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 […]
In the tricorner where the Carolinas and Georgia meet, the town of Highlands was born, March 6, 1875. At 4,000+ feet, the area was ideal for two curative encounters, one […]
What have I been doing this Spring, all locked up in 1,100 square-feet of bore-daciousness? In-between writing, playing solitaire, and surfing the Internet for Covid-19 memes, I kept bumping into […]
Highlands graduated from a tiny settlement to a town in the early 1880s. From 1881-83 the midwest and northeast contributed many of Highlands’ first families, among them: Illinois’s H.M. Bascom […]
Here’s what Terry Teachout, critic for the Wall Street Journal, says about Hamilton: “The most exciting and significant musical of the decade. Sensationally potent, theatrically vital, it is plugged straight […]
Jess Moschouris is a Western Carolina University Bachelor of Arts graduate with a concentration in oil painting, ceramics, and art history. Add to that a minor in philosophy with honors. […]
What do architecture, banjo-pickin’, and fine-tunin’ a vintage car have in common? Plenty. Just ask Knight Martorell. If you don’t know Knight, chances are you’ve seen him in a variety […]
Highlands Chamber of Commerce celebrates all the residents, visitors, and businesses who saw us through recent times. Thank you for staying home and physically distancing, while socially networking via safe […]
