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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.
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LOCATION:Spillian\, 50 Fleischmanns Heights Road\, Fleischmanns\, 12430\, United States
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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
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190104T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190106T120000
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181207T150000
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181102T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181104T120000
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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
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