\, commerce\, and community to rest and create. Please bring your best wonderful wild ideas about how we can together change the world. Cocktails begin at 5 PM\, panel at 7 PM. Cash bar\, tax and gratuities not included. \n\nThe Leavening Weekend For One: $395\nPer person\, single room occupancy. Weekend fee includes all sessions including all meals (dinner Friday\, breakfast\, lunch at Spillian\, and the feast on Saturday\, breakfast and lunch of your cooking class creation on Sunday); VIP concert and reception on Friday; moving meditation; cooking class; and lodging at Spillian. Evening cash bar\, tax\, and gratuities not included. Click here to learn more about our splendid guest rooms! \nThe Leavening Weekend For Two: $595 \nFor the couple\, double room occupancy. Weekend fee includes all sessions including all meals (dinner Friday\, breakfast\, lunch at Spillian\, and the feast on Saturday\, breakfast and lunch of your cooking class creation on Sunday); VIP concert and reception on Friday; moving meditation; cooking class; and lodging at Spillian. Evening cash bar\, tax\, and gratuities not included. Click here to learn more about our splendid guest rooms! \nRegister Now! URL:https://spillian.com/event/the-leavening-a-mythic-catskills-weekend/ LOCATION:50 Fleischmanns Heights Road\, Fleischmanns\, NY\, 12430\, United States CATEGORIES:Dinner,Imaginarium,Mythic Catskills,Revel ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://spillian.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/estate4.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190510T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190512T120000 DTSTAMP:20190429T161847Z CREATED:20190201T174005Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190429T161847Z UID:10586-1557511200-1557662400@spillian.com SUMMARY:Find Your Wild Spirits | A Mythic Catskills Weekend DESCRIPTION:Find Your Wild Spirits | A Mythic Catskills Weekend\nMay 10-12\, 2019\nSpring rises with a thrumming energy in all of us…revel in the month of May as wildness unfurls in the Catskills with a celebration of the waters of life. \nSpillian is delighted to partner with Table to Farm Tours to invite you to come and taste – literally and metaphorically – the terroir of the Catskills ciders\, beers\, and spirits and bring some wild spirit to your spring. \nJoin with us as we introduce you to an extraordinary group of makers who bring the soil\, water\, and grains and fruits of the Catskills to life as ciders\, beers\, and spirits. You’ll wander with the inspiring team from Table to Farm Tours on a private tasting tour to several of the finest craft brewers and distillers in the country\, and learn how they make their magic in bottles and kegs. \nOr you can stick closer to home for the day\, and forage the grounds for edible mixers\, unfurl in a moving meditation class\, or simply relax. \nDiscover some of Spillian’s favorite mixed drink magic\, try your hand at mixology\, and compete for a chance for your creation to be included in Spillian’s featured drink collection\, and celebrate with new friends…and\, of course\, feast. The food. Oh\, the food… \nFind Your Wild Spirits at Spillian. It’s Mythic. Local. Real. \nJoin us for the full weekend; for the Saturday tasting tour\, mixology contest and feast; or the mixology contest and feast. \nREGISTRATION NOW CLOSED! Thanks so much\, and please join us for another weekend! \n\nMythic Catskills Weekends\nSpillian’s Mythic Catskills Weekends are an intersection with the essence of the Catskills: the forests\, the mountains\, the people\, the deep stories that make this place so compelling. \nEach weekend celebrates a facet of this gem-like place: its food\, its fish and streams\, its ringing spring and summer\, its snow-spangled winters\, its flowing creative life force. \nCome for a weekend of grand adventure. Feast. Explore. Hear the great stories and share your own.  Revel in the mythic possibility of the Catskills and find where it sings in your life – and then bring that song back home with you. \n\nFind Your Wild Spirits | What’s Included\nFriday\nMixing It Up \n\nA robust farm-to-table charcuterie\, including local meats\, cheeses\, spring greens\, house made hummus\, relishes\, chutneys\, tarts\, and more from our neighboring farmers and food producers.\nA mixology class\, teaching you to make three Spillian favorite featured cocktails: The Spillian Trout Tail\, birthed at our Catskills Trout Tales events with Union Grove Distillery vodka and Tree Juice maple syrup; The Spillian Campfire\, with Prohibition Distillery gin\, pine simple syrup\, and smoke; and the Spillian Wallflower\, a drink invented by our amazing guest Marin Gardner at the first celebration of spirits at Spillian\,  an invocation of Catskills fields and forests\, and the extraordinary antique frescos that adorn the walls here. Learn how they’re made\, try a taste\, and then we’ll open the bar!\nTales\, real and mythic\, about the history and lore of booze in the Catskills in front of the blazing fire.\n\nSaturday\nFinding Your Wild Spirits Tour \n\n9 AM: A Catskills breakfast featuring eggs from Spillian Farm’s ridiculous chickens.\n10 AM: For those who want to discover how it’s all made. A custom Catskills local libations tour to amazing distilleries\, cideries\, and breweries tour with Table to Farm Tours\, with flight tastings at each\, and a chance to buy the flavors you adore to spark your spring. Our itinerary includes several award-winning Catskills spots:  Wayside Cider and Tap Room\, Roscoe Beer Company\, Catskill Brewery\, and Prohibition Distillery\, and lunch at one of our local breweries.\n10 AM – 4 PM: For those who’d like to do their making in other ways\, a day of relaxation and discovery:\n• explore local shops for special finds\, from antiques to hand-crafted art on a self-guided tour.\n• simply explore the back of your eyelids in Spillian’s great room or epic porch.\n• 1 PM: lunch for those who choose to stay close.\n• 2 PM: A hike on the Spillian 33 acre wooded estate and forage early spring herbs for dinner and cocktails.\n• 3 PM: Reground yourself with a moving meditation with Spillian co-founder Leigh Melander\, going deep into metaphors of the wild mountains\, streams\, and forests.\n5 PM: A Happy Hour of Mixology Contest: with ingredients awaiting you. Here’s your chance to mix the next great Spillian cocktail\, with naming rights! Get your inner mixologist working! The competition is fierce!\n7 PM: A family-style feast from Spillian’s chef Christian Van Etten\, featuring flavors from Catskills the woods as they come alive. Menu below!\nStorytelling of the history and legends of the Catskills and its colorful history with beers\, ciders\, and spirits.\n\nSunday\nThe Morning After  \n\nA Spillian breakfast.\nA class with Chef Christian on how to make the perfect post-celebratory\, comfort food anti-hangover dish\, maybe even a little hair of the dog. We’ll send the recipe home with you!\nA gathering around Spillian’s feasting table to down your the delicacies.\n\n\nThe Saturday Spirits Feast\nA family style feast around our extraordinary mahogany dining table\, all dressed for the season. This table is a true place of convivium\, where tales are topped\, ideas are birthed\, and friendships created. Here’s the menu our Chef Christian Van Etten is presenting: \n• Asparagus Salad with Two Stones Farm Goat Cheese\, Frizzled Ramps\, and and Awestruck Cider Vinaigrette\n• Highland Farm Venison with Blue Sky Blueberry Wine Reduction\n• Japanese Knotweed and Honey Glazed Roast Chicken with Shallots\n• Farro Pilaf with Wild Mushrooms\, Onions\, Walnuts\, and Garlic Mustard Pesto\n• Prohibition Bourbon Glazed Roasted Brussel Sprouts\n• House Made Vanilla Ice Cream with Union Grove Catskills Maple Spirit Chocolate Drizzle \n\nPricing\nWeekend fee includes all sessions including all meals (dinner Friday\, breakfast\, lunch at Spillian\, and the feast on Saturday\, breakfast and lunch of your cooking class creation on Sunday); Spillian mixology class and tasting; foraging wander on the grounds; moving meditation class; mixology contest; and cooking class. The Table to Farm Tours Local Libations Tour is an additional $145 per person. Cash bar\, tax\, and gratuities not included. Click here to learn more about our splendid guest rooms! \nFind Your Wild Spirits Weekend For One: $495\nPer person\, single room occupancy. Check in any time after 3 PM on Friday. \nFind Your Wild Spirits For Two: $595 until April 30. After that\, $695.\nFor the couple\, double room occupancy. Check in any time after 3 PM on Friday. \nSaturday Wild Spirits Table to Farm Local Libations Tour: $145 per person\nA fully guided tour to four local craft libations makers\, led by Table to Farm Tours. All transportation\, custom tastings\, and lunch included. Please be ready at 9:45 for a 10 AM departure. \nSaturday Wild Spirits Mixology Contest\, Feast & Festivities: $65 per person\nJust want to join us for the evening? Come find your wild spirits at the mixology contest\, feast and festivities. Cocktail hour begins at 5 PM\, dinner at 7 PM. \nWhat to Bring With You\nWe’re fairly casual here in the mountains! If you’re going hiking\, make sure you bring comfortable clothes and decent hiking boots. If you’re up for the moving meditation class\, please bring something you can easily move in. Being in the mountains can bring cooler temperatures\, so make sure you bring layers with you! Other than that…a camera if you’d like\, maybe a journal\, and a willingness for adventure. \n\nAbout Table To Farm Tours\nOur goal is to connect the dots for you\, curating tours to a variety of local producers from creameries to tea blenders\, veggie farms to hard cideries\, creating an experience you’ll remember long after you’ve visited the Catskills. Hop in our comfortable van and we’ll take you on full day tour or come along for an evening of amazing libations and excellent farm-to-table food. You’ll have opportunities to meet individual farmers and makers\, hear their stories\, learn about their philosophies\, tour their site\, and taste some amazing food and drink. Learn more here. \nAbout Leigh Melander\nSpillian co-founder Leigh Melander has a doctorate in cultural mythology and psychology\, and an extensive background in the performing and creative arts. She’s studied\, performed\, and taught movement classes around the US and in Greece\, Mexico\, and Romania. Leigh’s moving meditation sessions are an engaging way to explore how our bodies understand place and story through yoga\, pilates\, and guided imagery. Leigh served for five years on the Board of Directors of the Joseph Campbell Foundation\, has been published in both scholarly and popular publications on myth and story\, and hosted a weekly radio show\, Myth America\, for three years. She guides the programming at Spillian\, and offers workshops on imagination\, creativity\, and story here and around the US. \n  URL:https://spillian.com/event/find-your-wild-spirits-a-mythic-catskills-weekend/ LOCATION:Spillian\, 50 Fleischmanns Heights Road\, Fleischmanns\, 12430\, United States CATEGORIES:Adventure,Dinner,Imaginarium,Music,Mythic Catskills,Revel ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://spillian.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/wildspiritsLR.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190504T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190504T190000 DTSTAMP:20190502T162500Z CREATED:20190429T142232Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190502T162500Z UID:11198-1556967600-1556996400@spillian.com SUMMARY:Wild Ramp Festival & Market | Roscoe Beer Company DESCRIPTION:Wild Ramp Festival & Market: Roscoe Beer Company\nSaturday\, May 4\, 11 am to 7 PM\nWe are thrilled to join Roscoe Beer Company at their Third Annual Wild Ramp Festival\, a true agricultural and culinary experience. Enjoy a day of family fun while shopping the large farmers market\, listening to live music\, taking part in the many games and activities and of course some great CRAFT BEER! There will also be an educational tent dedicated to local agriculture and information about ramps\, plus some sampling stations for you to truly see why ramps are so popular! Then stick around for the after party 4-7! \n\nUpgrade to the VIP experience and purchase tickets to the Farm to Table Tent\, featuring some amazing local chefs. As a VIP you will get to enjoy several ramp inspired dishes perfectly paired with one of our beers\, plus a VIP goody bag to take with you. There will be two sessions\, each lasting an hour and 15 minutes. \nAs a part of the VIP offerings\, our Chef Christian Van Etten will be offering a Catskills/Asian fusion set of flavors: \nSteamed Bun Bao: Choose Your Favorite\n• Steamed Bun with Cripsy Tempura Fried Trout/Apple & Red Cabbage Slaw/ Pickled Radish/ Ramp-Serrano Aoili\n• Steamed Bun with Braised Pork in Gochujang Sauce/ Pickled Trio of Ramps\, Carrots & Enoki Mushroom \nBuy Tix Now! URL:https://spillian.com/event/wild-ramp-festival-market-roscoe-beer-company/ LOCATION:Roscoe Beer Company\, 145 Rockland Road\, Roscoe\, NY\, 12776\, United States CATEGORIES:Dinner,Imaginarium,Spillian on the Road ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://spillian.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/ramps.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190329T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190331T120000 DTSTAMP:20190317T140846Z CREATED:20180924T220602Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190317T140846Z UID:10420-1553882400-1554033600@spillian.com SUMMARY:The Sap Also Rises | A Mythic Catskills Weekend DESCRIPTION:The Sap Also Rises | A Mythic Catskills Weekend\nMarch 29-31\, 2019\n\nSavor a mythic weekend celebrating the slow sweet rise of Catskills maple sap and the coming of spring. The Vernal Equinox has just arrived\, and spring\, however light of touch\, is beginning to unfurl in the mountains.\n\n\n \n\n\nJoin our wonderful partners Table to Farm Tours and Spillian for a grand weekend exploring the sap bush and sap houses of the Catskill maple syrup world\, and the hope of a Catskills spring.\n\n\n\nAnd\, of course\, maple-inspired feasting and merriment will infuse the weekend. \nThe Sap Also Rises at Spillian. It’s Mythic. Local. Real. \n\n\nREGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED FOR THIS EVENT! Thanks so much for your interest! Please join us at one of our other Mythic Catskills Weekends coming up! You can learn more about them here. We’d love to see you!  \n\nMythic Catskills Weekends\nSpillian’s Mythic Catskills Weekends are an intersection with the essence of the Catskills: the forests\, the mountains\, the people\, the deep stories that make this place so compelling. \nEach weekend celebrates a facet of this gem-like place: its food\, its fish and streams\, its ringing summer\, its snow-spangled winters\, its flowing creative life force. \nCome for a weekend of grand adventure. Feast. Explore. Hear the great stories and share your own.  Revel in the mythic possibility of the Catskills and find where it sings in your life – and then bring that song back home with you. \n\nThe Sap Also Rises: A Mythic Catskills Weekend | What’s Included\nFriday \n\n6 PM: A robust farm-to-table charcuterie\, including local meats\, cheeses\, spring greens\, house-made hummus\, relishes\, chutneys\, tarts\, and more from our neighboring farmers and food producers.\n6:30 PM A maple syrup tasting\, featuring the syrups of our friends and neighbors\, Tree Juice Maple Syrup.\nTales\, real and mythic\, about the history of syruping in the Catskills in front of the blazing fire.\n\nSaturday \n\n9 AM: A classic Spillian Catskills breakfast featuring eggs from Spillian Farm’s ridiculous chickens.\n10 AM: A moving meditation with Spillian co-founder Leigh Melander\, going deep into images of the mountains and metaphors of rising spring.\n11 AM: A curated wander with Table to Farm Tours\, visiting Catskills maple syrup producers Roxbury Mountain Maple and Hubbell Family Farm\, award-winning cheese makers Two Stones Farm\, and Union Grove Distillery to taste their Catskill Maple Spirits\, with lunch at Kimchee Harvest Kitchen\, an innovative local farm-to-table café.\n5 PM: Cocktails featuring maple flavors\, and live mountain music from the delightful Godforsaken String Band.\n7 PM: A sap-rising feast around Spillian’s feasting table from our chef Christian Van Etten.\n9 PM: A chance to share stories of your adventures around the fire.\n\nSunday \n\n9 AM: A Spillian Catskills breakfast.\n10 AM: Making maple syrup candy with Spillian chef Christian Van Etten in the snow (or crushed ice if the snows have disappeared!).\n11 AM: A farewell toast with Spillian’s own maple cordial.\n\n\nThe Saturday Sap Also Rises Feast\nA family style feast around our extraordinary mahogany dining table\, all dressed for the season. This table is a true place of convivium\, where tales are topped\, ideas are birthed\, and friendships created. Here’s what chef Christian Van Etten is thinking for the menu… \n• Asparagus Salad with Two Stones Farm Goat Cheese\, Frizzled Ramps\, and a Tree Juice Maple and Awestruck Cider Vinaigrette\n• Highland Farm Venison with Blue Sky Blueberry Wine Reduction\n• Maple and Mustard Glazed Roast Chicken with Apples and Shallots\n• Farro with Wild Mushrooms and Garlic Mustard Pesto\n• Maple Glazed Roasted Brussel Sprouts\n• House Made Maple Walnut Ice Cream with Union Grove Catskills Spirit Chocolate Drizzle \n\nPricing\nSaturday Feast & Festivities: $65 per person\n(Join us for the feast and tales around the fire. Cash bar cocktails with live music begin at 5 PM\, dinner at 7 PM. Cocktails\, tax and gratuities not included.) \nSaturday Syrup Tour\, Feast & Festivities: $175 per person\n(Join us for the syrup wander with lunch\, cash bar cocktails\, dinner\, and tales around the fire. Please be at Spillian by 10:45 for a 11 AM departure. Cocktails\, tax and gratuities not included.) \nFull Sap Also Rises Weekend For One: $595\nPer person\, single room occupancy. Full weekend fee includes all sessions including guided farm tour\, all meals; syrup tasting; moving meditation; cooking class; and lodging at Spillian. Evening cash bar\, purchases on farms\, tax\, and gratuities not included. Click here to learn more about our splendid guest rooms! \nFull Sap Also Rises Weekend For a Couple: $895\nFor the couple\, double room occupancy. Full weekend fee includes all sessions including guided farm tour\, all meals; syrup tasting; moving meditation; cooking class; and lodging at Spillian. Evening cash bar\, purchases on farms\, tax\, and gratuities not included. Click here to learn more about our splendid guest rooms! \n  \n\nAbout Table to Farm Tours\nOur goal is to connect the dots for you\, curating tours to a variety of local producers from creameries to tea blenders\, veggie farms to hard cideries\, creating an experience you’ll remember long after you’ve visited the Catskills. Hop in our comfortable van and we’ll take you on full day tour or come along for an evening of amazing libations and excellent farm-to-table food. You’ll have opportunities to meet individual farmers and makers\, hear their stories\, learn about their philosophies\, tour their site\, and taste some amazing food and drink. Learn more here. \n  \nAbout Tree Juice Maple Syrup\n SpillianGroupPacket2020-1Tree Juice Maple Syrup™ is made at Lazy Crazy Acres Farm. Nestled in the Drybrook Valley of the Catskills Mountains of New York\, the Fairbairn family have owned and operated this 100+ acre farm since the 1930’s. In 2012\, Jake Fairbairn and Ryan Annetts resurrected the family’s sugar shack\, which had been unused for eight years\, and began making Tree Juice Maple Syrup™. Around 5000 maple trees on the farm’s rolling hills are tapped each year. Miles of tubing gravity feed the sap to the sugar house where a wood fire evaporator turns the sap into sweet stuff\, with a wild and wonderful variety of flavors. Learn more here. \n  \nAbout Leigh Melander\, PhD\nSpillian co-founder Leigh Melander has a doctorate in cultural mythology and psychology\, and an extensive background in the performing and creative arts. She’s studied\, performed\, and taught movement classes around the US and in Greece\, Mexico\, and Romania. Leigh’s moving meditation sessions are an engaging way to explore how our bodies understand place and story through yoga\, pilates\, and guided imagery. Leigh served for five years on the Board of Directors of the Joseph Campbell Foundation\, has been published in both scholarly and popular publications on myth and story\, and hosted a weekly radio show\, Myth America\, for three years. She guides the programming at Spillian\, and offers workshops on imagination\, creativity\, and story here and around the US. \n  \nAbout The Godforsaken String Band\nFrom one of the Catskills’ most favorite local bands…The Godforsaken String Band offers simple\, eloquent\, joyous back-in-time playing of authentic Old Time and Appalachian Tunes. This foursome brings a fiddle\, clawhammer banjo\, rhythms and vocals…and instruments to spare! Make a joyful mountain noise. Learn more here. \n  \n  \nAbout Tree Juice Maple Syrup\nTree Juice Maple Syrup™ is made at Lazy Crazy Acres Farm. Nestled in the Drybrook Valley of the Catskills Mountains of New York\, the Fairbairn family have owned and operated this 100+ acre farm since the 1930’s. In 2012\, Jake Fairbairn and Ryan Annetts resurrected the family’s sugar shack\, which had been unused for eight years\, and began making Tree Juice Maple Syrup™. Around 5000 maple trees on the farm’s rolling hills are tapped each year. Miles of tubing gravity feed the sap to the sugar house where a wood fire evaporator turns the sap into sweet stuff\, with an amazing array of special flavors. Learn more here. URL:https://spillian.com/event/the-sap-also-rises-a-mythic-catskills-weekend/ LOCATION:Spillian\, 50 Fleischmanns Heights Road\, Fleischmanns\, 12430\, United States CATEGORIES:Adventure,Dinner,Imaginarium,Mythic Catskills,Outdoors ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://spillian.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/sapalsorises-scaled.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Spillian":MAILTO:sam@spillian.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190301T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190303T120000 DTSTAMP:20190217T235629Z CREATED:20180924T220602Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190217T235629Z UID:10409-1551463200-1551614400@spillian.com SUMMARY:Murder on the Mountain | A Mythic Catskills Weekend DESCRIPTION:Murder on the Mountain | A Mythic Catskills Weekend\nMarch 1-3\, 2019\nAn original murderous adventure steeped in the gin-spiked glamor of the 20’s. \nA mystery created at Spillian with characters drawn from literature and history\, inspired by the lore of 20’s icons (and gangsters!) wanders to the Catskills mountains for entertainment and\, well\, a bit of nefarious activity. \nWe’re thrilled to offer you a chance to dive into this mystery as part of our partnership with friend and  filmmaker Alex Harvey as he shapes an upcoming full length independent feature film set at Spillian with this mystery at its heart. Come and be a part of a murder…and the birth of a film! \nWhen you arrive… \nYou all have received your invitations for Jack Goodwin and Violet DeWitt’s famous – or infamous – birthday house party in their Catskills mansion. It’s going to be a party that was far more than (most of you) planned for… A mystery who-dunnit in high style. \nAs F. Scott himself said\, “Never miss a party…good for the nerves–like celery.” \nThis year\, you have been invited for the weekend up to their Catskills cottage (really a rustically luxurious estate) for an informal dinner and dancing\, with good gin flowing out of the reach and eyes of the New York police. Or the Feds. \nTo entertain their guests\, the Goodwins have secured the services of a famous Russian Gypsy medium\, Madame Plavatski\, for the evening on Saturday to tell fortunes to those guests who wish to see into their future and remember their past. \nYou may know some of the guests\, you won’t know all of them. And you may not trust any of them. You may well have secrets you want to keep to yourself and there’s a darn good chance that you’re not alone. \nBut come\, enjoy some hot jazz\, get just a bit splifficated\, and remember\, if anything goes wrong\, keep your friends close and your enemies closer… \nJoin us for the full weekend or for Saturday’s dinner and mystery! \n[btnsx id=”10580″] \n\nMythic Catskills Weekends\nSpillian’s Mythic Catskills Weekends are an intersection with the essence of the Catskills: the forests\, the mountains\, the people\, the deep stories that make this place so compelling. \nEach weekend celebrates a facet of this gem-like place: its food\, its fish and streams\, its ringing summer\, its snow-spangled winters\, its flowing creative life force. \nCome for a weekend of grand adventure. Feast. Explore. Hear the great stories and share your own.  Revel in the mythic possibility of the Catskills and find where it sings in your life – and then bring that song back home with you. \n\nMurder on the Mountain: A Mythic Catskills Weekend | What’s Included\nFriday \n\n6 PM: A robust farm-to-table charcuterie\, including local meats\, cheeses\, spring greens\, house-made hummus\, relishes\, chutneys\, tarts\, and more from our neighboring farmers and food producers.\n6:30 PM: A tasting of the extraordinary spirits of our friends at the aptly-named Prohibition Distillery led by their distiller & master taster\, Robert Mack.\n9 PM: Cash bar\, and tales\, real and mythic\, about the history of the bootleggers and gangsters of the ’20’s in the Catskills\, including the mystery of Dutch Schultz’ lost treasure\, led by our wonderful guide\, Spillian Fellow Will Soter of Upstate Adventure Guides.\n\nSaturday \n\n9 AM: A classic Spillian Catskills breakfast featuring eggs from Spillian Farm’s ridiculous chickens.\n10 AM: A moving meditation with Spillian co-founder Leigh Melander\, going deep into images of the mountains and metaphors of rising spring.\n11 AM to 5 PM: Explore the Catskills on your own\, the back of your eyelids by the fire at Spillian\, or prep for the murderous mystery. We’ll have 20’s films running in the background\, board games at the ready\, books\, and a whole list of the very best slang from the era for you to practice\, so you know your onions for the evening! And some lunch for those who’d like to settle in.\n\nGet gussied up in 20’s style with a hair and makeup session with the magic-fingered stylist Karen Neblung.\nChoose one of our ‘take yourself on an adventure’ itineraries:\n\na trip to the Devil’s Tombstone…maybe the landing place of Dutch Shultz’ treasure\nantiquing in the area to get yourself in the historic mood\na wander to two of the area’s nearby craft distilleries and breweries to remove any lingering doubt about whether you can jump into character that evening\na stroll in Spillian’s woods to discover the remnants of our very own still from another era\n\n\n\n\n5 PM: Cocktails featuring gin rickey’s Spillian style\, with live music from the 20’s from singer Andy Cahill and pianist Adam Ippolito. You’ll arrive in costume and in character\, and introduce yourself to your fellow guests…and the murderous games begin!\n7 PM: Dinner and a mystery. A 1920’s-inspired feast from Spillian’s chef around the grand feasting table with a bit of murder on the side…\n\nSunday \n\n9 AM: A classic Spillian Catskills breakfast featuring eggs from Spillian Farm’s ridiculous chickens.\n10 AM: Cooking class with Spillian’s chef Christian Van Etten. Learn to make Fleischmann’s Yeast’s own cocoa bread recipe\, from their 1920 recipe book!\n11 AM: Farewell feast of your culinary masterpiece\n\n\nSaturday Night Dinner\nFrom our chef Christian Van Etten\, a seven course feast celebrating the cuisine of the 1920’s… \n• Harlequin Salad\n• Cream of Asparagus Soup\n• A Duo of Duck: Leg Confit and Roasted Duck Leg & Pan Seared Duck Breast à l’Orange\n• Duchess Potatoes\n• Catskills Bourbon-Glazed Ham\n• Snap Peas with Mint\n• Gatsby’s Lemon Cake \n\nPricing and Registration\nMurder on the Mountain For a Couple: $695\nFor the couple\, double room occupancy. Full weekend fee includes all sessions including all meals\, Prohibition Tasting\, moving meditation; cooking class; and lodging at Spillian. Evening cash bar\, tax\, and gratuities not included. Click here to learn more about our splendid guest rooms! \nMurder on the Mountain For a Single: $395\nFor one person\, single room occupancy. Full weekend fee includes all sessions including all meals\, Prohibition Tasting\, moving meditation; cooking class; and lodging at Spillian. Evening cash bar\, tax\, and gratuities not included. Click here to learn more about our splendid guest rooms! \nMurder on the Mountain Dinner & Mystery: $65\nJoin us on Saturday for just the dinner and mystery! Per person\, Evening cash bar\, tax\, and gratuities not included. \nOptional Primping Hair and Makeup Session with stylist Karen Neblung\nFor weekend guests.\nHair: $50\nHair and Makeup: $65\nWe’ll set appointments for you upon your arrival for the weekend. \nWe’ll ask you a couple of questions on the registration form to match you with the best character for you! Once we’ve had a chance to match characters to guests\, you’ll receive an invitation to Jack and Violet’s party\, and a description of your character with costuming and prop suggestions. When you arrive\, you’ll receive information about any secrets you might hold\, might know about others\, and clues about what to do and watch for during the soiree. \n[btnsx id=”10580″] \n\nAbout Stylist Karen Neblung\nPhoto by Joe Damone. \nKaren’s husband\, four cats and she relocated to Roxbury\, NY from rural NJ in 1997. Growing up 30 minutes to NYC fueled her interest in art\, music and anything a little off center\, and her college years were consumed with escaping into museums and attending free performances by creators of dance\, art and film in the lofts in Greenwich village. She studied Theatre and Education  but spent most of her time in the dance studio. Moving through many careers in creative fields\, she was seeking a new adventure\, and a friend suggested Karen enter her field and become a hair stylist. She apprenticed in NJ with a European influence in techniques. Upon her arrival in the Catskills\, she discovered both salon clients and destination weddings (she’s one of the hottest stylists in the region!). Karen continues her ongoing education in NYC and travels New York state styling hair and makeup. She says\, “People are my fuel and opportunity to style individuals from all over the world makes life in the country rich.” Learn more here… \n  \nAbout Singer Andy Cahill\n Andy Cahill began her career performing in the cabarets and clubs of Chicago\, and when she moved to New York\, she attracted a loyal following. Andy sang in many of the top nightspots in Manhattan including The Duplex\, Reno Sweeney\, and The Ballroom. Though she was on track to become a significant name in cabaret\, Andy realized it was more important at that point\, to concentrate on her family and took a “day gig.” For the next 15 years\, she was a Talent Coordinator\, first\, for a top corporate production company\, and then – her own company\, Cahill Artists.  Andy focused on corporate entertainment and booked great artists including Ray Charles\, Lena Horne\, Reba McIntyre and Barbara Cook. This experience taught Andy how to listen to great singers – and was instrumental in her development as an artist. Andy is singing again with a much more in-depth understanding of both the music and the lyrics. Her repertoire has expanded\, and\, because of the years in the music business along with amazing musicians who whom Andy is privileged to be working\, the range of music is endless. Music is back to being the expression of joy it was at the beginning. \n  \nAbout Pianist Adam Ippolito\n \nAdam Ippolito’s career as a pianist spans over 40 years. He recorded and played with John Lennon\, Kool & The Gang\, Chuck Berry\, Cissy & Whitney Houston\, James Moody and many others. In addition\, Adam played for The Joffrey Ballet and Broadway shows including “Dancin’” and “Grease.” He was a member of the rock bands Elephants Memory and Pig Iron\, both of which had recording contracts with Apple and Columbia Records. Adam was a member of John Lennon’s band for two years over which time he recorded many song and albums along with appearing several times in both videos and on television; and was the keyboardist for the famed One to One John Lennon\, Yoko Ono concert at Madison Square Garden. The Elephants Memory album for Apple Records was produced by John Lennon. From the 70s to the 90s\, Adam was a studio musician recording with John Lennon\, Chuck Berry\, Kool & The Gang and many other artists of different genres. Love/Zager Productions who handled The Spinners\, Cissy Houston\, and Ronnie Dyson along with several other great R&B artists engaged Adam as both a songwriter and a producer. In recent years\, Adam has participated in the Fest for Beatles Fans and performed at The Iridium\, The Cutting Room and Joe’s Pub in NYC.. Currently\, he is performing in the Catskills as a sole and in collaboration with the jazz song stylist\, Andy Cahill. His CD is available on iTunes\, YouTube\, and other digital venues. \nAbout Prohibition Distillery\nLocated in the historic town of Roscoe\, New York\, Prohibition Distillery was inspired by the history of the United States\, the peoples will\, and the art of libations itself. Their flagship product\, Bootlegger 21 NY Vodka\, has won six international medals\, including the only Gold medal at the NYISC; The Fifty Best American Vodka Competition; and Prohibition was recently named to a list of the Top 5 global craft vodkas by Travel and Leisure Magazine. Bootlegger 21 Gin has been awarded the Gold medal at the IWSC for Contemporary Gin. URL:https://spillian.com/event/murder-on-the-mountain-a-mythic-catskills-weekend/ LOCATION:Spillian\, 50 Fleischmanns Heights Road\, Fleischmanns\, 12430\, United States CATEGORIES:Dinner,Imaginarium,Music,Mythic Catskills ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://spillian.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/dutchshultzmurdermystery1LR.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Spillian":MAILTO:sam@spillian.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190125T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190127T120000 DTSTAMP:20190117T212210Z CREATED:20180924T220602Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190117T212210Z UID:10387-1548439200-1548590400@spillian.com SUMMARY:The Hallowed Haggis | A Mythic Catskills Weekend DESCRIPTION:The Hallowed Haggis | A Mythic Catskills Weekend\nJanuary 25 – 27\, 2019\nWe all know January–the time of the year when holiday delights have faded into the snow and the dark cold nights of winter threaten despair… \nCome push against the darkness\, and join us for a seriously silly celebration of the words and song of the Ploughman Poet\, Robert Burns. Indulge your whimsey\, and join in the revelry as we enjoy the smoky taste of great whiskey\, the play of candlelight against silver\, the wail of the bagpipes and a feast\, a great feast of the Hallowed Haggis… Hilarity will ensue. \nWhat the hell is Haggis\, you ask?  It’s liver\, tongue and other unmentionable bits together with Scottish oats\, onions\, stock and herbs all cooked together into “the great chieftain o’ the pudding race.” Put away your mocking thoughts\, and know that this is one delicious bit of pie.  And\, for those who dare not\, we’re also concocting a vegetarian version o’ the great and powerful Haggis.  \nWear a kilt\, yourself\,  and get a special deal on the weekend.  Bring on the kilts!  \nJoin us as we push back winter’s dark cloak with games\, verse\, drinks and superb food\, all invoking – and evoking – your inner Highlander. \nAnd as with all Mythic Catskills weekends\, you can join us for the entire weekend\, or for Saturday’s festivities and dinner\, or simply for the evening’s delights. \nThe Hallowed Haggis at Spillian. It’s Mythic. Local. Real. \n[btnsx id=”10415″] \n\nMythic Catskills Weekends\nSpillian’s Mythic Catskills Weekends are an intersection with the essence of the Catskills: the forests\, the mountains\, the people\, the deep stories that make this place so compelling. \nEach weekend celebrates a facet of this gem-like place: its food\, its fish and streams\, its ringing summer\, its snow-spangled winters\, its flowing creative life force. \nCome for a weekend of grand adventure. Feast. Explore. Hear the great stories and share your own.  Revel in the mythic possibility of the Catskills and find where it sings in your life – and then bring that song back home with you. \n\nThe Hallowed Haggis: A Mythic Catskills Weekend | What’s Included\nFriday\nThe Highland Catskills \n\n6 PM: A highland charcuterie\nThe story of whisky (and whiskey) and a tasting.\nTales\, real and mythic\, about the history and lore of the Scotch-Irish in the Catskills in front of the blazing fire.\n\nSaturday\nThe Haggis Games and Robert Burns Supper \n\n9 AM: A Catskills breakfast featuring eggs from Spillian Farm’s ridiculous chickens.\n10 AM: A moving meditation with Spillian co-founder Leigh Melander\, going deep into images of the mountains and metaphors from the poetry of Robert Burns for those who’d like to stretch their minds and muscles a bit.\nNoon: Lunch\, featuring cock-a-leekie soup\, salad\, and bannocks.\n1 to 5 PM: Introducing the Spillian Haggis Games\, a superbly silly array of activities and competitions to get your inner Highlander primed for the Robert Burns Dinner. Learn\, compete\, laugh…including:\n\nA Burns-inspired poetry writing session with our friend\, wildman and  The Poetry Society of New York Poetry co-founder Nicholas Adamski (what do you want to write a paean to?…we’ll vote on the winning poem after dinner).\nAn instant musical ensemble – we’ve got harps and tin whistles and tambourines. Bring your instrument if you’ve got one! We’ll raise the rafters. Want to solo? We’ll add that in to the evening’s festivities as well.\nA Scottish accent lesson from our friend acclaimed actor\, director\, and playwright Robert Smythe\,(who is leading a playwrighting workshop with us this summer!) For those with a talent for accents and/or a touch of moxie\, we welcome your best efforts in our supper celebration. Click here for a list of Robert Burns poems you can practice on!\nA chance to hone your favorite story of Scotland\, poetry\, or any Highland-worthy exploit with our friend\, inspired educator and co-creator of storied worlds with her company Guard Up!\, Meghan Gardner\, so you can share it with fellow revelers.\nA bonniest knees contest for those brave enough to don a kilt (and bribery is welcome\, of course).\n\n\n5 PM: Cocktail hour featuring the Spillian Highland\, with local Catskills whiskey\, a whisper of the heather on the hills\, and a curl of smoke.\n6 PM: A full-flown Robert Burns Supper\, with family-style multiple course feast from Spillian’s chef Christian Van Etten around our feasting table\, featuring traditional and vegetarian haggis\, and his creative takes on the evocative flavors of Scotland; and all of the glorious pageantry of a traditional Burns Supper\, featuring acclaimed bag piper Kevin Grace\, poetry\, speechifying\, and awards for the winners of the Haggis Games. Featuring Robert Smythe as our official leader of the Address to the Haggis.\n\nSunday\nRumbling the Rumbledethump \n\n9 AM: A Spillian breakfast.\n10 AM: A cooking class with Chef Christian\, learning to make traditional Scottish Rumbledethump (a seriously fine comfort food)\, finishing with a tasting of your masterpiece around our table.\n12 PM Farewell to the Highlands – we send you back out into the real world\, filled with wit and wisdom. Or at least lunch.\n\n\nThe Saturday Robert Burns Feast\nA family style feast around our extraordinary mahogany dining table\, all dressed for the occasion. This table is a true place of convivium\, where tales are topped\, ideas are birthed\, and friendships created. We will toast\, dine\, share stories\, poetry\, the music of the pipes\, and announce the winners of the Haggis Games.  Chef Christian Van Etten’s seven-course planned menu: \n\nAmuse Bouche: Cullen Skink Risotto\, A Creamy Taste of House-Smoked Salmon from Hookline Fish Company\nGreen Salad with Roasted Beets\, Chestnuts\, and Leeks\nThe Mighty Haggis: Great Chieftan o’ the Puddin’ Race\nVegetarian Haggis in Savoy Cabbage with Cinnamon and Nutmeg\nRoasted Hubbell Family Farm Highland Beef\nNeeps and Tatties: Glazed Rutabaga and Potatoes with Chive Whiskey Sauce\nRaspberry Cranachan: Toasted Oats\, Raspberries\, Whipped Cream and a Dash of Whiskey\n\n\nPricing\nFull weekend fee includes all sessions including the moving meditaiton\, games\, four meals\, one featured cocktail per evening\, cooking class\, and lodging at Spillian. Evening cash bar\, tax and gratuities additional. Click here to learn more about our splendid guest rooms! \nSaturday Haggis Games\, Robert Burns Supper & Festivities: $65 per person\nJoin us for the Haggis Games\, cocktail hour\, supper\, and festivities. Begins at 1 PM. \nSaturday Robert Burns Supper & Festivities: $55 per person\nJoin us for the cocktail hour\, supper\, and festivities. Cocktail hour begins at 5 PM\, dinner at 6 PM. \nFull The Hallowed Haggis Weekend For One: $425\nPer person\, single room occupancy. Check in any time after 3 PM on Friday. \nFull The Hallowed Haggis Weekend For a Couple: $745\nFor the couple\, double room occupancy. Check in any time after 3 PM on Friday. \nWearing a kilt? Get 10% off! Use coupon code: KILT when you register.\nNote: Click here for kilt maker who rents kilts in Highland NY \n[btnsx id=”10415″] URL:https://spillian.com/event/the-hallowed-haggis-a-mythic-catskills-weekend-2019/ LOCATION:Spillian\, 50 Fleischmanns Heights Road\, Fleischmanns\, 12430\, United States CATEGORIES:Adventure,Dinner,Imaginarium,Music,Mythic Catskills ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://spillian.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/hallowedhaggisimage.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Spillian":MAILTO:sam@spillian.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190104T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190106T120000 DTSTAMP:20190103T161514Z CREATED:20180924T220602Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190103T161514Z UID:10297-1546624800-1546776000@spillian.com SUMMARY:Of Fire and Ice | A Mythic Catskills Weekend DESCRIPTION:Of Fire and Ice | A Mythic Catskills Weekend\nJanuary 4 – 6\, 2019\nA mythic winter adventure\, celebrating the extraordinary dance between the frosted Catskills and the flames of a blazing hearth. Come to the mountains\, where wood smoke cuts across the sharp air of January and the forests are made of deep dreams… \nSpillian is delighted to partner with Upstate Adventure Guides to invite you to come and explore the glories of the Catskills mountains in the winter\, and the evocative intersections between fire and ice in feasting\, stories\, and imagination. This is the perfect adventure for those who’ve been curious about wandering into the mountains in the winter but not quite sure where to start\, with a carefully curated moderate hike to one of the Catskills’ most magical places\, the Balsam Lake Fire Tower; a fire building challenge; an imagination and body expanding movement class; as well as a chance to roast chestnuts\, savor the new Spillian Cocktail\, the Catskill Fire Tower\, and feast throughout the weekend! \nWe’re thrilled to say that part of the proceeds for this weekend will support the work of our great friend and ally\, Ann Roberti and the Catskill Mountain Club as they resurrect an historic fire tower on Bramley Mountain. \nOf Fire and Ice at Spillian. It’s Mythic. Local. Real. \n[btnsx id=”10351″] \n  \n \n\nMythic Catskills Weekends\nSpillian’s Mythic Catskills Weekends are an intersection with the essence of the Catskills: the forests\, the mountains\, the people\, the deep stories that make this place so compelling. \nEach weekend celebrates a facet of this gem-like place: its food\, its fish and streams\, its ringing summer\, its snow-spangled winters\, its flowing creative life force. \nCome for a weekend of grand adventure. Feast. Explore. Hear the great stories and share your own.  Revel in the mythic possibility of the Catskills and find where it sings in your life – and then bring that song back home with you. \n\nOf Fire And Ice: A Mythic Catskills Weekend | What’s Included\nFriday\nMelting into Winter \n\n6 PM Fondue!!! The perfect marriage between fire\, food\, and theater. Cheese fondue with local cheeses and veggies\, and a to-die-for spiced chocolate fondue. And we’ll be featuring a couple of special Spillian cocktails at the bar\, including the Old Fashioned Campfire…smoked\, of course.\nFire wishing in the new year…we’ll be sharing our wildest imaginings and sending them out into the universe on flying wish paper.\nTales\, real and mythic\, about the history and lore of winter in the Catskills in front of the blazing fire.\n\nSaturday\nOf Fire and Ice Mountain Adventure & Feast \n\n9 AM A Catskills breakfast featuring eggs from Spillian Farm’s ridiculous chickens.\n10 AM A guided adventure with Will Soter\, co-founder of Upstate Adventure Guides\, up to the historic Balsam Fire Tower. A moderate hike\, six miles round trip\, on a Catskills trail to an iconic fire tower with with enormous views and a deep connection to the stewardship of the Catskills. On the way back down\, Will will lead the group in harvesting some wild tinder to make a bonfire back at Spillian for a fire challenge.\nA light lunch with hot soup and other munchies on the trail.\n4 PM or so A chance to laze by the fire or on the porch for a bit before dinner\, watching the sky change down the valley.\n4:30 PM or so: A fire building challenge! Learn to make fire in the woods at Spillian’s bonfire\, and then roast chestnuts. Have you ever had a chestnut roasted over an open fire? No words…\n6 PM: Happy hour\, Spillian style! Come and help us create a brand new cocktail invented for this gathering\, in celebration of the storied fire towers of the Catskills. We’re thinking the Spillian Fire Tower will feature Union Grove Distillery‘s brand new Fir Gin and a breath of a divine smokey hot sauce with peppers roasted over an open fire from Burnett Farms…but would love your vote!\n7 PM: A family-style multiple course feast from Spillian’s chef Christian Van Etten\, menu coming soon\, but smoke and flame and ice will be involved…\nStorytelling of the history and legends of the Catskills and its colorful history with beers\, ciders\, and spirits.\n\nSunday\nBringing Fire and Ice to the World   \n\n9 AM some light breakfast treats including local yogurt and house made granola to fuel you after your adventure on Saturday and prep you for…\n9:30 AM A yoga-based moving meditation practice to stretch out those winter-wanderer joints and muscles and go deep into the metaphors of place\, fire\, and ice with Spillian co-founder Leigh Melander\, PhD. Geared to be engaging for experienced yoga lovers and first time experimenters!\n11 AM A gathering around Spillian’s feasting table for a hearty mountain brunch before you head back to bring your frost and flame to the world.\n\n\nThe Saturday Of Fire & Ice Feast\nA family style feast around our extraordinary mahogany dining table\, all dressed for the season. This table is a true place of convivium\, where tales are topped\, ideas are birthed\, and friendships created. From Spillian’s Chef Christian Van Etten\, a seven course celebration of fire\, ice\, and the flavors of the mountains. \n• Amuse Bouche – Tay Tea Catskills Harvest Frozen Lollipop \n• Mixed Greens With Fire Honey Candied Walnuts\, Frizzled Leeks\, and award-winning Two Stones Farm cheese\, with a Honey Vinaigrette \n• Roasted Highland Farm Loin of Venison with a Rose Hip Brandy Reduction \n• House-Smoked Beaverkill Hatchery Trout with Horseradish Cream\, Dill\, and Cucumber \n• Potatoes Catskill\, a Layered Twice-Baked Potato Mountain \n• Flambéed Turnips and Rutabagas \n• Smoked Mountain Berry Ice Cream Made at the Feasting Table \n\nPricing\nFull weekend fee includes all sessions including guided hike\, meals; one featured cocktail per evening; and lodging at Spillian.. Evening cash bar\, tax and gratuities\, and winter hiking gear not included. Click here to learn more about our splendid guest rooms! \nFull Fire and Ice Weekend For One: $495\nPer person\, single room occupancy. Check in any time after 3 PM on Friday. \nFull Find Your Holiday Spirits For a Couple: $795\nFor the couple\, double room occupancy. Check in any time after 3 PM on Friday. \nSaturday Hike\, Feast & Festivities: $145 per person\n(Join us for the farm wander\, dinner\, and tales around the fire. Please be at Spillian by 9:45 for a 10 AM departure.) \nSaturday Feast & Festivities: $65 per person\n(Join us for the fire challenge\, chestnuts\, Fire Tower cocktail\, feast and festivities. Fire building challenge & chestnut roasting begins at 4:30\, cocktail hour begins at 6 PM\, dinner at 7 PM.) \nIf you’re joining us on the hike and don’t have micro spikes or snowshoes\, we can provide a rental for you for $25/person. Depending on the weather\, you’ll definitely need one or the other! \n[btnsx id=”10351″]\n \n\nAbout Will Soter | Upstate Adventure Guides\nWill Soter is an experienced NYS licensed guide and co-founder of Upstate Adventure Guides\, one of the leading guide services in the Catskills. Will is the Vice President of the New York State Outdoor Guide Association\, serves on the board of the Catskill Mountain Club\, is the founder of the Catskill Adventure Tourism Summit\, and hosts the Great Outdoors radio show on WIOX radio. He is a Leave No Trace Master Educator\, is CPR/Wilderness First Aid Certified\, and has remarkable knowledge of the Catskill mountains trails\, flora\, fauna\, and history. And he’s one of our favorite people in the world. Learn more about Upstate Adventure Guides here. \n  \nAbout Leigh Melander\nSpillian co-founder Leigh Melander has a doctorate in cultural mythology and psychology\, and an extensive background in the performing and creative arts. She’s studied\, performed\, and taught movement classes around the US and in Greece\, Mexico\, and Romania. Leigh’s moving meditation sessions are an engaging way to explore how our bodies understand place and story through yoga\, pilates\, and guided imagery. Leigh served for five years on the Board of Directors of the Joseph Campbell Foundation\, has been published in both scholarly and popular publications on myth and story\, and hosted a weekly radio show\, Myth America\, for three years. She guides the programming at Spillian\, and offers workshops on imagination\, creativity\, and story here and around the US. URL:https://spillian.com/event/of-fire-and-ice-a-mythic-catskills-weekend/ LOCATION:Spillian\, 50 Fleischmanns Heights Road\, Fleischmanns\, 12430\, United States CATEGORIES:Adventure,Dinner,Imaginarium,Mythic Catskills,Outdoors ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://spillian.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Of-Fire-and-Ice-Final-scaled.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Spillian":MAILTO:sam@spillian.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181227T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181227T230000 DTSTAMP:20181207T140546Z CREATED:20181207T041645Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181207T140546Z UID:10355-1545933600-1545951600@spillian.com SUMMARY:A Reveler's Feast: Pop Up Dinner DESCRIPTION:A Reveler’s Feast\nThursday\, December 27 at 6 PM.\nThe incomparable Chef Mike Riley of picnic! is coming to play with Spillian’s marvelous Chef Christian Van Etten in the kitchen for a very special pop up dinner on Thursday\, December 27. These two have cooked together for years and are planning an extravaganza! Come and discover the brilliance of our very own culinary Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn (we’re letting them decide which is which) as they make magic in the kitchen. This one’s going to be special! \nMike and Christian are crossing the culinary streams in what promises to be a genuinely memorable seven course meal around Spillian’s feasting table. \n  \n[btnsx id=”10368″] \n\nA Reveler’s Feast Menu\nA Seven Course Robust Tasting Dinner\n\nTo start\, an Amuse Bouche: A Duo of Quail Eggs: Crab “Scotch Egg” and Deviled Egg with Avocado\, Wasabi\, Tobiko\nPetite Greens Salad Melange\, Pickled Radish\, Clementine\, and Walnuts with Citrus Herb Vinaigrette\nWild Mushroom and Dirty Girl Farm‘s Goat Cheese Agnolotti\, Rutabaga Emulsion\, Honey Glazed Winter Root Vegetables\nSeared Jumbo Diver Scallops\, Ramp Kimchi\, Edamame\, Radicchio Asian slaw\nDuck Confit Tamales\, Blueberry “Mole” Featuring Local Blueberry Sky Wine\, Scallion\, Capers\n“Stuffed Cabbage”- Hubbell Family Farm Berkshire Pork Wrapped with Savoy Cabbage\, Golden Raisin Puree\, Truffled Spinach and Rice Fritter\, Pignoli\nBanoffee Cheese Cake\, Digestive Biscuit Crust\, Banana Dipped in Dark Chocolate\, Dolce de Leche\nCoffee and tea\n\nOur bar will be featuring an array of local beer\, cider\, and spirits\, and two special Spillian cocktails: \n\nThe Trout Tail: Union Grove Distillery‘s gold-award winning apple- based Vly Creek Vodka\, Tree Juice Maple Syrup\, Mint\, and Selzer\nThe Old Fashioned Campfire: Union Grove Distillery‘s Dry Brook Whisky\, House Made Pine Simple Syrup\, Luxardo Marachino Cherry and a Twist of Clementine…Smoked!\n\n\nFeasting at Spillian\nThe grand table\, with its three chandeliers overhead\, has been the place of some truly unforgettable feasts. It is the heart of Spillian and our goal to bring community together to celebrate and conjure up how we can change the world. We gather and break bread together\, sharing stories (some true\, some wildly imagined)\, savor company of both old and new\, as well as extraordinary flavors coming from our kitchen. It is a convivium in its truest sense: a feast of tastes\, ideas\, and camaraderie. We hope that you will join us! \n\nThe Chefs\nChef Mike Riley \nHaving been born and raised in the Borscht Belt\, at one time the perpetual Mecca of New York summer vacations and hotels\, you can definitely say that hospitality is in Chef Mike Riley’s blood. The son of a professional baker\, Mike has been around restaurants his whole life\, and was practically raised in professional kitchens. \nAfter cooking professionally for about a decade\, Chef Riley decides to pursue his passion further and completed the acclaimed culinary school at SUNY Delhi\, in his beloved Catskills.  A truly eclectic culinarian\, he has worked his way through everything from pizzerias\, to County Clubs to developing a modern food program for an educational not for profit.\n\n\nCurrently Mike hangs his toque at picnic!\, where he is the Chef/Owner Operator. He focuses on feeding the masses anything from sandwiches to signature comfort food dishes. Refining comfort food while adding fun twists is his favorite pastime\, and keeps picnic! a perennial favorite with locals and tourists alike\, in the buzzy little retreat town of Margaretville. \nChef Christian Van Etten \n\nBorn in Kingston\, raised in the Catskills\, Christian was drawn to the creative making of cooking early\, and attended SUNY Delhi’s award-winning culinary program. He has cooked professionally in a variety of settings in New York (several with Mike – they are the dynamic duo!) and Florida\, including serving as Head Chef at one of Disney World’s fine dining restaurants. \nChristian joined the Spillian crew in summer\, 2018\, and has re-invented the kitchen as a place of unerringly creative cuisine\, reflecting local flavors and Spillian’s creed to ‘imagine past what you think is possible.’ He builds innovative menus in partnership with our clients\, enjoys teaching cooking classes with workshop guests\, and is developing content for a Spillian Kitchen YouTube short class series with tips on how to bring some of the tricks of the Spillian’s kitchen to your table. He is an ice cream whisperer. \n\nJoin us!\nA Reveler’s Feast\nThursday\, December 27\n6 PM Tavern Opens\n7 PM Feasting \nPrice: $60 per person.\nNot including tax\, gratuities\, and cash bar.\nSeating is limited and tickets must be purchased in advance.\nThank you! We’re looking forward to feasting with you. \n  \n[btnsx id=”10368″] \n  URL:https://spillian.com/event/a-revelers-feast-pop-up-dinner/ LOCATION:Spillian\, 50 Fleischmanns Heights Road\, Fleischmanns\, 12430\, United States CATEGORIES:Dinner,Imaginarium ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://spillian.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/revelersfeastimage.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181207T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181209T120000 DTSTAMP:20181205T015740Z CREATED:20180924T220602Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T015740Z UID:10252-1544194800-1544356800@spillian.com SUMMARY:Find Your Holiday Spirits | A Mythic Catskills Weekend DESCRIPTION:Find Your Holiday Spirits | A Mythic Catskills Weekend\nDecember 7 – 9\, 2018\nMaybe you adore the holidays… Maybe you look at them with a dry cynicism… And maybe you yearn for holiday celebrations that echo with a half-forgotten warmth and cheer. We’ve got you covered! From wry to rye\, we’ll help you find your holiday spirits. \nSpillian is delighted to partner with Table to Farm Tours to invite you to come and taste – literally and metaphorically – the terroir of the Catskills ciders\, beers\, and spirits and bring some back to your hearth for your celebrating this holiday season. \nJoin with us as we introduce you to an extraordinary group of makers who bring the soil\, water\, and grains and fruits of the Catskills to life as ciders\, beers\, and spirits. You’ll wander with the inspiring team from Table to Farm Tours on a private tasting tour to several of the finest craft brewers and distillers in the country\, and learn how they make their magic in bottles and kegs. \nAnd discover some of Spillian’s favorite mixed drink magic\, try your hand at mixology\, and celebrate with some special musical guests…and\, of course\, feast. The food. Oh\, the food… \nFind Your Holiday Spirits at Spillian. It’s Mythic. Local. Real. \nJoin us for the full weekend; for the Saturday tasting tour\, mixology contest and feast; or the mixology contest and feast. \n[btnsx id=”10260″] \n\nMythic Catskills Weekends\nSpillian’s Mythic Catskills Weekends are an intersection with the essence of the Catskills: the forests\, the mountains\, the people\, the deep stories that make this place so compelling. \nEach weekend celebrates a facet of this gem-like place: its food\, its fish and streams\, its ringing summer\, its snow-spangled winters\, its flowing creative life force. \nCome for a weekend of grand adventure. Feast. Explore. Hear the great stories and share your own.  Revel in the mythic possibility of the Catskills and find where it sings in your life – and then bring that song back home with you. \n\nFind Your Holiday Spirits | What’s Included\nFriday\nMixing It Up \n\nA robust farm-to-table charcuterie\, including local meats\,  cheeses\, spring greens\, house made hummus\, relishes\, chutneys\, and more from our neighboring farmers and food producers.\nA mixology class\, teaching you to make three Spillian favorite featured cocktails: The Spillian Trout Tail\, birthed at our Catskills Trout Tales events with Union Grove Distillery vodka and Tree Juice maple syrup; The Spillian Campfire\, with Prohibition Distillery gin\, pine simple syrup\, and smoke; and Spillian’s take on wassail\, featuring locally pressed cider.\nTales\, real and mythic\, about the history and lore of booze in the Catskills in front of the blazing fire.\n\nSaturday\nFinding Your Holiday Spirits Tour \n\nA Catskills breakfast featuring eggs from Spillian Farm’s ridiculous chickens.\nA custom Catskills distillery/cidery/brewery tour with Table to Farm Tours\, with flight tastings at each\, and a chance to buy the flavors you adore to spark your holiday celebrations. Our itinerary includes several award-winning Catskills spots:  Wayside Cider and Tap Room\, Roscoe Beer Company\, Catskill Brewery\, and Prohibition Distillery.\nA lunch at one of our local breweries.\nA chance to laze by the fire or on the porch for a bit before dinner\, watching the sky change down the valley.\n6 PM: A Happy Hour of Mixology Contest: with ingredients awaiting you\, featuring the amazing spirits from Union Grove Distillery\, including a very special chance to try their brand new\, small batch Fir Gin. Here’s your chance to mix the next great Spillian cocktail\, with naming rights! Get your inner mixologist working! The competition will be fierce…\n7 PM: A family-style  feast from Spillian’s chef Christian Van Etten\, featuring flavors from the farms you visited during the day. Menu coming soon\, but smoke and flame will be involved…\nA special guest appearance by Lady Parts\, a superb a cappella quartet to stamp out your inner Scrooge and make you all woogly with holiday spirit\nStorytelling of the history and legends of the Catskills and its colorful history with beers\, ciders\, and spirits.\n\nSunday\nThe Morning After  \n\nA Spillian breakfast.\nA class with Chef Christian on how to make the perfect post-celebratory\, comfort food anti-hangover over dish based on a generation’s old family recipe for chicken with home made noodles\, and maybe even a little hair of the dog. We’ll send the recipe home with you!\nA gathering around Spillian’s feasting table to down your the delicacies.\n\n\nThe Saturday Spirits Feast Menu\nA family style feast around our extraordinary mahogany dining table\, all dressed for the season. This table is a true place of convivium\, where tales are topped\, ideas are birthed\, and friendships created. Chef Christian Van Etten will be offering: \n\nSalad: with fried goat cheese and leeks\, grapes\, and hazlenuts\, over mixed greens with a local hard cider dressing\nPorchetta: a sumptious rolled pork loin and belly roast with herbs finished with Averna liqueur\nSliced duck breast and duck confit with a brandy and current sauce\nRoasted golden beets\, brussel sprouts with swiss chard and Drambuie balsamic glaze\nRum flambéed sweet potato and apple tian\nFarro with wild mushrooms and kale\, onions\, cooked in IPA\nPrune Armagnac Ice Cream with Dark Gingerbread\n\n\nPricing\nFull weekend fee includes all sessions including guided farm tour\, meals; Catskills ciders\, beers and spirits tasting; and lodging at Spillian.. Evening cash bar\, purchases on farms\, tax\, and gratuities not included. Click here to learn more about our splendid guest rooms! \nFull Find Your Holiday Spirits Weekend For One: $595\nPer person\, single room occupancy. Check in any time after 3 PM on Friday. \nFull Find Your Holiday Spirits For a Couple: $895\nFor the couple\, double room occupancy. Check in any time after 3 PM on Friday. \nSaturday Tour\, Feast & Festivities: $185 per person\n(Join us for the farm wander\, dinner\, and tales around the fire. Please be at Spillian by 9:45 for a 10 AM departure.) \nSaturday Feast & Festivities: $65 per person\n(Join us for the mixology contest\, feast and festivities. Cocktail hour begins at 6 PM\, dinner at 7 PM.) \n  \n[btnsx id=”10260″]\n\nAbout Table To Farm Tours\nOur goal is to connect the dots for you\, curating tours to a variety of local producers from creameries to tea blenders\, veggie farms to hard cideries\, creating an experience you’ll remember long after you’ve visited the Catskills. Hop in our comfortable van and we’ll take you on full day tour or come along for an evening of amazing libations and excellent farm-to-table food. You’ll have opportunities to meet individual farmers and makers\, hear their stories\, learn about their philosophies\, tour their site\, and taste some amazing food and drink. Learn more here. \n  \nAbout Lady Parts\nAn impressive collage of stunning voices unite to present Lady Parts.  Each individual ‘Part’ brings rich and varied experience that spans the globe and includes some of the worlds greatest performance venues.  Our individual repertoire covers nearly every imaginable genre from early music to opera to big band to pop/rock to new music. The result? Together we ‘Parts’ form a ravishing result to create a kaleidoscope of vocal color and imagination that captivates and engages. Catch us soon\, a vocal sound experience to savor! Learn more here. URL:https://spillian.com/event/find-your-holiday-spirits-a-mythic-catskills-weekend/ LOCATION:Spillian\, 50 Fleischmanns Heights Road\, Fleischmanns\, 12430\, United States CATEGORIES:Adventure,Dinner,Imaginarium,Mythic Catskills,Outdoors ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://spillian.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/holidayspiritsmedium-scaled.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Spillian":MAILTO:sam@spillian.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181102T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181104T120000 DTSTAMP:20181030T215040Z CREATED:20180924T220602Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181030T215040Z UID:10190-1541170800-1541332800@spillian.com SUMMARY:Forage Your Feast | A Mythic Catskills Weekend DESCRIPTION:Forage Your Feast | A Mythic Catskills Weekend\nNovember 2-4\, 2018\nIn this era of illusion\, many of us are yearning for realness. For authenticity. \nCome to the source and taste some…and bring some home for the holidays. \nSpillian is proud to partner with Table to Farm Tours to invite you to come and taste – literally and metaphorically – the terroir of the Catskills and bring it back to your table for your feasting this holiday season. \nJoin with us as we introduce you to an extraordinary group of farmers who love this land\, in all of its beauty and its harshness\, and produce food that tastes of all that the Catskills awaken in us. You’ll wander with the inspiring team from Table to Farm Tours to a hand-selected array of Catskills farms\, offering the bounty of late fall on a custom designed private tour. You can bring the flavors of the Catskills directly home to your celebrations. Food tastes different when you not only know where it comes from\, but also when you’ve met the folks who have brought it into being. \n[btnsx id=”10213″] \n  \nMythic Catskills Weekends\nSpillian’s Mythic Catskills Weekends are an intersection with the essence of the Catskills: the forests\, the mountains\, the people\, the deep stories that make this place so compelling. \nEach weekend celebrates a facet of this gem-like place: its food\, its fish and streams\, its ringing summer\, its snow-spangled winters\, its flowing creative life force. \nCome for a weekend of grand adventure. Feast. Explore. Hear the great stories and share your own.  Revel in the mythic possibility of the Catskills and find where it sings in your life – and then bring that song back home with you. \n  \n\nForage Your Feast | What’s Included\nFriday\nAn evening of Catskills Flavors \n\nA robust farm-to-table charcuterie\, including local meats\, dairy and vegan cheeses\, spring greens\, hummus\, relishes\, chutneys\, and more from our neighboring farmers and food producers.\nA flight of the Catskills finest ciders\, beers\, and spirits such as Awestruck Ciders\, Wayside Ciders\, Catskill Brewery\, Roscoe Brewery\, and Union Grove Distillery\, and Delaware Phoenix Distillery.\n\n\nTales\, real and mythic\, about farmed and wild food in the Catskills in front of the blazing fire.\n\nSaturday\nForaging Your Feast on the Farms \n\nBegin your day with a gentle guided moving meditation inviting you to savor a sense of place in the Catskills.\nA Catskills breakfast featuring eggs from Spillian Farm’s ridiculous chickens.\nA custom Catskills farm tour with Table to Farm Tours\, tasting and gathering the foods that speak to your soul and taste buds to inspire your holiday cooking.\nA lunch at one of our local farm-to-table restaurants.\nCatskills mulled hard cider cocktails on the porch\, and a chance to laze by the fire or on the porch for a bit before dinner\, watching the sky change down the valley.\nA five-course Autumn feast from Spillian’s chef Christian Van Etten\, featuring flavors from the farms you visited during the day.\nStorytelling of the history and legends of the Catskills and its food\,  and how it lands our yearning for a sense of place.\n\nSunday\nForaging Wild Woods Flavors \n\nA Spillian breakfast.\nForaging in the pines on Spillian’s property\, pine tea and a lesson with Christian on how to to make his butternut squash tortollini with brown butter & pine syrup sauce\nA gathering on Spillian’s porch for a farewell toast.\n\n  \nSaturday Feast Menu!\nWe decided that we needed six courses… \nCourse One\nAutumn Green Salad\nwith pickled red onion\, julienned apple & beet leather\, and goat cheese \nCourse Two\nHouse Made Butternut Squash Tortellini\nwith brown butter and pine sauce\, garnished with garlic mustard pesto \nCourse Three\nCoq au Cidre\na Catskills take on coq au vin with hard cider\, a splash of Courvoisier and mushrooms\, and parsnips\, served wild rice pilaf \nCourse Four\nRoasted Baby Eggplant\nwith mushroom risotto\, topped with peppernade\, balsamic reduction\, garnished with microgreens \nCourse Five\nBraised Short Ribs\nSlow cooked with orange\, all spice\, and wild thyme\, served with rutabagas poached in champagne\, baby carrots\, and potatoes confit \nCourse Six\nHouse made apple tart\, celeriac ice cream and black walnut praline \nWe are proud to share produce\, meats\, cheeses\, condiments\, and drink from:\nLa Basse Cour\, Sap Bush Hollow Farm\, Barber’s Farm\, Burnett Farms\, Two Stones Farm\, Harpersfield Cheese\, Dirty Girl Goat Dairy & Microcreamery\, Hubbell Family Farm\, Tree Juice Maple Syrup\, Catskill Brewery\, Awestruck Ciders\, Scrumpy Ewe Cider\, Wayside Cider\, Union Grove Distillery\, Prohibition Distillery\, Buck Hill Farm\, Bebert’s Moroccan Condiments\, and Spillian Farm. \n  \n\nPricing\nFull weekend fee includes all sessions including guided farm tour\, meals; Catskills ciders\, beers and spirits tasting; and lodging at Spillian.. Evening cash bar\, purchases on farms\, tax\, and gratuities not included. Click here to learn more about our splendid guest rooms! \nFull Forage Your Feast Weekend For One: $595\nPer person\, single room occupancy. \nFull Forage Your Feast Weekend For a Couple: $895\nFor the couple\, double room occupancy. \nSaturday Forage\, Feast & Festivities: $165 per person\n(Join us for the farm wander\, dinner\, and tales around the fire. Please be at Spillian by 9:45 for a 10 AM departure.) \nSaturday Feast & Festivities: $55 per person\n(Join us for the feast and tales around the fire. Cash bar cocktail hour begins at 6 PM\, dinner at 7 PM.) \n  \n[btnsx id=”10213″] URL:https://spillian.com/event/forage-your-feast-a-mythic-catskills-weekend/ LOCATION:Spillian\, 50 Fleischmanns Heights Road\, Fleischmanns\, 12430\, United States CATEGORIES:Adventure,Dinner,Imaginarium,Mythic Catskills,Outdoors ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://spillian.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/forageyourfeastfeet-scaled.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="Spillian":MAILTO:sam@spillian.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161231T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170101T010000 DTSTAMP:20170625T163449Z CREATED:20161215T182720Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170625T163449Z UID:7683-1483210800-1483232400@spillian.com SUMMARY:A Spillian New Years Eve Revel! DESCRIPTION:A Spillian New Years Eve Revel!\nThe Spillian New Years Eve Revel 2016 will be a very special New Years Eve celebration\, with a full traditional English feast\, roaring hearths\, champagne\, a dash of Twelfth Night\, wassail\, saying farewell to this crazy year and ushering something new and magical\, creative toasts\, and an initiation\, for those who are interested\, into the League of Spillian Revelers. \nThe League of Spillian Revelers is a new group we’re forming who wants to be a part of Spillian’s extended family – who will think about ways that they can support Spillian’s mission and be in on special events\, like supper club dinners\, private musical events\, and more\, throughout the year. There will be secret decoder rings involved. Seriously. They’re arriving next week.\n \n\nThe evening will mostly be about celebrating the new year and meeting old and new friends\, with a dash of some silliness. You’re invited to come dressed to the nines – or dressed in a costume that either most defines who you are or what you’d most like to be. Your choice! \n\n  \n  \nA Spillian New Years Eve Revel 2016\nIn addition to feasting\, will include… \n\nA Spillian Toast Contest – bring your best toast and we’ll decide the winner. Fame will be yours\, plus a prize!\nThe Spillian Imaginal Treasure Hunt – it’s a secret! Learn more when you arrive.\nWishes for the New Year – bring your best wishes for how we might imagine the world a brighter\, more marvelous place\, and we’ll send them off into the wind together.\nTwelfth Night Cake – find one of the prizes in the cake and be crowned King or Queen of 12th Night\, supported by the Master of Revels and enjoying the mischief of the Lord of Misrule.\n\nSnapdragon – do you have the courage to grab the flaming raisin? An ancient bit of parlor magic that tastes divine.\n\nChestnuts. Roasting. Open fire. Seriously.\nLeague of Spillian Revelers Initiation – choose to join the League and become initiated (and the proud owner of a secret decoder ring to decode secret messages to special events and offers).\n\nThe Details \n\n7 PM – 1 PM (We’ll be doing some of the serious celebration early for those of you who like to celebrate New Year’s arrival somewhat earlier than midnight…and for the diehards\, we’ll be reveling on.)\n\n$50/person for the evening\, including dinner and champagne. Please let us know if you’re vegetarian or vegan so we can ensure we have treats for you to eat!\n\nA cash bar will be open as well\, featuring California wines as well as local spirits and beers.\n\nStay overnight! We still have a couple of rooms available; please let us know if you’d like to stay over after celebrating\nReservations required and advance purchase appreciated.\n\n  \n\nPurchase Your Tickets Online Now!\nJust look to the left on this page and look for the “Tickets” header. Choose how many tickets you’d like to order and click “Add to Cart.” Once you complete your order\, you’ll receive an email with your ticket information. Thank you! \nWe also have a couple of rooms still available if you’d like to stay overnight; please call us at 800-811-3351 for more information. URL:https://spillian.com/event/spillian-new-years-eve-revel/ LOCATION:Spillian\, 50 Fleischmanns Heights Road\, Fleischmanns\, 12430\, United States CATEGORIES:Dinner,Imaginarium,Revel ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://spillian.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/winterenchantwindowlr.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Spillian":MAILTO:sam@spillian.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160923T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160925T170000 DTSTAMP:20160314T032711Z CREATED:20160314T030710Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160314T032711Z UID:6702-1474617600-1474822800@spillian.com SUMMARY:Private Rental - Spillian Murder Mystery! DESCRIPTION:A Spillian Murder Mystery!\nFriends of Dutch Schultz will gather for a weekend at his country estate to celebrate the delights of the speakeasy and search for his buried treasure…but secrets\, duplicity\, and even murder awaits. \nThe era of the flapper and the mobster comes sparkling to life at Spillian\, with feasting\, dancing to the live music of 5\,000 Jazz Assassins\, and a gripping mystery to solve. \n\nYearning to make or solve your own mystery? \n\n\n \n\n\nFrom Holmes to Poirot and all points in between\, we’re serious mystery hounds…\n\n\n \n\n\nWe create private mystery weekends completely customized for you and your fellow sleuths. Call us at 800-811-3351 and let’s invent a magnificent mystery for you and your crew. URL:https://spillian.com/event/private-rental-spillian-murder-mystery/ CATEGORIES:Adventure,Dinner,Private Rentals ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://spillian.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/dutchshultzmurdermystery1LR.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160723T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160723T210000 DTSTAMP:20170625T163449Z CREATED:20160314T023600Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170625T163449Z UID:6698-1469289600-1469307600@spillian.com SUMMARY:SpillianFest 2016! DESCRIPTION:SpillianFest 2016\nENTRY TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE AT THE GATE\n$20.00 ADULT/$7.50 CHILD\nSpillianFest 2016. A Magical Summer Evening in the Catskills. \nThe Bite of the Blues. The Brilliance of Young Musician Recording his First Live Album. A Taste of the Bayou. Bliss.\n“Dylan Doyle is like a young\, white Jimi Hendrix.” Ben Cauley\, Sole surviving band member of the Otis Redding plane crash. \nLast August\, on a warm idyllic summer evening\, more than 300 of your neighbors and friends made their way to Fleischmanns\, up a winding driveway\, to Spillian’s mansion and meadow for more than 2 hours of acoustic and plugged in blues based artistry from 17 year old Hudson Valley native Dylan Doyle. It was the first annual SpillianFest\, a magical evening of authentic Southern BBQ and smoking hot music\, framed by the inspirational setting of Spillian and the Catskill mountain. \nThere’s history in our mountains and there’s history in Spillian’s meadow—the very same meadow that has been the scene of weddings\, reunions\, birthdays\, performances and events over more than 100 years—a place where artistry\, history and geography have been fueling inspiration for decade after decade. \nThis year\, on July 23\, we’re turning the heat up even higher for SpillianFest 2016 — a Cajun inspired feast of music and food\, as Dylan Doyle returns to claim his piece of history. What really makes this evening a one-of-a-kind\, don’t miss event is that the entire show is being recorded for Dylan’s next CD – Live at Spillian and will be broadcast live by co-sponsors WIOX Community Radio! It’s your chance to be part of the live CD— as Dylan and some very special guests (stay tuned for details!) perform blues classics and new originals in a rocking\, dancing\, cajun food fueled afternoon and evening of great music\, and the reveal of Dylan’s newest original songs. \nWe’re hitting bayou blues and rocking it out this evening\, starting with a Cajun feast and the amazing get-your-feet-dancing-it’s-a-party groove of the Zydeco Revelators! \n\nSaturday\, July 23\, 2016\n4 – 6 PM – Cajun Feasting and the Zydeco Revelators\n6 – 8 PM – Dylan Doyle Band Live Concert Recording & Live WIOX Broadcast\n7 – 9 PM – Bonfire\nHow To Order Tickets\nENTRY TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE AT THE GATE\n$20.00 ADULT/$7.50 CHILD\n\nMEAL AND DRINK TICKETS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE GATE. \n\nFULL CAJUN DINNER (MEAT OR VEGGIE): $18.00\nDRINKS (BEER\, WINE\, COCKTAIL): $5.00\nSOFT DRINKS: $1.00\n\n\nAbout Dylan Doyle\n“Dylan Doyle is a great young musician with the soul of an old bluesman.” – John Platania\, Guitarist\, Van Morrison\n \nPhoto © James Rice Photography \n\nSouthern born and Northern bred\, eighteen year old Guitar Slinger Dylan Doyle embodies the best of both old and new music worlds. Steeped in the authentic sounds of blues and Americana — with influences as broad as the Mississippi river\, from Robert Johnson to John Lee Hooker\, from Buddy Guy to Bob Dylan\, The Band\, Bill Withers and Jimi Hendrix\, Dylan’s unique musical interpretation lies somewhere in the intersection of delta Blues\, Rock with just a taste of Funk that is uniquely his own. \nTouring since age 15\, Dylan has performed at the Grateful Garcia Gathering\, at the King Biscuit Blues Festival for the last 3 years\, and\, this year\, is planning his first European tour for early 2017. In short\, Dylan has been preparing all his life to take the stage for his first live CD\, and plant his flag where legendary artists have tread before. \n“There truly must be something in the water in Upstate New York. Dylan joined the group Minstrel (Connor Kennedy\, Lee Falco\, Will Bryant\, and Brandon Moss) and me last September at The Falcon in Marlboro\, NY. He sat in on Little Feat’s “Dixie Chicken” that evening. His playing was flawless and inventive. Live performance is not about only playing a song but being aware of the conversation and flow of those you’re playing with. He spoke beautifully and was listening to what was going on around him.” — Bill Payne\, Little Feat  \n\nAbout the Zydeco Revelators\n\nZydeco Revelators deliver hot buttered Louisiana-style dance music. Stompin’ cowboy zydeco classics and spicy originals… a bit of jambalaya seasoned with a dash of rock and jam… It all adds up to a groove and sounds you can’t resist! Honkin’ Cajun accordion backed by electric guitar and a powerhouse rhythm section. Don’t forget that cool metal rub-board vest too! Bring your dancin’ shoes… More info here… \n  \n  \nAbout SpillianFest \nA growing annual tradition on a summer’s evening at Spillian\, SpillianFest celebrates our deep mission – to help people imagine past what they think as possible. We join together to help this young artist not simply perform but to gather his tribe\, gather his creative energy\, and capture a mythical event into a recording that will help to launch the next major step of his career. Our goal at Spillian is to make that sense of possibility and magic sing in all that we do – with our entire community. Steeped in the creative flow of Catskills history with a passionate commitment to the future\, we are making magic together! \nAbout WIOX \nWIOX Community Radio is the Catskills’ wildly diverse\, live and local radio station blasting its signal throughout the New York City Watershed at 91.3 FM and to the world at \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nwioxradio.org. A proud community partner of WSKG Public Media\, WIOX broadcasts programming that is user generated by\, of\, and for a hyper-local and growing worldwide audience of volunteers and contributors. \nLive From Spillian: The Album\n\nThis album will be recorded this year at SpillianFest…featuring both some great familiar tunes and Dylan’s originals. \nAnd it will come wrapped in amazing original artwork by artist\, marketing guru\, and Bovina farmer\, Steve Burnett. This is Dylan\, playing Spillian…look closely at his guitar! URL:https://spillian.com/event/spillianfest-2016/ LOCATION:Spillian\, 50 Fleischmanns Heights Road\, Fleischmanns\, 12430\, United States CATEGORIES:Dinner,Imaginarium,Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://spillian.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/spillianfest2016pageheader.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR