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: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 BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250426T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250426T180000 DTSTAMP:20250401T175209Z CREATED:20250401T175209Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250401T175209Z UID:13132-1745679600-1745690400@spillian.com SUMMARY:Heart of the Catskills: Paws for Celebration Fundraiser DESCRIPTION:Heart of the Catskills: Paws for Celebration Fundraiser\n3 to 6 PM Saturday\, April 26\, 2025\n• Live & Silent Auction •\n• Music by famed musician\, Adam Ippolito •\n• Cash bar •\n• Charcuterie board delights\, appetizers & desserts •\n• Complimentary glass of Champagne • \nCome and ensure that our beloved Heart of the Catskills can thrive for another year\, bringing life and hope to animals in our region!\nTickets $75\nPurchase tickets by April 5th at PawsomeAuction.org\nFor more information: 607-746-3080 / 607-278-6221\n\n\nJoin our Mythic Catskills Adventures email list and be the first to know about upcoming events: URL:https://spillian.com/event/heartofthecatskills2025/ LOCATION:Spillian\, 50 Fleischmanns Heights Road\, Fleischmanns\, 12430\, United States CATEGORIES:Fundraiser,Imaginarium ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://spillian.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/hs-auction-cropped.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250403T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250405T110000 DTSTAMP:20250318T001656Z CREATED:20250317T235954Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250318T001656Z UID:13111-1743692400-1743850800@spillian.com SUMMARY:Call Me Love 2025: Currencies DESCRIPTION:Call Me Love: Currencies\nThursday April 3 – Saturday April 5\, 2025\nFacilitated by Leigh Melander\, Ph.D.\nSpillian Co-Founder\nA private workshop for Regenerative Nexus and 7Group co-conspirators.\nCall Me Love began three years ago as a gathering to explore how we might re-imagine a non-binary way of understanding gender\, power\, and the planet. Click here for a short article that catches some of our starting points for that conversation that Leigh wrote for the Joseph Campbell Foundation. Its title came from a clip from Sir Ian McKellen\, talking on a podcast about what opens into possibility when we call each other ‘love’ in casual conversation\, when love becomes our chosen currency. You can watch that here. \nFrom there\, in our second year\, we dove into challenging many of the stories we carry about power in the United States: what happens when we begin to understand the infinite connections between beings and places as currencies that flow and spread and empower? \nThis year\, in a moment of profound shattering\, we are reaching out to some of the people we each know who do deep work in the world with curiosity and generosity\, in the hopes that we can perhaps find ways to flow and spread and empower one another in our imaginings and actions. \nThese gatherings are a form of improv\, an invitation into not-knowing\, reveling in being on the edges of our knowledge and understanding as we explore what might come beyond them. As John\, Max\, and Leigh were talking about how we might frame this conversation\, John shared a story of Miles Davis creating Kind of Blue with a set of chord charts and thoughts about modalities and an invitation to his co-creators to come and make jazz from that loosely held place. While we were quick to agree that none of us are Miles Davis\, we loved this as a way to begin to describe what we’re reaching for together. \nSome of the modalities we’ll be starting from include ideas on edges | agency & authority | belonging | openings.  \nWe would love for you to join us\, and bring your jazz to the party! \nRegister Here\n\n•••Schedule\nThursday\, April 3 \n\n3 PM: Room Check-In | Hang Out By Fire\n5 PM: Casual Dinner\, Cocktails\, and Greetings\n6 PM: Evening Opening Session\n8 PM: Free Fireside Time Until You’re Tired\n\nFriday\, April 4 \n\n9 AM: Breakfast\n10 AM – 1 PM: Morning Session\n1 PM: Lunch\n1 PM – 5: PM Afternoon Session\n5 PM: Cocktails or By-Yourself Time\n6 PM: Dinner\n7 PM: TBD – Evening Session or Free Fireside Time\n\nSaturday\, April 5 \n\n9 AM: Breakfast\n10-11 AM: Final Session\n11 AM: Check Out\n\n\n•••Lodging\nSpillian has eight bedrooms and nine permanent beds\, plus two rollaways that can be tucked into a couple of the rooms if folks would like to share lodging but not a bed and don’t have a back that will complain too loudly. The Jules Verne Room has two double beds\, and the rollaways can fit into any rooms except The Secret Garden Room and the Camelot Room. \nIf you are sharing a room with someone\, please note the name of the person you’re sharing with on the registration form. \nClick here for more information on the rooms! \n\n•••Pricing\nWe know that in an upside-down capitalistic society\, those who do good in the world are often doing so without endless dollars. \nIn the spirit of the currencies of shared knowledge\, creativity\, and community\, one of the ways that we’d like to honor everyone who joins us is by sharing a bit of money currency. 7Group\, John Boecker\, and Spillian would all like to share some money flow such that we can offset costs for everyone. (7Group has offered to cover the cost of Leigh’s facilitation and Spillian has put that into the kitty\, and John has offered an additional sum to help bring it to a number that we hope can make it accessible for everyone.) \nAs such\, we are delighted to be able to offer a sliding scale for the weekend\, which includes lodging and really good food from our chef\, Christian.\n \nYou can enter what level of currency feels right for you in the following range: \nSupported: $250/person\nFull weekend\, including all programming\, meals\, lodging\, and tax.\nSingle or double room occupancy. \nPartial Support: $350-$550/person (your call!)\nFull weekend\, including all programming\, meals\, lodging\, and tax.\nSingle or double room occupancy. \nFull Freight Single $900/person\nFull weekend\, including all programming\, meals\, lodging\, and tax.\nSingle room occupancy. \nFull Freight Double $1350/couple\nFull weekend\, including all programming\, meals\, lodging\, and tax.\nDouble room occupancy. \nWe are honored to have you join us\, at whatever number in there works for you. \nPlease Note: This event is by invitation only.  \nRegister Here\n\nAbout Leigh Melander\, Ph.D.\nLeigh has an eclectic background in the arts as well as consulting in strategic planning\, community outreach & 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. She spent 13 years working in asset-based community building in communities across California\, and with students\, faculty and a wide range of artists and activists at the University of California Santa Barbara’s MultiCultural Center. \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. \nShe 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 has appeared at various conferences and on 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 Myth America®\, a weekly radio show about  how myth shapes our sense of identity on an NPR affiliate for three years and is transitioning to a podcast\, and served as the Vice President of the Joseph Campbell Foundation and the editor of their MythBlast series for four years. She is the author of Psyche’s Choice: The Frivolous Revolution\, and the upcoming Just This Side of Crazy: Dream Your Wild Idea to Life. \nEleven years ago\, she and her husband opened Spillian\, located on the National Register of Historic Places former estate of the Fleischmanns Yeast family in the Catskills as a place to revel in imagination and possibility. \n\nJoin our Mythic Catskills Adventures email list and be the first to know about upcoming events: URL:https://spillian.com/event/call-me-love-2025-currencies/ LOCATION:Spillian\, 50 Fleischmanns Heights Road\, Fleischmanns\, 12430\, United States CATEGORIES:Imaginarium,Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://spillian.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/call-me-love-2025-currencies-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250222T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250223T110000 DTSTAMP:20250204T183206Z CREATED:20240922T035406Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250204T183206Z UID:12411-1740229200-1740308400@spillian.com SUMMARY:The Winter Wonder Games | February 22 DESCRIPTION:The Winter Wonder Games:\nA Frosted Festival for Misfits\nWith Legendary Outdoor Guide Will Soter\nSaturday\, February 22\, 2025\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  \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. Some our planned events: \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.\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\nFlavors for both vegivores and carnivores! \nSalad Course\nGreens\, Strawberries\, Orange Segments\, Goat Cheese\, Candied Pecans\, Ginger Dressing \nFor Carnivores\nBraised Short Ribs with Wild Cherry Demi Glaze \nCreamy Mascarpone Polenta \nMarinated Zucchini with Scallion Shoots \nRoasted Brussel Sprouts  \nFor Vegivores\nSpicy Roasted Sichuan Ginger Portabella Mushrooms Filled with Confit Tomato Jam\nCreamy Mascarpone Polenta \nMarinated Zucchini with Scallion Shoots \nRoasted Brussel Sprouts  \nDessert\nPumpkin Cheesecake  \nIced Tea\, Lemonade\, Cucumber Water\, Coffee\, Tea\nTry our caffeine free house-made Cats Love Tea with peppermint\, rose petals\, elderberries and more! \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 your invented drink\, 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 your invented drink\, and the bonfire. Cash bar\, tax\, and gratuities not included. \nThe Full Winter Wonder: All of the Offerings Plus an Overnight Stay: $395 per couple\nSOLD OUT!\nSorry\, but all of our rooms are now sold out. But\, you’ve got some great other options! Please reach out to our friends and neighbors at: \n\nShadowcrest\nRiver Run Bed and Breakfast\nThe Arts Inn\nBelleayre Lodge\nThe Gateway at Pine Hill\nAlpine Four Seasons Lodge at Belleayre\n\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!) \n\n  \nReserve Now!\n  \n\nBe the first to know about upcoming events!\n\n\n \n \n Join the Spillian Email List\n \n "*" indicates required fields \n \n Name*\n \n \n \n First\n \n \n \n \n Last\n \n \n Email*\n \n What kind of Spillian adventure are you dreaming?If you'd like to tell us a little bit about yourself\, or what you're most intrigued by at Spillian\, please do! We'd love to hear from you. And stay tuned for our next email! Thanks so much for joining us.\n Submit \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Δ\n \n \n  URL:https://spillian.com/event/the-winter-wonder-games-february-22/ 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/2024/09/winterwondergameswebsite.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250215T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250216T110000 DTSTAMP:20250214T143758Z CREATED:20240922T203155Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250214T143758Z UID:12427-1739624400-1739703600@spillian.com SUMMARY:Absinthe Makes the Heart Grow Fonder: A Bohemian Valentine | February 15 DESCRIPTION:Absinthe Makes the Heart Grow Fonder:\nA Bohemian Valentine\nSaturday\, February 15\, 2025\n\nJoin us for the third annual Absinthe Makes the Heart Grow Fonder: A Bohemian Valentine 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 an array of glorious Parisian flavors throughout the evening (for both vegivores and carnivores). 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. \nReserve Now!\n  \n\nThe Bohemian Valentine’s Ball\nCocktails 5 PM\nStrut your best bohemian weirdness\, savor a gougère (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\nLa Dance à la Boheme  6 PM\nWith a bit of the Green Fairy flicking off your bourgeois inhibitions\, it’s time to learn to dance! We can’t promise cancan (we’re not actually sure that we couldcould!)\, but we will be on hand to teach basic fox trot and tango steps so you are fully prepared to sweep your Valentine off their feet in the most elegant of ways on the dance floor. Both are actually surprisingly easy to master and you will feel the élan just dripping off you. \nDancing and Dining 7-10 PM\nThis year\, we’re going to offer an array of Bohemian Paris inspired flavors throughout the evening passed and at stations throughout the mansion. They will\, of course\, include our Moulin de la Galette buckwheat galettes (a Montmartre tradition for hundreds of years)\, made as you watch with your choice of of carnivore or vegivore fillings; along with savories and sweets that will amuse your tastebuds throughout the evening. This way\, a new taste is awaiting you and your love each time you decide to take a moment to muse upon the exquisite nature of your dancing and the delights of the Joe Plowman Trio playing hits of Paris in the 30’s (assuming they can make it through the storm from Philly and New York! If not\, never fear – we’ll have a delicious array of tunes to foxtrot and tango the night away). \nThe Menu\nPlateau Mixe\nHeart Shaped Walnut (V) or Chicken Liver Paté\, Mini Wheel Brie\, Grapes\, Fresh Fig\nwith House-Made Geno’s Baguettes or Spillian Seed Crisps (GF)\n• \nSalade Verte à la Française\nGreen Leaf Salad with Chopped Fresh Herbs\, Walnuts\, and Vinaigrette à la Moutarde (V\, GF) \n• \nHors D’Oeuvres\nZucchini Fritter Canape (GF) with Beaverkill Smoked Trout or Pickled Cucumbers (V)\nwith Pickled Red Onion\, Lemon Creme Fraîche and Fresh Dill \nRoasted Tomato Pissaladiere with Spillian House-Made Puff Pastry\, Comte and Olives (V) \nTartine with Caramelized Bell Peppers\, Artichoke Hearts & Goat Cheese (V) \n• \nGalettes \nHouse-Made Monmartre Moulin de la Galette Buckwheat Galettes (GF)\nDuck Confit\, Onion Marmalade\, Fresh Chervil\nMushroom and Leek Roulade\, Plumb Cognac Sauce\, Fresh Chervil (V) \n• \nDessert\nPersian Love Cakes with Rose Petals • Macarons • Champagne Frozen Berries (GF) \n\nThe Joe Plowman Trio\nBassist and Philadelphia native Joe Plowman can be seen playing anywhere from New York to Los Angeles. As music director and bassist for Carsie Blanton he has headlined shows across the U.S. and Europe\, and has opened for Paul Simon\, The Wood Brothers\, Madeleine Peyroux\, Joan Osborne\, Rufus Wainwright\, and many others. He tours internationally as bassist and composer with jazz band Chelsea Reed and the Fair Weather Five\, and with jazz singer/instrumentalist Hailey Brinnel. At home in Philly\, Joe plays with jazz greats such as Marty Grosz\, Warren Vache\, Larry McKenna\, Danny Tobias. \nAccompanying Joe at Spillian are New York heavyweights Danny Tobias on trumpet\, and Felix Lemerle on guitar. \n\nPricing\nThe Bohemian Ball $65/person\nCash bar\, tax and gratuities extra. Advance Reservations Required. \nThe Full Bohemian SOLD OUT! \nThe Ball and an Overnight Stay at Spillian $365/couple\nSorry\, but all of our rooms are now sold out. But\, you’ve got some great other options! Please reach out to our friends and neighbors at: \n\nShadowcrest\nRiver Run Bed and Breakfast\nThe Arts Inn\nBelleayre Lodge\nThe Gateway at Pine Hill\nAlpine Four Seasons Lodge at Belleayre\n\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\n  \nReserve Now!\n  \n\nBe the first to know about upcoming events!\n\n \n \n Join the Spillian Email List\n \n "*" indicates required fields \n \n Name*\n \n \n \n First\n \n \n \n \n Last\n \n \n Email*\n \n What kind of Spillian adventure are you dreaming?If you'd like to tell us a little bit about yourself\, or what you're most intrigued by at Spillian\, please do! We'd love to hear from you. And stay tuned for our next email! Thanks so much for joining us.\n Submit \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Δ URL:https://spillian.com/event/absinthe-makes-the-heart-grow-fonder-a-bohemian-valentine-february-15/ 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/2024/09/absinthewebsite2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250207T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250209T110000 DTSTAMP:20250102T191640Z CREATED:20240922T033058Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250102T191640Z UID:12402-1738947600-1739098800@spillian.com SUMMARY:Wild Ideas Creative Retreat | February 7-9 DESCRIPTION:Wild Ideas Creative Retreat\nFriday\, February 7 – Sunday\, February 9\, 2025\nYour chance to escape to the magic creative energy of Spillian for a weekend to work on that wild idea that has been burning a hole in your brain. Join us for a gentle convivium and chance for solo time to imagine deeply. \nGrab a corner\, a table in the tavern\, a seat by the fire\, or a chair in your room and have lots of time and space to work and explore and bring your wild idea to life. Maybe it’s a book\, or a set of poems\, drawing\, or a digital design…quiet projects that you can go deep into as everyone here goes deep into theirs. \nWe’ll provide sustenance throughout the weekend – a light dinner on Friday; breakfast\, lunch and a bigger feast on Saturday; and breakfast on Sunday. And of course coffee\, tea (including our own magical herbal offering\, Cat’s Love Tea\, with spearmint\, rose petals\, elderberries\, sumac\, and more)\, and adult libations will be at the ready. \nAnd we’ll have Spillian Permission Slips for you. You can grant yourself permission to hole up in your room and come down from your garret and grasp your vittles in your ink-stained hands and disappear back upstairs; or claim a corner in the library; or even just nap your way into dreaming your wild idea forward. We’ll gather for meals (unless you want to hide)\, with a special invitation on Saturday night to share the feasting table with your fellow dreamers and share a bit of what’s inspiring or stymieing you. Spillian co-founder Leigh Melander will lead the charge on sharing our wild ideas at dinner. \nThis is free-flow\, a reveling in ideas and the quiet that births them retreat. You’re welcome to come and stay for the weekend\, or come to take advantage of Spillian’s space and sustenance and lay your creative head elsewhere. \nWe are excited to finally be offering weekends like this! We’ve been hearing desire for this from many of our extended Spillian family over the years\, so we’re offering both this one in February as well as one in January. Spillian has been such a well-spring of creativity for people since the Fleischmanns created their retreat space\, and we are looking forward to sharing it with you in this special way. \n  \nReserve Now!\n  \n\nAbout Leigh Melander\, Ph.D.\nLeigh 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. In 2025\, her first book\, about the power of frivolity as a way into imagination\, Psyche’s Choice\, is being re-released\, along with her second book\, Just This Side of Crazy: Quest After Your Wild Idea. \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 a doctorate in cultural mythology and psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute and wrote her dissertation on frivolity as an entry into imagination. She has has appeared at various conferences and on 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 Myth America®\, a weekly radio show about  how myth shapes our sense of identity on an NPR affiliate for three years and is transitioning to a podcast\, and served as the Vice President of the Joseph Campbell Foundation and the editor of their MythBlast series for four years. \n\nPricing\nWorkshop Registration Fee:\n$175 per person until December 31\, 2024\n$235 per person after that date.\nSpillian is proud to underwrite some of the costs on this workshop\, hoping to keep the experience accessible to as many creatives as possible.  \n• Includes four chef-made meals\, snacks\, and coffee and tea service. Cash bar\, tax\, and gratuities not included.\n• Attendees are welcome to arrive any time Friday afternoon after 3 PM. We’ll have food out at around 6 PM.\n• Commuters welcome for the workshop registration fee. \nSpillian Lodging $235 per room for the weekend.\nSpillian offers eight delightful rooms. You can learn more about them HERE and make your choice on the registration page. All rooms are available on a first-come\, first-served basis. The Jules Verne Room has two double sized beds\, and is appropriate for sharing with a roommate. If you are coming with a friend and would like to share that room\, one guest should reserve the room. Fees for all of the rooms are the same for single or double occupancy for the weekend\, and are in addition to the workshop fee. \n\n  \nReserve Now!\n  \n\nBe the first to know about upcoming events!\n\n \n \n Join the Spillian Email List\n \n "*" indicates required fields \n \n Name*\n \n \n \n First\n \n \n \n \n Last\n \n \n Email*\n \n What kind of Spillian adventure are you dreaming?If you'd like to tell us a little bit about yourself\, or what you're most intrigued by at Spillian\, please do! We'd love to hear from you. And stay tuned for our next email! Thanks so much for joining us.\n Submit \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Δ URL:https://spillian.com/event/wild-ideas-creative-retreat-january-7-9/ LOCATION:Spillian\, 50 Fleischmanns Heights Road\, Fleischmanns\, 12430\, United States CATEGORIES:Imaginarium,Retreat,Workshop,Writing ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://spillian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/creativeretreat2websitebirds.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250125T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250126T110000 DTSTAMP:20241228T140543Z CREATED:20240920T174728Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241228T140543Z UID:12366-1737810000-1737889200@spillian.com SUMMARY:The Hallowed Haggis: A Robert Burns Celebration | January 25 DESCRIPTION:The Hallowed Haggis:\nA Robert Burns Celebration\nSaturday\, January 25\, 2025\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 our fifth annual 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…. \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: Robert Burns Supper & Festivities\nCome for the day: 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. \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. 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. Chef Christian’s menu: \nSalad (V)\nBeetroot and Coriander Leaf Salad with Sunflower Kernels\, Roasted Fennel\nwith a  Citrus Vinaigrette \nA Tasting for the Brave\nThe Mighty Haggis: Great Chieftain o’ the Puddin’ Race\n\nVegivore Entrée (V)\nVegetarian Hotchpotch-Hairst Bree Jackfruit\, Pea\, and Turnip Pot Pie\nwith Savory House-Made Flaky Puff Pastry\nRoasted Carrots\, Tatties\, And Mushrooms with Balsamic Cider Reduction Drizzle\nLeek and Barley Risotto \nCarnivore Entrée\nBraised Lamb Shank with Whiskey Maple Bacon Marmalade\nRoasted Carrots\, Tatties\, And Mushrooms with Balsamic Cider Reduction Drizzle\nLeek and Barley Risotto \nDessert (+V)\nraspberry whiskey cranachan with scottish shortbread\nboth dairy and vegan versions \ncoffee | spillian cat’s love tea |  lemonade | cucumber water \n  \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.and are happy to lend you one for the day.\n\n\nPricing\nAdvance reservations required.\nThe Robert Burns Supper & Festivities: $70 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: $80 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 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. \n\nAbout Johnny Piper\n \nBy day an attorney\, and at all other moments\, wild man Johnny Piper\, John McGovern is atalented 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\nReserve Now!\n\nBe the first to know about upcoming events!\n\n\n\n \n \n Join the Spillian Email List\n \n "*" indicates required fields \n \n Name*\n \n \n \n First\n \n \n \n \n Last\n \n \n Email*\n \n What kind of Spillian adventure are you dreaming?If you'd like to tell us a little bit about yourself\, or what you're most intrigued by at Spillian\, please do! We'd love to hear from you. And stay tuned for our next email! Thanks so much for joining us.\n Submit \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Δ URL:https://spillian.com/event/the-hallowed-haggis-a-robert-burns-celebration-january-25/ 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/2024/09/hallowedhaggiswebsite.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250118T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250118T230000 DTSTAMP:20250118T203915Z CREATED:20240923T193007Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250118T203915Z UID:12441-1737219600-1737241200@spillian.com SUMMARY:Songwriters Changing the World | January 18 DESCRIPTION:Songwriters Changing the World:\nCarsie Blanton & Friends\nSaturday\, January 18\, 2025\nIn July\, we had the delight of having the extraordinary artist Carsie Blanton perform in the Spillian meadow\, singing songs of hope and protest. This winter\, we are honored to support Carsie as she spreads her inspirational fire with fellow songwriters\, donating the use of the mansion as she leads a private and free workshop for her colleagues on the intersections between songwriting and activism for several days in January. \nTheir last night here\, join Carsie and an intimate group of songwriters for dinner and an in-house concert as they share fresh work and new ideas from their Spillian songwriting retreat. Expect songs in-progress\, insights into the creative process\, new collaborations\, and thoughtful conversation over dinner. \nPlease join us for this very special evening. Space is limited\, so advanced reservations are required. \nReservations Closed! Hope to see you at the next Imaginarium event.  \n  \n\nSongwriters Changing the the World\nThe Schedule \n\n5 PM: Cocktails in Spillian’s tavern\, featuring a new drink we’re inventing in Carsie’s honor: The Down and Dirty Hot Carsie Martini\, and a chance to settle in by the fire.\n6 PM: A chef’s dinner with evening artists and guests around our grand table; a true place of convivium\, where tales are topped\, ideas are birthed\, and friendships created. With flavors for both vegivores and carnivores.\n7 PM: A concert and conversation with Carsie and fellow singer/songwriters.\n\nThe Menu\nSalad\nGreens with Butternut Squash\, Pomegranate\, Candied Pecans\, Apples & Feta with a Cider Vinaigrette  \nVegivore\nSpicey Caulflower Sabzi with Cashews | Braised Fennel with Ginger | Savory Risotto | Moroccan Roasted Carrots with Black Lentils and Lime Crema  \nCarnivore\nDuck Confit with Cider Reduction| Braised Fennel with Ginger | Savory Risotto | Moroccan Roasted Carrots with Black Lentils and Lime Crema  \nDessert\nBaklava with Maple Ice Cream \nIced Tea\, Lemonade\, Cucumber Water\, Coffee\, Tea \nPricing\nDinner and concert: $55 per person\nIncludes dinner and the evening’s entertainment. Cash bar\, tax and gratuities additional. \n\nAbout Carsie Blanton\nPhoto Credit Bobby Bonsey \nCarsie Blanton is a songwriter with hooks\, chutzpah\, and revolutionary optimism. “It is possible to face the world as it is – rapidly heating\, ruled by grifters\, ravaged by profitable wars – and still have hope\,” she says of her 2024 release\, After the Revolution. “Not the narrow\, grasping hope you might hang on an election or a billionaire\, but a patient\, zoomed-out hope.” Of After the Revolution\, NPR’s Fresh Air says “”Protest music tends to be strident or self-righteous or just bluntly angry. But Blanton\, a folk singer with a rock attitude\, knows how to construct songs with real melodies and storylines that don’t obscure her messages.” \nWith her unique mix of humor\, craft\, and social critique\, Blanton has amassed a small menagerie of viral hits such as  Rich People\, Shit List\, and Fishin’ With You and a dedicated fan base. In addition to fifteen years on the road with her band\, Blanton volunteers as a political organizer\, and was recently published in The Nation. You can support her on Patreon. \n  \n\nBe the first to know about upcoming events!\n\n \n \n Join the Spillian Email List\n \n "*" indicates required fields \n \n Name*\n \n \n \n First\n \n \n \n \n Last\n \n \n Email*\n \n What kind of Spillian adventure are you dreaming?If you'd like to tell us a little bit about yourself\, or what you're most intrigued by at Spillian\, please do! We'd love to hear from you. And stay tuned for our next email! Thanks so much for joining us.\n Submit \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Δ URL:https://spillian.com/event/songwriters-changing-the-world-january-18/ 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/2024/09/carsiewebsite-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250104T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250105T110000 DTSTAMP:20241228T175749Z CREATED:20240923T140624Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241228T175749Z UID:12435-1735995600-1736074800@spillian.com SUMMARY:Twelfth Night: A Feast of Fools | January 4 DESCRIPTION:Twelfth Night: A Feast of Fools\nThe Lord of Misrule\, Shakespeare\, and Merriment to End the Holiday Season\nSaturday\, January 4\, 2025\nJoin us for a last blast of celebration in honor of the end of the twelve days of Christmas! \nLong before New Year’s Eve became a thing\, Twelfth Night once echoed with a splendid upside-down revelry that challenged any strait-laced ideas of power\, identity\, and what constitutes good behavior. We will join together and co-create an evening worth of such illustrious (or\, more accurately\, irreverent) lineage. We will laugh January into submission in a Renaissance-inspired romp. And yes\, you can most absolutely come dressed as a fool! \n\nJoin us for the day/evening for Afternoon Revels. A Reveling Feast & Pig Roast & Festivities or…\nStay the night: The Full Revel – Afternoon Revels\, Cocktails\, Feast & Festivities and an Overnight Stay\n\nAdvance Reservations Required. \nReserve Now!\n\n\nThe Schedule\n1 to 4 PM: Afternoon Revels. We will play together as we prepare for the evening. There will be frolicking\, capering\, and gamboling… \n\nFoolish Revels: Learn about the rich and revolutionary history of Twelfth Night celebrations so we can revel deeply together.\nThe Spillian Reveler’s Shakespeare Company: All the world’s a stage\, and now’s your chance to become a player in our stage reading of a brilliantly fast and furious short version of Shakespeare’s iconic comedy\, Twelfth Night! We will gather in the afternoon to bring some semblance of order to chaos and prepare to trod the boards and chew all available scenery in the evening. The perfect way to do theater! No memorizing of lines and anything goes…\nThe Bar will of course be open to invite your inner jester to come and play. And there will be Spillian snacks\, so the jester doesn’t get completely out of line. Yet.\n\n5 PM: Cocktails and the Crowning of the Lord of Misrule\nIn addition to our regular bar offerings\, we’ll be evoking Renaissance renaissance flavors of the season:  hippocras\, a spiced wine flavored like cinnamon and ginger; a house-infused version of mulberry gin; and  aqua vitae – the water of life – brandy. And we’ll present the King’s Cake\, complete with a bean inside to crown our Lord of Misrule for the evening. \n6 PM: A Twelfth Night Feast from Chef Christian Van Etten\nChef Christian has gone full out with flavors for carnivores and vegivores…and he’s roasting a pig! \nSalad Course\nRed Currant\, Pear\, Arugula\, Dilled-Almond Salad with Local Maple Vinaigrette \nFor the Carnivores\nA Pig Roast\, Bedecked with Bay and Rosemary\nRainbow Carrots and Roasted Fall Root Vegetables\nButternut Sage Risotto alla Milanese \nFor the Vegivores\nOur Famous Mushroom Wellington with Plum Reduction\nRainbow Carrots and Roasted Fall Root Vegetables\nButternut Sage Risotto alla Milanese \nDessert\nHouse Made Pumpkin Tiramisu \n  \n7 PM: Twelfth Night\, by William Shakespeare & the Spillian Revelers Shakespeare Company\nWe will speak the speeches trippingly as we split the ears of the groundlings\, and our sides with laughing at our foolish selves as we bring the adventures of Viola\, Sebastian\, Sir Toby Belch\, and all of their loves and tormenters to life. Adapted and directed by Cat Yudain and Ian Potter\, theater artists from NYC and marriers at Spillian last summer! \n\n\nCat Yudain\nCat is thrilled to be back at Spillian with Ian! Cat is a NYC-based Actor\, Model\, and Fight Director. Some stage credits include RIPT Theater Company’s 4-Actor Hamlet\, Psittacus Productions and Lincoln Center’s Romeo and Juliet\, and Masterfool and FoxWolf’s site-specific A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Macbeth. Cat works as a camera operator and creative consultant for REMstatic production company\, and recently worked with Scrappack Productions on their films Just One More Thing (Director) and Sight (Stunt Coordinator). Other credits include Edinburgh Fringe\, The International Tennessee Williams Festival\, Rochester Fringe\, Connecticut Repertory Theatre\, etc. Cat is the Artistic Director of RAWHIDE Theatre Company\, founder of Foxhole Films\, member of draMAStic dance works\,\nand has worked as a project and devising consultant. Cat is currently releasing a novel about the House of Mercy on Substack with her writing partner Makayla McIntosh at substack.com/catyudaintea.\n\nIan Potter\nIan is ecstatic to return to the magical location of Spilian after getting married here this past August! A working artist living in NYC\, Ian spends most of his time painting large scale\, photorealistic\, murals on the sides of buildings all over NYC for Colossal Media Group. In his glimpses of free time he is also deeply involved in the NYC Theatre and Film scene with such past productions as:The Soldier in Fortnight at Tripler\, King Arthur in the staged reading of The Cursed Beast\, First Seargent/Seyton in the staged reading (Soon to be Feature Film) of Macbeth\, Mordant in The Three Musketeers\, Constantine in The Aurora Project among many more. Ian looks forward to bringing his prior Shakespearean Training to Spillian’s revel this January to help create a fun and foppish journey through the tale of Twelfth Night! Ian would like to thank Leigh\, Mark and the Spillian staff for continuing our creative relationship beyond our beautiful wedding. As always\, he would like to thank his beautiful wife and co-director Cat for the most important partnership in life.\n\n\nPricing\nThe Afternoon Revels\, Feast & Evening Festivities: $75 per person\nJoin us for the crowning\, cocktails\, dinner\, and the evening festivities. Afternoon revels begin at 1 PM\, Cocktails begin at 5 PM\, dinner at 7 PM. Additional cash bar\, tax\, and gratuities not included. Please join us for the afternoon revels\, staging our magnificently nonsensical short of Twelfth Night! \nThe Full Twelfth Night Revel: All of the Offerings Plus an Overnight Stay:$365 per couple\nMake it a getaway! The Full Twelfth Night Revel includes all activities and supplies for the afternoon\, dinner and the evening festivities. plus an overnight stay for two with a 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\nBe the first to know about upcoming events!\n\n\n\n \n \n Join the Spillian Email List\n \n "*" indicates required fields \n \n Name*\n \n \n \n First\n \n \n \n \n Last\n \n \n Email*\n \n What kind of Spillian adventure are you dreaming?If you'd like to tell us a little bit about yourself\, or what you're most intrigued by at Spillian\, please do! We'd love to hear from you. And stay tuned for our next email! Thanks so much for joining us.\n Submit \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Δ URL:https://spillian.com/event/twelfth-night-a-feast-of-fools-january-4/ 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/2024/09/twelfthnightwebsite2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241221T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241222T110000 DTSTAMP:20241216T004110Z CREATED:20240922T183935Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241216T004110Z UID:12422-1734786000-1734865200@spillian.com SUMMARY:A Catskills Solstice Yule | December 21 DESCRIPTION:A Catskills Solstice Yule\nSaturday\, December 21\, 2024\nThe word solstice means “sun stands still.” In the spirit of what can imaginally open in a momentary pause\, we invite you to join us for an evening evoking the half-forgotten memories of how ancestors celebrated the sense of promise of the returning light on the year’s darkest day. Join us to remember and revel in the season. \nThree ways to play: \n\nCome for the evening: A Yule Feast & Festivities\nCome for the day: Bringing in the Yule\, The Yule Feast & Festivities \nStay the night: The Full Yule – Bringing in the Yule\, The Yule Feast & Festivities and Overnight Stay\n\n\nPlease join us! Space is limited\, so advance reservations are required. \nReserve Now!\n\nBringing In the Yule\n\n1 to 4 PM: Our plan for yuletide ritual and celebration for the afternoon …\n\nMaking the Yule Log: We’ll head out into the woods to find and adorn a yule log to burn in the evening.\nPomanders: Oranges were a sign of the sun on winter solstice\, and we’ll arm you with oranges and cloves to make your own pomander to take home with you.\nMedieval Gingerbread: More candy than bread\, and a little like the coolest edible play-dough you’ve ever seen\, we’ll make sculpted gingerbread shapes using a recipe straight from Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales.\nThe Orchard Wassail: We’ll have traditional wassail on hand\, and with drums and noise makers will wander out to encourage the apple trees at Spillian to thrive and bring us glorious fruit in the coming year.\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 Yule Feast & Festivities\nA traditional yule feast echoing medieval merriment 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 have both carnivore and vegivore menu choices\, just let us know which would prefer when you buy your tickets. \nChef Christian’s Menu \nGeno’s House-Made Baguettes \nSalad and Soup\nArugula\, Fennel and Blueberry Salad with Citrus dressing\nCreamy Pumpkin Soup with Roasted Chestnuts and Crème Fresh (V) \nFor the Carnivores\nMincemeat Stuffed Game Hen with Chasseur Sauce\nRoasted Brussel Sprouts and Honeycrisp Apples and Fried Sage \nFor the Vegivores\nMushroom Wellington With Apple Cider Balsamic Reduction \nRoasted Brussel Sprouts and Honeycrisp Apples and Fried Sage \nDessert\nFlaming Traditional Figgy Pudding  \nIced Tea\, Lemonade\, Cucumber Water\, Coffee\, Tea \n  \nThe Schedule \n\n5 PM: Cocktail hour featuring wassail and other bar treats.\n6 PM: We’ll light the Yule Log with ceremony and ritual in the Great Room fire place.\n7 PM: The Yule Feast topped by a flaming figgy pudding.\nAfter Dinner: Feel free to gather around the fire to dream with the Yule Log.\n\n\nPricing\nAdvance reservations required.\nA Yule Feast & 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. \nBringing in the Yule\, A Yule Feast & Festivities: $95 per person\nJoin us for an afternoon of seasonal revelry to bring in the yule\, cocktail hour\, supper\, and festivities. Games begin at 1 PM. Includes afternoon activities\, dinner\, and the evening’s entertainment. Cash bar\, tax and gratuities not included. \nThe Full Yule: $395 per couple SOLD OUT \nSorry\, but all of our rooms are now sold out. But\, you’ve got some great other options if you’d like to come for the weekend! Please reach out to our friends and neighbors at: \n\nShadowcrest\nRiver Run Bed and Breakfast\nThe Arts Inn\nBelleayre Lodge\nThe Gateway at Pine Hill\nAlpine Four Seasons Lodge at Belleayre\n\nReserve Now!\n\nBe the first to know about upcoming events!\n\n\n\n \n \n Join the Spillian Email List\n \n "*" indicates required fields \n \n Name*\n \n \n \n First\n \n \n \n \n Last\n \n \n Email*\n \n What kind of Spillian adventure are you dreaming?If you'd like to tell us a little bit about yourself\, or what you're most intrigued by at Spillian\, please do! We'd love to hear from you. And stay tuned for our next email! Thanks so much for joining us.\n Submit \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Δ URL:https://spillian.com/event/a-catskills-solstice-yule-december-21/ 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/2024/09/yulewebsite.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241130T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241201T110000 DTSTAMP:20241024T163650Z CREATED:20240921T153449Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241024T163650Z UID:12373-1732971600-1733050800@spillian.com SUMMARY:The Willows: A Haunted Journey | November 30 DESCRIPTION:The Willows: A Haunted Journey\nSaturday\, November 30\, 2024\nJoin us for a little bit of haunting as the winter settles in\, and the season of ghost stories is in full tilt before the light begins to return in December. The barrier between natural and supernatural dissolves in this theatrical conjuring of Algernon Blackwood’s The Willows recited in candlelight by Victoria Finney\, adapted and directed by Alex Harvey.  \n \nThree ways to play: \n\nA Haunted Evening: Come for the evening for a cocktail hour\, a river-inspired chef’s dinner and performance of The Willows\nA Supernatural Saturday: Come for the day and evening: an afternoon of exploring writing and reading the eerie magic of supernatural \, dinner and performance\nThe Full Haunting: The afternoon’s explorations\, dinner\, performance\, an overnight stay\, breakfast and a chance to share your eerie journaling on Sunday morning.\n\n\nPlease join us! Space is limited\, so advanced reservations are required. \nReserve Now!\n\nA Supernatural Saturday\n\n1 to 4 PM: Join writer and director (and Spillian League of Reveler’s founding member!) Alex Harvey for a spirited exploration of the roots of supernatural story-telling. The bar will open at 1 PM if you need some liquid inspiration\, and we’ll have some Spillian-made snacks on hand for noshing in the afternoon.\n\n\nA Haunted Evening\nAn intimate family style chef’s feast around our extraordinary mahogany dining table\, inspired by the flavors and rhythms of the willow-clad river. We will have both carnivore and vegetarian menu choices\, just let us know which would prefer when you buy your tickets. \nChef Christian’s River Feast Menu \nSalad (V)\nSpinach\, Roasted Red Beets\, Navel Orange Segments\, Candied Pecans & Citrus Vinaigrette \nCarnivore Entrée\nPan Fried Local Beaverkill Trout With Cranberry Chutney\nRoasted Broccolini with Housemade Preserved Meyer Lemon\nThyme Roasted Butternut Squash\, Tartarian Cherry Quinoa and Brown Rice Medley  \nVegivore Entrée (V)\nLeek Risotto Stuffed Roasted Baby Eggplant\, Romesco Sauce and Balsamic Reduction Drizzle\nRoasted Broccolini with Housemade Preserved Meyer Lemon\nThyme Roasted Butternut Squash\, Tartarian Cherry Quinoa and Brown Rice Medley  \nDessert (V)\n“Maple Leaf’ Ginger Spice Cakes\, with House-Made Maple Ice Cream\nand Blueberry Coolis “River Pebbles” \nThe Schedule \n\n5 PM: Cocktail hour featuring the Catskills Trout Tale: a celebration of Catskill waters with local vodka and maple syrup\, and mint; and the The Willow Mist: smoky house-made root beer & willow bitters and local bourbon.\n6 PM: A river dinner feast from Spillian’s chef Christian Van Etten around our grand table\, featuring both veggie and meat lovers choices\, featuring local Beaverkill trout.\ntraditional and vegan haggis along with his creative takes on the evocative flavors of\n7:30 PM: A candlelight performance of The Willows.\nAfterwards: sharing ghost stories around the Spillian fireplace.\n\n\nPricing\nAdvance reservations required.\nA Haunted Evening: $80 per person\nJoin us for the cocktail hour\, supper\, and performance. Cocktails begin at 5 PM\, dinner at 6 PM\, and performance at 7:30 PM. Includes dinner\, light munchies\, and the evening’s entertainment. Cash bar\, tax and gratuities not included. \nA Supernatural Saturday: $95 per person\nJoin us for day and evening! The afternoon begins at 1 PM. Includes afternoon reading and writing explorations\, light munchies\, dinner\, and the evening’s entertainment. Cash bar\, tax and gratuities not included. \nThe Full Haunting: $395 per couple\nMake it a getaway! The Full Haunting includes all of Saturday’s offerings plus an overnight stay with a breakfast featuring our house-made bagels and turnovers on Sunday morning\, and a chance to share your writings over the weekend after breakfast. 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. \n\nAbout The Willows\nSummon to mind those moments when nature turns on you. Can you recall the feeling?  That threat in your surroundings that predates your most distant ancestors? Where every creek and crack in the natural world that cradles you gradually and begins to grow more ominous? That unutterable sense that mother nature doesn’t care about you – and maybe you are just her next meal!  \nJoin celebrated British actress and voiceover artist Victoria Finney for her candle-lit atmospheric reading of Algernon Blackwood’s 1909 supernatural psychedelic horror story\, The Willows. A sensory immersion\, this storytelling performance saturates audience members in an eerie odyssey to otherworldly realms guided only by the simple elements of sound\, light and spoken word. The piece is adapted and directed by Alex Harvey.  \nBorn in 1869\, Algernon Blackwood was the first pioneer of Supernatural Fiction and is renowned for his masterful atmospheric settings in his paranormal tales\, which submerge readers in the experience of the story itself. A member of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn—a secret society devoted to the study of the occult and esoteric knowledge—Blackwood had an outsized and often underappreciated influence on the horror genre. The Willows creates a narrative bridge that connects gothic horror of the 19th century to psychological horror of the modern age. Blackwood’s ability to evoke dread from natural settings and his use of the unseen to generate fear lays the groundwork for modern horror’s exploration of existential dread. Blackwood was a major influence on H.P. Lovecraft\, who praised The Willows as “the finest supernatural tale in English literature.” \nSet on a flooding sandbar in the Danube as it crosses from Austria into Hungary\, the narrative of The Willows lures us into the disorienting inward journey of two campers on a summer canoe trip. Amidst the ceaseless and whispering dance of miles and miles of willow bushes along the river’s ancient banks\, these two adventurers are ensnared by forces that they dont understand. They are pulled\, as if by the hands of unseen specters\, into a realm where reality warps and the fabric of the known world frays into the inexplicable. Further and further they fall into the grasp of wild nature’s whim and closer to the edge of sanity. In its crescendo\, this odyssey leaves a haunting reminder of the fragile barrier that separates our mundane existence from the unfathomable mysteries that lie beyond. \n\nAbout Victoria Finney\nVictoria Finney performed all over the UK & Europe for many years with theatre companies including The English Shakespeare Company and Shared Experience\, appearing in several TV drama series and as a storyteller and Radio Rep actor for the BBC. Eventually Vicky moved to New York with her family.  Here she has been part of the Lake Lucille Chekhov project\, including the film “I am a Seagull”\, and has performed at The Lincoln Center and off Broadway. She co-founded Off The Page Arts-In-Education company\, taking experiential residencies into public schools all over the city. She co-adapted/directed All American Boys (now published and available from Playscripts) and has also co-adapted White Rose by Kip Wilson supported by The New Victory Theatre\, NYC and The Alliance Theatre\, Atlanta. She is currently featured as the narrator and storyteller on two popular children’s podcasts and plays a bunch of instruments and sings with Brooklyn based band\, The Retro Fits. \n  \nAbout Alex Harvey\nAlex Harvey is a filmmaker\, editor\, producer\, writer\, theater director\, musician\, end-of-life doula and currently the Arts Programmer at Race Brook Lodge in Sheffield\, MA. Alex created\, produced\, and directed the feature narrative film\, Walden: Life in the Woods starring Academy Award nominee Demián Bichir. The film played at a variety of domestic and international festivals including Whistler Film Festival\, Oaxaca Film Festival\, Denver International Film Festival\, River Run International Film Festival\, NCTE Houston\, FilmFort Idaho. Walden: Life in the Woods was picked up by Virgil Films and released on all Amazon Prime in October of 2019. Alex’s pandemic themed sci-fi feature\, space//space premiered in 2023 at the famed Anthology Film Archives in New York City. Alex also wrote and directed The Unsilent Picture\, a black and white silent film starring the world famous clown\, Bill Irwin.  The Unsilent Picture screened in an immersive spiegel tent accompanied by a live orchestral score and live foley sound performance as a centerpiece of the Horseman’s Hollow Festival in both 2018 and 2019. Alex was a co-director and producer for I Am A Seagull\, the documentary-narrative hybrid film made by the art collective Lake Lucille Chekhov Project. I Am A Seagull is the first feature film to have played at the Public Theatre’s Under the Radar Festival in New York. It has subsequently toured to the Spoleto Festival in Italy and The Noorderzon Festival in the Netherlands and the Kontakt Festival in Poland. In 2014\, Harvey was apprentice director under master director Allen Coulter on the fourth season of HBO’s Boardwalk Empire. He has created various video art projects including one short film immersion called SONNET23 which was presented in 2015 at the Festival Cine Futuro in Salvador\, Brazil. He has also created content for Action Group Network\, producing multi-lingual ICE preparedness shorts for imperiled immigrant communities throughout the tri-state area. He is currently editing a Ukraine war doc with acclaimed director Noaz Desche. He lives in Great Barrington\, Massachusetts with his wife and two kids. \nReserve Now!\n  \n\nBe the first to know about upcoming events!\n\n\n\n \n \n Join the Spillian Email List\n \n "*" indicates required fields \n \n Name*\n \n \n \n First\n \n \n \n \n Last\n \n \n Email*\n \n What kind of Spillian adventure are you dreaming?If you'd like to tell us a little bit about yourself\, or what you're most intrigued by at Spillian\, please do! We'd love to hear from you. And stay tuned for our next email! Thanks so much for joining us.\n Submit \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Δ URL:https://spillian.com/event/the-willows-a-haunted-journey/ 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/2024/09/thewillowswebsite.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240713T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240713T210000 DTSTAMP:20240713T140739Z CREATED:20240505T195346Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240713T140739Z UID:12253-1720890000-1720904400@spillian.com SUMMARY:Carsie Blanton in Concert: Creative Revolution DESCRIPTION:Carsie Blanton in Concert: Creative Revolution         \nSaturday\, July 13 • 5 to 9 PM\nAn Intimate Summer House Concert Featuring\nAcclaimed Singer/Songwriter & Activist Carsie Blanton\nCelebrating the Birth of The Kirkside Virtual Food Hub\n\nTickets: $55 for Local Summer Picnic and Concert\nCash Bar Featuring Local Beers & Spirits\nHappily accepting donations for the Kirkside Virtual Food Hub\n\nOnly A Handful of Tickets Left! Tix on sale until 3 PM!  \nBUY TIX NOW!\n  \n\nA Reveling Rebellion\nThe word Spillian means to revel in Old English. It comes from the same root word as rebel and frivol…delightful reveling rebellion is in our blood. This summer\, in the mountains that have birthed protest music that has changed the world\, we’re offering a unique chance to rebel with piped piper extraordinaire\, Carsie Blanton. \nAnd in that spirit\, we’d like to celebrate a small but important bit of rebellion fighting against the corporatization and globalization of the food industry: an emerging project to bring our Catskills farmers\, restaurateurs\, and hoteliers so we can all thrive. The Kirkside Virtual Food Hub will break the craziness of food going from Delaware County to NYC just to come back for sale\, and build truly fresh\, truly local food\, its story and connections to our residents and visitors so we all can thrive. The Kirkside Virtual Food Hub is a brainchild of The MARK Project and its flagship effort to invent new ways to bring community and visitor resources together in learning and play at the Inn at Kirkside. \n5 PM: Join us for a summery picnic featuring flavors from our local farms by our Chef Christian Van Etten\, featured local beers and cocktails\, and exciting news about the Virtual Food Hub. \n7 PM: Carsie and her fab cat bass player will join us for a 7 PM show that will have you roaring to change the world. \nThe Menu! \n\nGreek Lemon Potato Salad with Mint (V | VG | GF)\nSmoked Pulled Pork Sliders on House-Made Parker House Rolls\, Red Onion Jam\, Kimchee & Arugula\nZucchini Fritters with Smoked Trout\, Corn Crema\, Pickled Scallions (GF)\nZucchini Fritters with Smoked Carrot\, Corn Crema\, Pickled Scallions (V | VG | GF)\nSweet Sesame & Lime Cabbage Salad (V | VG | GF)\nElote Charred Corn Salad (V | GF)\nChef Christian’s Bruschetta Salad with House-Made Baguettes (V | VG | GF without baguettes!)\nBlackberry Corn Cobbler (V )\n\nFeatured Cocktail: The Trout Tale \nLocal vodka\, mint from our garden\, seltzer\, and a splash of local maple syrup. \n  \n\nThe Music: Carsie Blanton\n \nCarsie Blanton is a songwriter with hooks\, chutzpah\, and revolutionary optimism. “It is possible to face the world as it is – rapidly heating\, ruled by grifters\, ravaged by profitable wars – and still have hope\,” she says of her newest release\, After the Revolution\, produced by Grammy-winner Tyler Chester. “Not the narrow\, grasping hope you might hang on an election or a billionaire\, but a patient\, zoomed-out hope.” Inspired by artist-activists including Nina Simone and Woody Guthrie\, her catalog careens through American popular song from folk and swing to pop-punk protest anthems. \nWith her unique mix of humor\, craft\, and social critique\, Blanton has amassed a small menagerie of viral hits (Rich People\, Shit List\, Fishin’ With You) and a dedicated fan base. In addition to fifteen years on the road with her band\, Blanton volunteers as a political organizer\, and was recently published in The Nation.  \n“Beautiful\, militant anthems.” – Ken Tucker\, NPR’s Fresh Air \n“Carsie Blanton is fighting fascism with big hooks and an even bigger heart.” – American Songwriter \n\nThe Kirkside Virtual Food Hub\nA next-gen vision for how our local farmers and our local restaurants can strengthen one another and the region. For over 150 years\, the Catskills’ economy has been largely driven by independent small farmers and hoteliers. In this era of corporate food\, it has become very (even at times absurdly) difficult for restaurants to get food from local farms onto their tables\, despite best intentions and efforts. The Kirkside Virtual Food Hub will be a solution to this: bringing these communities together with a powerful set of digital and transportation tools that will build connections and resources\, including: \n\nDevelop forecasting tools for farmers to anticipate restaurant needs and plant to order rather than on spec\, removing a layer of farming risk and building their resilience.\nStrengthen restaurateurs’ abilities to elegantly reflect the seasons and terroir of the Catskills in their menus and better understand and reflect the stories of this place and why local food matters.\nCut the ‘grow in the Catskills\, ship to NYC and ship back to the Catskills’ current distribution channels and provide direct transport of local foods to local tables in the moment at peak freshness.\n\nThis is an initiative of the Inn at Kirkside\, a flagship effort by the regional community foundation\, the MARK Project\, transforming the historic Kirkside Estate into a hotel/restaurant with an integrated educational program that provides experiential learning to aspiring professionals in the hospitality and tourism industries\, encourages and cultivates entrepreneurship\, serves as a model of green technologies\, and supports the local food producing system. You can check out the Virtual Food Hub visioning plan here! \nSpillian is proud to be partnering with the Virtual Food Hub; we believe that it’s a seriously cool vision to strengthen the area\, both economically and culturally\, and build environmental and social equity for our local community. \nBUY TIX NOW! URL:https://spillian.com/event/carsie-blanton-in-concert-creative-revolution/ LOCATION:Spillian\, 50 Fleischmanns Heights Road\, Fleischmanns\, 12430\, United States CATEGORIES:Fundraiser,Imaginarium,Music,Women ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://spillian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Photo-Credit-Bobby-Bonsey-14x8-LR.png ORGANIZER;CN="Spillian":MAILTO:sam@spillian.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240420T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240420T190000 DTSTAMP:20240318T205941Z CREATED:20240318T205335Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240318T205941Z UID:12237-1713628800-1713639600@spillian.com SUMMARY:Heart of the Catskills Paws for Celebration Fundraiser! DESCRIPTION:We are honored to host the 25th annual spring fundraiser from the wonderful Heart of the Catskills Humane Society! This is an organization near and dear to our hearts; pretty much all of the Spillian crew has adopted beloved animals from them. When our co-founder Leigh Melander officiates weddings\, she asks couples to donate on Spillian’s behalf rather than charging a fee – love is a wondrous thing and this feels like a great way to share a little.e \nThere are a few tickets left – we hope that you can join us (and if not\, please consider making a donation!) \nCLICK HERE FOR TICKETS AND MORE INFORMATION! URL:https://spillian.com/event/heart-of-the-catskills-paws-for-celebration-fundraiser/ LOCATION:Spillian\, 50 Fleischmanns Heights Road\, Fleischmanns\, 12430\, United States CATEGORIES:Fundraiser,Imaginarium,Revel ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://spillian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Screenshot-2024-03-18-at-4.58.42-PM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240411T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240413T110000 DTSTAMP:20240227T010146Z CREATED:20240124T143133Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240227T010146Z UID:12192-1712847600-1713006000@spillian.com SUMMARY:Call Me Love 2024: Birthing a New Way of Power DESCRIPTION:Call Me Love: Birthing a New Way of Power\nThursday April 11 – Saturday April 13\, 2024\nFacilitated by Leigh Melander\, Ph.D.\nSpillian Co-Founder\nA private workshop for Regenerative Nexus and 7Group co-conspirators.\nA deep dive into how we might dissolve the boundaries between female and male\, human and nature to re-imagine how power can serve to regenerate our world together. \nA group of us gathered a year ago to begin this work\, beginning with how defining gender in the ways that contemporary western patriarchal culture has skewed power and connections for all stakeholders. We used Sir Ian McKellen’s exquisite embrace of love on the podcast Three Little Words as a metaphorical starting point.\nYou can watch that here. \nThis year\, we will explore how we can birth|rebirth and generate|regenerate our understandings and use of power in both philosophical and deeply practical ways in our work and relationships with one another and the planet. \n•••Idea Vessels\n\nthe water we’re in\nThe Stories We Tell | The Stories that Tell Us \ncreating a brave space\nPermission | Courage Skills\n \nbeyond binaries\nBeyond Either | Or… and Beyond Both | And \npower games\nStymied | Embodied | Spirals \nchallenges and pathways\nGentle Destabilization | Inviting Vulnerability | Savoring Uncertainty \nnourishing water\nEmpathetic Imagination | Nutrient Exchange |The Circle of Togetherness \nbeing – doing\nCo Act | Praxis | Love \n•••Schedule\nThursday\, April 11 \n\n3 PM: Room Check-In | Hang Out By Fire\n5 PM: Casual Dinner\, Cocktails\, and Greetings\n6 PM: Evening Opening Session\n8 PM: Free Fireside Time Until You’re Tired\n\nFriday\, April 12 \n\n9 AM: Breakfast\n10 AM – 1 PM: Morning Session\n1 PM: Lunch\n1 PM – 5: PM Afternoon Session\n5 PM: Cocktails or By-Yourself Time\n6 PM: Dinner\n7 PM: TBD\, Group Call – Evening Session or Free Fireside Time\n\nSaturday\, April 13 \n\n9 AM: Breakfast\n10-11 AM: Final Session\n11 AM: Check Out\n\nPlease Note: This event is by invitation only.  \nReserve Now!\n\nAbout Leigh Melander\, Ph.D.\nLeigh has an eclectic background in the arts as well as consulting in strategic planning\, community outreach & 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. She spent 13 years working in asset-based community building in communities across California\, and with students\, faculty and a wide range of artists and activists at the University of California Santa Barbara’s MultiCultural Center. \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. \nShe 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 has appeared at various conferences and on 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 Myth America®\, a weekly radio show about  how myth shapes our sense of identity on an NPR affiliate for three years and is transitioning to a podcast\, and served as the Vice President of the Joseph Campbell Foundation and the editor of their MythBlast series for four years. She is the author of Psyche’s Choice: The Frivolous Revolution\, and the upcoming Just This Side of Crazy: Dream Your Wild Idea to Life. \nTen years ago\, she and her husband opened Spillian\, located on the National Register of Historic Places former estate of the Fleischmanns Yeast family in the Catskills as a place to revel in imagination and possibility. \n\nJoin our Mythic Catskills Adventures email list and be the first to know about upcoming events: URL:https://spillian.com/event/call-me-love-2024-birthing-a-new-way-of-power/ LOCATION:Spillian\, 50 Fleischmanns Heights Road\, Fleischmanns\, 12430\, United States CATEGORIES:Imaginarium,Mythic Catskills,Women,Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://spillian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Call-Me-Love-2024-LR.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240224T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240225T110000 DTSTAMP:20240224T181003Z CREATED:20231023T215244Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240224T181003Z UID:12006-1708783200-1708858800@spillian.com SUMMARY:Winter Horrors: with Werewolves Within Director Josh Ruben & Friends | February 24 DESCRIPTION:Winter Horrors:\nWith Werewolves Within Director Josh Ruben and Friends\nSaturday\, February 24\, 2024\nSOLD OUT! \nEmbrace the true horrors of winter on a weekend dedicated to scaring you silly. We’ll start the afternoon with a virtual escape room game\, savor werewolf-inspired feasting and drink\, and top the evening off with a genius of scares and laughter mash-ups. The acclaimed horror-comedy movie Werewolves Within was filmed on location at Spillian\, and director\, writer\, comedian\, and all-around camp horror genius Josh Ruben will be joining us along with friends to introduce his work on screen and his new illustrated novel\, Darla. See the movie that stars (at least in our minds) Spillian and learn where the bodies are hidden… \nRight before the world shut down in a crazy global pandemic\, Spillian was visited for three months by the creative team who made Werewolves Within. Spillian both served as the primary location for the Beaverfield Inn and the production headquarters for the three-month shoot. \nJosh and the irrepressible Jean-Michel of the Hudson valley’s Mecca for comic books\, Megabrain Comics will savor the connections between fear and laughter\,  introduce a showing of Werewolves Within from within the house where the horrors happened (along with a tour of spots that might look a bit familiar to you)\, a bunch of fascinating conversation on movie making and what Josh is up to creatively these days\, and a food station feast that honors horror films. Chef Christian is rubbing his hands together in anticipation… \n  \n\nAbout Josh Ruben\nJosh Ruben is a native of Woodstock\, NY best known for his feature films SCARE ME\, which premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival\, and WEREWOLVES WITHIN\, which premiered at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival. In 2021\, WEREWOLVES won a Midseason Hollywood Critics Association Award for “Best Indie.” Both films were filmed in the Hudson Valley. \nWEREWOLVES WITHIN landed in over 30 “Best of” features\, including many “Top Films of the Year” and “Top Horror Movies of the Year” lists in 2021\, alongside major studio horror releases such as A QUIET PLACE 2 and the Palm d’Or winning TITANE. Most notably\, Entertainment Weekly highlighted the “fabulous\, hilarious performances of its deep-bench cast\,” and Forbes gave the film its #1 pick for Best Horror\, adding “it’s hands down one of the most fun films of the year.” Recently\, Vulture listed WEREWOLVES WITHIN as the #1 Best Rated Video Game Movie out of a list of 50 films. \nIn addition to producing\, directing\, and writing\, Josh is also a performer best known for his performances in Travis Stevens’ horror film\, A WOUNDED FAWN which received rave reviews after its 2023 TriBeCa Film Festival premiere\, and the improvised comedy series MAKE SOME NOISE on Dropout TV. \n\nThe Schedule \n\n5:00 PM Cocktails (themed of course…) and a werewolf-worthy foraged feast of small bites to fill your beast belly.\n7:00 PM Josh and Jean and pals will kick the evening off\, and talk movie production and introduce Josh’s brilliant horror/comedy comic\, Darla\, exploring the disturbing underbelly of Americana through politics\, health\, psychosis and murder. (Yum!)\n7:30 PM Popcorn and drink in hands\, we’ll watch Werewolves Within together. See if you can guess where each scene was shot!\n8:45 PM Answer any question of Josh and Jean and be assured of a brilliant and most often sidesplittingly funny answer…\n\nWant to show up in costume? We’ll have a fitting reward for those who bring the essence of their own interior monster. \n\nPricing\nWinter Horrors $35/person\nJoin us for the evening’s play. Includes all activities and food. Cash bar\, tax and gratuities extra. Advance Reservations Required. \nStay the Night SOLD OUT\nWinter Horrors & and an Overnight Stay at Spillian $325/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. URL:https://spillian.com/event/winter-horrors-werewolves-within-with-director-josh-ruben-friends/ LOCATION:Spillian\, 50 Fleischmanns Heights Road\, Fleischmanns\, 12430\, United States CATEGORIES:Adventure,Dinner,Imaginarium,Outdoors,Revel ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://spillian.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/werewolves-within-film-still-1.jpg.webp END:VEVENT 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:20240202T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240204T110000 DTSTAMP:20240105T142659Z CREATED:20231023T212835Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240105T142659Z UID:12003-1706893200-1707044400@spillian.com SUMMARY:Breathing Fire: A Wild Power Workshop for Women | February 2-4 DESCRIPTION:Breathing Fire: A Wild Power Workshop for Women\nFebruary 2-4\, 2024\nFacilitated by Leigh Melander\, Ph.D.\, Spillian Co-Founder\nAre you burning to change your life and the world? \nJoin us for a weekend celebrating the fire we hold in us\, the dragon fire of the Catskills mountains\, and the embers of fire festivals traditionally celebrated in winter and early spring to imagine the power and life of the coming year. \nIn most cultures\, women have been traditionally defined by three roles: maiden\, mother\, and crone. Each is a powerful metaphor\, each has value\, but they all live within society’s expectations.  They are often as much about how the world sees women as they are how we see ourselves. \nThere is another metaphor\, one that acknowledges women’s power\, our wildness\, and how we often stand outside the constructs of society. \nAnd that is dragon. Filled with fire\, with possibility\, with fortune\, and with danger\, dragons refuse to be bound by rules. \nHow do we see and embrace this power in ourselves\, even when we aren’t sure we can? How can we learn to ride this fire enough so it doesn’t burn ourselves or the people around us? And at the same time\, how can we understand that its very nature resists being tamed? How can we navigate the risks of unleashing this fire in a world that is often terrified by it? \nExplore your own fair fierceness through story\, movement\, and imagination. \nReserve Now!\n\nWhat to Bring\nWe invite you to bring an idea to work\, an activity to dive into\, a piece of your own dragon self to share. What brings you fire? And what might ignite your fellow dragons? We will gather and co-create the flames together\, celebrating our power together. If you’re not sure what you might bring with you\, please feel free to reach out. And if you’re curling around the edges at the idea\, never fear – we will have lots to share. \n\nAbout Leigh Melander\, Ph.D.\nLeigh 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. Her first book in the Frivolous Revolution series\, Psyche’s Choice\, has been released as on Amazon\, with additional books coming in 2024. \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 a doctorate in cultural mythology and psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute and wrote her dissertation on frivolity as an entry into imagination. She has has appeared at various conferences and on 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 Myth America®\, a weekly radio show about  how myth shapes our sense of identity on an NPR affiliate for three years and is transitioning to a podcast\, and served as the Vice President of the Joseph Campbell Foundation and the editor of their MythBlast series for four years. \n\nPricing\nWorkshop Registration Fee:\n$295 until January 25\, 2024.\n$395 after that date.\nSpillian is proud to underwrite some of the costs on this workshop\, hoping to keep experience accessible to as many women as possible.  \n• Includes all chef-made meals\, sessions\, and materials. Cash bar\, tax\, and gratuities not included.\n• Attendees are welcome to arrive any time Friday afternoon after 3 PM.\n• Please bring comfortable clothes that you can move and make stuff in.\n• Commuters welcome for the workshop registration fee. \nSpillian Lodging $235 \nSpillian offers eight delightful rooms. You can learn more about them here and make your choice on the registration page. All rooms are available on a first-come\, first-served basis. The Jules Verne Room has two double sized beds\, and is appropriate for sharing with a roommate. If you are coming with a friend and would like to share that room\, one guest should reserve the room. Fees for all of the rooms are the same for single or double occupancy for the weekend\, and are in addition to the workshop fee. \nReserve Now!\n\nJoin our email list and be the first to know about upcoming events: URL:https://spillian.com/event/breathing-fire-a-wild-power-workshop-for-women-2024/ LOCATION:Spillian\, 50 Fleischmanns Heights Road\, Fleischmanns\, 12430\, United States CATEGORIES:Imaginarium,Mythic Catskills,Women,Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://spillian.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/firedragonfeatured.jpeg 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:20230406T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230408T110000 DTSTAMP:20230328T030645Z CREATED:20230328T025922Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230328T030645Z UID:11911-1680793200-1680951600@spillian.com SUMMARY:Call Me Love: Exploring Gender\, Power\, and the Planet DESCRIPTION:Call Me Love: Exploring Gender\, Power\, and the Planet\nApril 6-8\, 2023\nFacilitated by Leigh Melander\, Ph.D.\nSpillian Co-Founder\nA private workshop for members of Regenerative Nexus.\nA deep dive into how the stories we tell of gender and power might be turned on their heads to shatter the boundaries between female and male\, human and nature to re-imagine and regenerate our world together.  \nIdea Vessels\ncall me love\nThree Little Words\, with Sir Ian McKellen  \nwords\, words\, words\nWords With Etymological Juice \nthe stories we tell | the stories that tell us\nMyth | Archetype |Story \nhonoring and healing wounds\nGentle Destabilization | Inviting Vulnerability | Savoring Uncertainty \nblowing up binaries\nBeyond Either | Or… and beyond Both | And \ncontaining wild multitudes\nFeMale ~ HumaNature | We Are All the Things \nens?\nThe Circle of Togetherness \n  \nReserve Now \n  \n\nAbout Leigh Melander\, Ph.D.\nLeigh has an eclectic background in the arts as well as consulting in strategic planning\, community outreach & 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. She spent 13 years working in asset-based community building in communities across California\, and with students\, faculty and a wide range of artists and activists at the University of California Santa Barbara’s MultiCultural Center. \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. \nShe 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 has appeared at various conferences and on 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 Myth America®\, a weekly radio show about  how myth shapes our sense of identity on an NPR affiliate for three years and is transitioning to a podcast\, and served as the Vice President of the Joseph Campbell Foundation and the editor of their MythBlast series for four years. Her first book in the Frivolous Revolution series\, Psyche’s Choice\, has been released as on Amazon\, with additional books coming in 2023. \n\nJoin our Mythic Catskills Adventures email list and be the first to know about upcoming events: URL:https://spillian.com/event/call-me-love-exploring-gender-power-and-the-planet-23/ LOCATION:Spillian\, 50 Fleischmanns Heights Road\, Fleischmanns\, 12430\, United States CATEGORIES:Imaginarium,Mythic Catskills,Women,Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://spillian.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Call-Me-Love-Graphic-1-scaled.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Spillian":MAILTO:sam@spillian.com 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:20230203T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230205T120000 DTSTAMP:20230110T231944Z CREATED:20190713T162015Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230110T231944Z UID:11287-1675443600-1675598400@spillian.com SUMMARY:Breathing Fire: A Wild Power Workshop for Women DESCRIPTION:Breathing Fire: A Wild Power Workshop for Women\nFebruary 3-5\, 2023\nFacilitated by Leigh Melander\, Ph.D.\, Spillian Co-Founder\nAre you burning to change your life and the world? \nJoin us for a weekend celebrating the fire we hold in us\, the dragon fire of the Catskills mountains\, and the embers of fire festivals traditionally celebrated in winter and early spring to imagine the power and life of the coming year. \nIn most cultures\, women have been traditionally defined by three roles: maiden\, mother\, and crone. Each is a powerful metaphor\, each has value\, but they all live within society’s expectations.  They are often as much about how the world sees women as they are how we see ourselves. \nThere is another metaphor\, one that acknowledges women’s power\, our wildness\, and how we often stand outside the constructs of society. \nAnd that is dragon. Filled with fire\, with possibility\, with fortune\, and with danger\, dragons refuse to be bound by rules. \nHow do we see and embrace this power in ourselves\, even when we aren’t sure we can? How can we learn to ride this fire enough so it doesn’t burn ourselves or the people around us? And at the same time\, how can we understand that its very nature resists being tamed? How can we navigate the risks of unleashing this fire in a world that is often terrified by it? \nExplore your own fair fierceness through story\, movement\, and imagination. \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\nAbout Leigh Melander\, Ph.D.\nLeigh 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. Her first book in the Frivolous Revolution series\, Psyche’s Choice\, has been released as on Amazon\, with additional books coming in 2023. \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 a doctorate in cultural mythology and psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute and wrote her dissertation on frivolity as an entry into imagination. She has has appeared at various conferences and on 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 Myth America®\, a weekly radio show about  how myth shapes our sense of identity on an NPR affiliate for three years and is transitioning to a podcast\, and served as the Vice President of the Joseph Campbell Foundation and the editor of their MythBlast series for four years. \n\nPricing\nWorkshop Registration Fee:  $295 until January 25\, 2023. $395 after that date.\n• Includes all chef-made meals\, sessions\, and materials. Cash bar\, tax\, and gratuities not included.\n• Attendees are welcome to arrive any time Friday afternoon after 3 PM.\n• Please bring comfortable clothes that you can move and make stuff in.\n• Commuters welcome for the workshop registration fee. \nSpillian Lodging \nSpillian offers eight delightful rooms. You can learn more about them here and make your choice on the registration page. All rooms are available on a first-come\, first-served basis. The Jules Verne Room has two double sized beds\, and is appropriate for sharing with a room mate. If you are coming with a friend and would like to share that room\, one guest should reserve the room. Fees for all of the rooms are the same for single or double occupancy and are in addition to the workshop fee. \nReserve Now!\n\nJoin our Mythic Catskills Adventures email list and be the first to know about upcoming events: URL:https://spillian.com/event/breathing-fire-a-wild-power-workshop-for-women-february-2023/ LOCATION:Spillian\, 50 Fleischmanns Heights Road\, Fleischmanns\, 12430\, United States CATEGORIES:Imaginarium,Mythic Catskills,Women,Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://spillian.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/firedragonfeatured.jpeg 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: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: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 END:VCALENDAR