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Grateful Retreats Announces Mexico Getaway with The Dire Wolves, Featuring members of moe.

Grateful Retreats has announced a get away event featuring The Dire Wolves, set to take place from January 11 – 16, 2022 in Tulum, Mexico.

The event will celebrate the Grateful Dead community in the jungle paradise of Tulum. It will feature music with intimate live jam sessions by well known artists. People attending can explore wellness practices like meditation and yoga in the company of like-minded people. Learn from renowned healers, groove with talented musicians and hang at the beach at sunset with new friends. The retreat will supply catered gourmet meals and beautiful scenery while participants celebrate the “Ripple” of wellness, music and kindness in our lives over a peaceful week in a joyful community!

The retreat will be taking place at the Paledora Eco-resort which is located 15 minutes outside of Tulum, just minutes from the last protected beach of the Riviera. It has a private cenote on site and a hidden cave at the nearby sister campus, this magical jungle paradise creates the perfect place to disconnect and reconnect through music and wellness practices. It will feature 10 bedrooms, spread across 3 unique jungle homes, delicious local cuisine prepared by in-house chefs, a large yoga studio and event palapa on site, and a beautiful natural pool to soak in or lounge by during the heat of the day.

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The amenities include a five night stay at beautiful Paledora Eco-Resort in Chemuyil, Tulum, Mexico. An all-inclusive catered gourmet meals with vegan options available. Workshops and lectures by renowned wellness experts and intimate jam sessions with The Dire Wolves. Private concert at the retreat venue and daily yoga and meditation classes.

The retreat will feature performances from The Dire Wolves Play DEAD: Al Schnier and Vinnie Amico of moe,, Jason Hann of String Cheese Incident, and Mark Joseph of The Big Wu.

For tickets and more information visit Grateful Retreats website.

December 26, 2021
Celebrate Mexico Now Continues 18 Year Tradition for Hispanic Heritage Month

National Hispanic Heritage month is now and Celebrate Mexico Now (CMN) longstanding 18 years tradition remains unbreakable so their festival pushes on. CMN remains to be the first and only independent festival in New York City devoted to spotlighting contemporary Mexican artistry. Throughout October and November there will be a season of six free live and streaming events to celebrate.

CMN continues to celebrate the diversity of Mexican culture, this festival will explore contemporary dance, music, film, visual art, feminist history and arts business. Dance films will be featured in this program, created by prominent choreographers before this lockdown. Leaders of Mexican performance venues will discuss the struggles of persevering throughout the pandemic, we will hear from singer-songwriter Renee Goust with an in depth conversation involving the role of the Indigenous woman in Mexican history. While more events are still being announced, you can count on the screening of two short documentaries on elders within the community and a conversation with their directors.

We must thank Claudia Norman who founded CN Management in 2004 and for her award-winning curation and production. Over hundreds of native Mexican artists, sculptors, musicians, poets, chefs, filmmakers, actors, painters, and directors have been welcomed to perform at venues like The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, New York University, Columbia University from her hard work. Ms. Norman aims to present and preserve Mexican traditions which is why celebrating this year is vital while continuing to keep viewers safe. Due to COVID there will only be one in-person event which will still showcase ancient traditions and vibrant new ideas in Mexico’s vital arts including works from Mexican and Mexican-American creators with US artists who appreciate and embrace Mexican traditions. While this event will take place in New York thousand avid streams come from Canada, Europe, Central and South America.

While we all very much miss the live experience, the silver lining of an online festival is the opportunity to expand our audience beyond New York City. It was important to us to continue presenting this festival even under extreme duress and a closed border. First and foremost, we must make sure that this vital cultural interchange continues in a way that prioritizes the safety of our participants and audiences.
Claudia Norman

Come help bring CMN to life, celebrating and supporting NYC and Mexican families during Hispanic Heritage month.

All 2021 Celebrate Mexico Now events will be streamed free via the festival’s website at MexicoNowFestival.org and Facebook Live. The films Yolik (Despacio) and Tote/Abuelo will be available to view through October 31; all other programming will be fully available after the premiere date.

The complete Celebrate Mexico Now schedule follows below.

September 28, 2021
Phish returns to Mexico for February Dinner and a Movie

Phish revisits their February 22, 2019 show from Barceló Maya Beach, Riviera Maya, Mexico for the February installment of Dinner and a Movie stream series. Tune in on Tuesday, February 22, 2021, at webcast.livephish.com at 8:30pm ET.

The all-inclusive event was a must-attend for die-hard fans, especially those looking to combine a tropical getaway with six sets of the Vermont quartet. Mexico also serves special distinction as the location of the most recent Phish shows, held over February 20-23, 2020, just prior to the music industry shutdown.

On the dinner menu this evening are Classic Chile and Cheese Tamales and Black Bean Soup. Full recipes can be found here. Don’t forget to tag your dinner photos #phishdinnerandamovie.

The charity for the webcast will be the National Immigration Law Center (NILC), as our beneficiary for this webcast. All donations made via The WaterWheel Foundation will go to them.

Established in 1979, the NILC is the leading national legal advocacy org in the U.S. exclusively dedicated to defending and advancing the rights and opportunities of the most vulnerable immigrants and their loved ones. Believing that everyone living in the U.S. should have equal access to justice, resources, and economic opportunities that allow them to achieve their full human potential, NILC advances its mission through a racial, economic, and gender justice and equity lens, and works to challenge laws and policies that contribute to systemic inequities.

Tune in Tuesday, February 22 at 8:30PM ET at webcast.livephish.com for the latest Dinner and a Movie with fingers crossed for Phish returning to Mexico in 2022.

Setlist via Phish.net

Phish, February 22, 2019, Barceló Maya Beach, Riviera Maya, Mexico

Set 1: You Enjoy Myself, Turtle in the Clouds, 46 Days, No Men In No Man’s Land > Emotional Rescue, Tube > Shade, Saw It Again

Set 2: Set Your Soul Free > Mercury > Slave to the Traffic Light > Possum > Sanity > Walk Away

Encore: More

Emotional Rescue was played for the first time since August 31, 2012 (233 shows). Page teased I’m a Man (Spencer Davis Group) in Set Your Soul Free and She Said She Said in Mercury.

February 19, 2021