Slab Town Gets Pizza
So there I was with a coterie of friends looking for a night on the town. It was the luck of the draw that I’d been assigned to review Slabtown […]
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Article Month: August 2016
Backwoods Haiku
One day, after dealing with a particularly disagreeable client, Justin Allman was told by a friend, “I’ve been with you for five years. You are always stressed, eternally angry, and […]
Shakespeare & Chopin
The Highlands Cashiers Chamber Music Festival, celebrating its 35th season, has earned a national reputation for innovative programming. That tradition continues this year with a pair of performances before the […]
Wake With a Song
Norma Jean Zahner, popular singer and guitarist on the Plateau, has been part of the local music scene for years. When asked her origins she quotes her dad, “I […]
An Evening with Leslie Jeffery
June’s meeting of the Art League of Highlands-Cashiers will be held Monday, June 27, in the Atrium at The Bascom. Social time begins at 4:30 P.M., with the meeting starting […]
Robert Shaw, Life and Legacy
A new film documentary on the life and legacy of conductor and choral legend Robert Shaw, has premiered in Atlanta and New York and is coming to the Highlands Performing Arts […]
Atcheson Encore
Internationally-acclaimed Steinway pianist Randall Atcheson has wowed audiences on five continents, yet he is as at home performing for the citizens of Highlands and Cashiers as he is playing for […]
Feasts of the Festival
The music of the Highlands-Cashiers Chamber Music Festival is sublime in itself. World-renowned musicians perform the works of civilization’s greatest composers. How could the experience be made transcendent? Well, the Highlands-Cashiers […]
Honoring Angie
The First Presbyterian Church of Highlands will honor Angie Jenkins at a reception following the 11:00 A.M. worship service on Sunday, June 12.
Mrs. Jenkins has served as the church’s organist for the past 40 years.
Her musical talents became obvious at an early age when her grandmother, Mrs. Lizette Lewis, began giving Angie lessons on the piano. Two other ladies from the church recognized Angie’s musical abilities and supplemented her grandmother’s lessons. Mrs. Edwina Summer (her husband was principal of Highlands School) and Mrs. Mary Dupree (wife of the pastor) wanted to be sure that there would be someone to fill their shoes at the church when they were no longer there.
Mrs. Summer decided that nine-year-old Angie and two of her classmates would share the duties of playing piano for the Sunday School classes. Soon the other two lost interest, but Angie continued. She practiced diligently and expanded her training to the organ. Angie began playing piano at the worship services while Mrs. Dupree played the organ. Several years later when Mrs. Dupree and her husband moved from Highlands, Angie was asked to assume the role of organist/pianist.
Join the members of First Presbyterian Church for a celebration of Angie’s talents and her service.
See What Turns Up
When we featured Warren Carpenter, the well-named wood-turner, two years ago he was partnering with Mother Nature, incorporating natural edges and cross-sections of black walnut shells into his vessels. […]
