Dr. Mary Lapham broke all kinds of boundaries. She was a tomboy, a sailor, a gunwoman, an equestrian, a doctor, a humanitarian, an inventor, and a precursor to the Women’s […]
While you wait for 2020-21 Highlands Playhouse’s latest news, here’s a show/movie quiz to challenge your film/show acumen. Answers below. 1. What is the longest running play on Broadway? A. […]
Highlands’ Main Street boasts many jewels, but there’s one that shines exceptionally bright . . . Bijou, the showcase of master jeweler Laurel Parham-Martinez. Highlands is the perfect setting for […]
If you’re a Laurelphile, you probably remember Annell Metsker’s beautiful cover/article a decade ago. She’s back, having evolved from a photographer/painter to a stunning oil painter, both digital and traditional. […]
Health and Highlands are forever intertwined, like root and rock anchoring each other to this remarkable mountaintop. Health has been a focus ever since the first indigenous people (the Mississippians […]
Macon County’s corundum mining placed its shiny pin on the map in the early 1870s. Hiram Crisp, a shoemaker and farmer, was the first in the county to plow up […]
Somewhere in the Covid equation of health and safety, there’s got to be room to rest and reset … a place of comfort and a brief escape from the pressures of […]
There’s nothing plain about Jill Wolfe’s latest Laurel cover heralding this summer’s Plein Air Festival, set for July 15-19 on the Village Green. In her capable hands, Abstraction, Impressionism, and […]
When beautiful art binds with perfect function, the result is fantastic craft. Nan and her mother, Nok, have joined creative forces to produce an indispensable creation in these troubled […]
Business as we knew it has been disrupted but there’s something mystical about mountains, flowing streams, moss covered paths and old growth forests of birch, hickory, oak, and maple trees […]
