Cheers to a Simpler Christmas

There’s beauty in simplicity when infusing a splash of holiday cheer throughout the house.

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Festival of Lights

Everyone – everyone – is invited to the lighting of the first candle of the Menorah at Kelsey-Hutchinson Founders Park in Highlands on the

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Winter Wonderland

The Village Green and surrounding shops and businesses in Cashiers will be a Glittering Wonderland throughout the grey days and dark, dark nights

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We Love Locals

A marvelous getaway doesn’t have to involve elaborate transportation plans. If you’re a local, Old Edwards Inn is saving a place for you.

Our Laurel Wordsmiths

A remembrance of writerly flourishes in our Laurel magazine.

Home for the Holidays: Sounds of the Season

Home for the Holidays: Sounds of the Season, playing at Highlands Performing Arts Center through December 22, is Mountain Theatre Company’s sweet, silly tribute to the Holiday Season. For tickets or more information, visit mountaintheatre.com.


50th Cashiers Christmas Peppermint Stick Parade

Cashiers Christmas Star A Silver Creek Christmas Silver Creek Real Estate Photographs by Laurel Magazine Elfin Magic Award Iglesia Cristiana Comunidad Vida Cashiers Photographs by Iris Longinos Garcia & Laurel Magazine Holiday Spirit Award Mountaintop Golf & Lake Club Photographs by Myra Bumgarner & Paul Thomas Tin Soldier Award “A Blue Ridge Country Christmas” Blue Ridge School Photographs by Brad …

MTC’s 2025 Mainstage Season

It is the most wonderful time of the year! Not just because the various holidays that bring our families together are upon us, but also because it is the time of year that I get to share what I have been planning for our next season. Since my arrival in 2021, I have had the great pleasure of sharing growth …

What’s on Your ‘Fridge?

What’s on your fridge is far more important than what’s inside.


Lending a Hand

Pitching in to help neighbors is a hallmark of the season and this portion of the Southern Appalachians.

The Rotary Club of Highlands News

Pictured left to right:President Randy Foster, Ricky Siegel, Andy Chmar. At the Rotary Club of Highlands meeting last Tuesday, the program was provided by our own members, Andy Chmar and Ricky Siegel. Andy detailed his trip to Rwanda and Kenya on the African continent, and Ricky described his trip to South Africa. Both brought back amazing pictures of the places …

The Giving Tree

It’s easy to spread the gift of Christmas Joy – just visit the Giving Tree at Highlands Emergency Council.


A Journey Through Remarkable Dishes

For Highlands Food & Wine 2024, it was a potent blend of dishes to savor, spirits both sultry and subtle, and sensations to seduce and stagger.

For Families in Need

Highlands’ Episcopal Church of the Incarnation will be serving up fabulous barbecue box lunches immediately following the Highlands Christmas Parade on Saturday, December 7. You can buy tickets now or at the parade.

Christmas To Go

There are plenty of options for hungry revelers as the Plateau settles in for holiday celebrations.