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, […]
I have an inner Dudley Do-right. If Snidely Whiplash so much as sneezes his evil spores my way, I hop on Horse, backwards, of course, then by gum and by […]
People often seek jobs that not only help others, but help themselves. Dr. Henry O’Farrell, an Irish immigrant, went to Colorado to cure his consumption. Then he heard about Highlands’ […]
Mission Health’s Highlands-Cashiers Hospital continues its stroke intervention/ education with this interview with Reid D. Taylor, MD, of Mission Neurology. “When it comes to stroke risk factors,” Dr. Taylor says, […]
Appalachian music is an eclectic blend of bluegrass, English and Irish balladry, Irish and Scottish fiddle tunes, African-American Blues, hymns, gospel tunes, country music, American folk, Jam Americana, and a […]
Architect Rand Soellner of Home Architects, best known for his award-winning custom mountain home designs, has $3 billion worth of commercial projects under his belt. That represents decades of experience […]
His mentor, Aretha Franklin, once told singer-songwriter Geoff McBride, “Honey, it’s okay to sing. In this lifetime you have to sing, and make people feel what you’re saying.” Her advice […]
Painters on the Plateau, rejoice. Marc Chatov, acclaimed as one of the top eight portrait painters in America, is on his way to the Carolina Gallery of Fine Art. He’ll be […]
