BOOK
BOOK
THERE ARE REASONS FOR THIS BY NINI BERNDT
THERE ARE REASONS FOR THIS BY NINI BERNDT
THERE ARE REASONS FOR THIS BY NINI BERNDT
CHEF
CHEF
JEREMIAH STONE & FABIÁN VON HAUSKE VALTIERRA
JEREMIAH STONE & FABIÁN VON HAUSKE VALTIERRA
JEREMIAH STONE & FABIÁN VON HAUSKE VALTIERRA
WINE
WINE
RESTAURANT MATILDA
RESTAURANT MATILDA
RESTAURANT MATILDA
VENUE
VENUE
THE HENSON
THE HENSON
THE HENSON
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A weekend of exploration in all forms, in partnership with The North Face.
A weekend of exploration in all forms, in partnership with The North Face.
A weekend of exploration in all forms, in partnership with The North Face.
For our first ever brand collaboration, we are thrilled to be teaming up with The North Face for a weekend of both physical and intellectual exploration.
As we read through the pages of a daring debut novel together, we'll also hike the vast nature and landscape of The Catskills.
For our first ever brand collaboration, we are thrilled to be teaming up with The North Face for a weekend of both physical and intellectual exploration.
As we read through the pages of a daring debut novel together, we'll also hike the vast nature and landscape of The Catskills.
The North Face mountain and ultra trail runner, Sarah Keyes will lead our group on a hiking excursion through the beautiful mountains and trails of Kaaterskill Falls.
Guests will also be outfitted in The North Face’s favorite spring/summer gear including our Offtrail Hike Shoes, classic Denali fleeces and Thermoball mules.
The North Face mountain and ultra trail runner, Sarah Keyes, will lead our group on a hiking excursion through the beautiful mountains and trails of Kaaterskill Falls.
Guests will also be outfitted in The North Face’s favorite spring/summer gear including our Offtrail Hike Shoes, classic Denali fleeces and Thermoball mules.
Speculative and modern, unsettling and atmospheric, THIS DEBUT NOVEL imagines a future that, while imperfect, is worth fighting for—made whole by unlikely family, friendship, and love.
Speculative and modern, unsettling and atmospheric, THIS DEBUT NOVEL imagines a future that, while imperfect, is worth fighting for—made whole by unlikely family, friendship, and love.
Speculative and modern, unsettling and atmospheric, THIS DEBUT NOVEL imagines a future that, while imperfect, is worth fighting for—made whole by unlikely family, friendship, and love.
"There Are Reasons for This is messy-beautiful, gorgeous, compelling. . . This is a queer gut punch of a novel. I adored it."
—Kristen Arnett, author of With Teeth
"There Are Reasons for This is messy-beautiful, gorgeous, compelling. . . This is a queer gut punch of a novel. I adored it."
—Kristen Arnett, author of With Teeth
"There Are Reasons for This is messy-beautiful, gorgeous, compelling. . . This is a queer gut punch of a novel. I adored it."
—Kristen Arnett, author of With Teeth
Lucy’s brother, Mikey, is dead. Two years ago, when he left their small Eastern Colorado town and moved west to Denver, he’d intended to bring Lucy along. But Lucy has only just arrived, and too late. She arrives in search of Helen, a woman Mikey loved. But when Lucy moves in across the hall, she finds nothing is as she expected: the city is crumbling; the weather is tempestuous; a predator is on the loose; the old woman in the attic needs company; desire is being compressed into pills and distributed like candy; and, most distressing of all, she finds herself
becoming obsessed with Helen, who is nothing like she expected—and who has no idea who Lucy really is.
As Helen’s and Lucy’s lives become more entwined, Lucy begins to realize the real reasons she came to Denver are deeper and stranger than a simple desire to understand what happened to her brother. As a storm builds and the city falls apart, Lucy finds herself drawn further to Helen, and farther from her brother, questioning what makes a family and if love can ever really be found.
There Are Reasons for This is a modern love song about the fallibility of love—in all its iterations—about the denial and tethering of desire, about the family we are given and the one we find for ourselves, and to what comes next, whatever that may be.
Nini Berndt wonderfully makes the strange familiar and the familiar strange. There Are Reasons for This immerses you in the unsettling but tender lives of its characters, whose yearning for connection powerfully mirrors our own. This is a truly memorable novel.
Nini Berndt wonderfully makes the strange familiar and the familiar strange. . . This is a truly memorable novel.
Nini Berndt wonderfully makes the strange familiar and the familiar strange. . . This is a truly memorable novel.
— Claire Messud
author of This Strange Eventful History
— Claire Messud
author of This Strange Eventful History
— Claire Messud
author of This Strange Eventful History
BOOK-THEMED DINNERS
BOOK-THEMED DINNERS
BOOK-THEMED DINNERS
JEREMIAH STONE & FABIÁN VON HAUSKE VALTIERRA
JEREMIAH STONE & FABIÁN VON HAUSKE VALTIERRA
JEREMIAH STONE & FABIÁN VON HAUSKE VALTIERRA
COOKIN'
THE BOOKS
COOKIN'
THE BOOKS
In a stunning private dining room at The Henson, we'll enjoy two sensational book-themed dinners from the Restaurant Matilda team.
On Saturday night, a 5-course tasting menu from award-winning chefs Jeremiah Stone & Fabián Von Hauske Valtierra, the head chefs of Matilda (who you may also know from Wildair and Bar Contra in NYC).
kinda MAJOR thooooo
In a stunning private dining room at The Henson, we'll enjoy two sensational book-themed dinners from the Restaurant Matilda team.
On Saturday night, a 5-course tasting menu from award-winning chefs Jeremiah Stone & Fabián Von Hauske Valtierra, the head chefs of Matilda (who you may also know from Wildair and Bar Contra in NYC).
kinda MAJOR thooooo
In a stunning private dining room at The Henson, we'll enjoy two sensational book-themed dinners from the Restaurant Matilda team.
On Saturday night, a 5-course tasting menu from award-winning chefs Jeremiah Stone & Fabián Von Hauske Valtierra, the head chefs of Matilda (who you may also know from Wildair and Bar Contra in NYC).
kinda MAJOR thooooo
CURATED WINE PROGRAM
CURATED WINE PROGRAM
CURATED WINE PROGRAM
RESTAURANT
MATILDA
RESTAURANT
MATILDA
RESTAURANT
MATILDA
FROM PAGE
TO PALATE
FROM PAGE
TO PALATE
And to pair with exceptional food menus, we'll explore Restaurant Matilda's exceptional wine list all weekend long.
The team at Matilda will curate a course-by-course wine pairing for our book-themed tasting menu on Saturday. Plus plenty of NA options, too!
And to pair with exceptional food menus, we'll explore Restaurant Matilda's exceptional wine list all weekend long.
The team at Matilda will curate a course-by-course wine pairing for our book-themed tasting menu on Saturday. Plus plenty of NA options, too!
HOSTED AT
HOSTED AT
HOSTED AT
THE HENSON
THE HENSON
THE HENSON
INN the CATSKILLS
INN the CATSKILLS
INN the CATSKILLS
Opened in 2024, The Henson is a gorgeous 16 Room Inn that overlooks the undulating hills and breathtaking beauty of The Catskills.
Opened in 2024, The Henson is a gorgeous 16 Room Inn that overlooks the undulating hills and breathtaking beauty of The Catskills.
Opened in 2024, The Henson is a beautiful 16 Room Inn that overlooks the undulating hills and breathtaking beauty of The Catskills.
flawlessly DESIGNed
flawlessly DESIGNed
flawlessly DESIGNed
Each room features a king bed with Casper mattress, Frame TV, Marshall speaker, private bathroom with rainfall shower and is… absolutely stunning :)
Each room features a king bed with Casper mattress, Frame TV, Marshall speaker, private bathroom with rainfall shower and is… absolutely stunning :)
Each room features a king bed with Casper mattress, Frame TV, Marshall speaker, private bathroom with rainfall shower and is… absolutely stunning :)
READING IN
THE GARDEN
READING IN
THE GARDEN
READING IN THE GARDEN
We'll sprawl out on the gorgeous back lawn of The Henson to read together, surrounded by fresh spring blooms of native plants and flowers, maybe a glass of wine… IDEAL!!!
We'll sprawl out on the gorgeous back lawn of The Henson to read together, surrounded by fresh spring blooms of native plants and flowers, maybe a glass of wine… IDEAL!!!
We'll sprawl out on the gorgeous back lawn of The Henson to read together, surrounded by fresh spring blooms of native plants and flowers, maybe a glass of wine… IDEAL!!!
3% of every booking will be donated to Brave Trails.
3% of every booking will be donated to Brave Trails.
3% of every booking will be donated to Brave Trails.
Brave Trails is a national non-profit organization dedicated to LGBTQ+ youth leadership. They offer accredited summer camps, backpacking trips, family camps, mental health services, meet-up groups, and year-round leadership programming.
All of their programs focus on helping LGBTQ+ youth find what they need most to thrive: their people, their place, and their passion.
MAY 2025
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