Volunteers with big hearts and open hands share time and energy with those served by the Highlands Emergency Council. They help low-income residents, senior citizens, young families, single-parent families, and […]
Helen is my junk buddy. If we don’t show up for three or four days at local thrift shops, they print our photos on milk cartons. We play Deal-of-the-Week. Helen […]
Woody Allen said, “I don’t mind dying. I just don’t want to be there when it happens.” That resonates with many of us. Dark humor aside, there comes a time […]
In 1886 Highlands’ Fourth Street had a speed bump…a natural speed bump so high it was upending wagons that approached the Main Street intersection with too much horsepower. Fourth and […]
It’s a banner year. The Cashiers Plein Air Art Festival will make its colorful splash on The Village Green July 17 through 21. Cashiers is abuzz with news of the […]
We all have treasured coins or family jewelry, pocket watches, and more stashed away. Every so often we unveil them, reminisce their histories, then return them to their hideaways. […]
Fine Art is fluid, innovative, ever-changing. Mary Lou Bilbro, co-owner of the Carolina Gallery of Fine Art says, “Flexibility and changing lifestyles have come to the forefront in the art […]
Lance Matzke, a Renaissance Man brimming with passion for the performing, visual, and literary arts, is stepping into the role of Managing Director for Highlands Playhouse. Maybe it’s the timing […]
It’s summer. We’re anxious to plant bulbs and annuals. We rip out the invasive weeds, vines, and kudzu for flower bed–prep. Those infernal weeds, the ones that make us basket […]
Mary Adair Trumbly, the Executive Director of the Martin Lipscomb Performing Arts Center (PAC) in Highlands, thinks The Plateau is blessed with an outstanding amount of artistic talent. She believes, […]
