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35 Years of Masterful Music
The Highlands-Cashiers Chamber Music Festival has won an international reputation for its lineup of world-class artists and budding young talents, coupled with innovative programming. This year, its 35th season, promises more of the same. In fact, the excitement starts before the season even begins. “Chamber Music in the Garden” will be held at the Atlanta Botanical Garden on Sunday May 15. …
Just Haven’t Met You Yet
This is the first in a series of articles on the amazing pool of performing talent on the Highlands’ club and restaurant scene. First up, Cy Timmons a favorite entertainer at Old Edwards Inn. Cy Timmons, an accomplished musician who has opened for headliners like Joan Rivers and Tuck and Patty, says, “At 16 I played guitar as a hobby. …
The Game’s Afoot
Highlands Cashiers Players is bringing to the stage one of Ken Ludwig’s best-loved plays, “The Game’s Afoot.” This 2012 Edgar Award winning production will be performed May 19 through 22 and again May 26 through 29 at the Highlands Performing Arts Center. The play is set in 1936 and Broadway star William Gillette, admired the world over for his role …
2 Outstanding League Artists
Two members of the Art League of Highlands-Cashiers were recently honored by the Georgia Watercolor Society by having their works selected for the 34th Annual National Competition. Art League President Patty Calderone’s painting, “The Poet,” was selected for the show and long-time Art League member Pamela Haddock’s “All That Glitters” was selected for the show and received an Honorable …
Winner Wonderland
Congratulations to Wanda Cooper, David Stroud and Hoyt Starkey! They were the top vote getters in our 2017 Winter Cover Photo Contest. Hundreds of the Laurel’s Facebook family cast thousands of votes for over 60 photo entries in the annual photo contest. And the winner is…Wanda Cooper. Wanda’s beautiful photograph (left) will be featured on the cover of the Laurel’s …
What Fires His Success
When Harry Hearne and his wife Julie aren’t on the road doing art shows, they are teaching at John Campbell Folk School or getting ready for their next education or exhibition adventure. Living right down the road from Campbell in Brasstown/Murphy is a joy for Hearne. He’s right at home in a small town. He knew early on he was …
A Bite of the Big Apple
New York, New York, it’s a helluva town! Artistic Director Bill Patti along with Board President Scott Allbee recently spent three days in New York City auditioning actors for the Highlands Playhouse upcoming summer season. “It was incredible,” Patti said. “We’re talking actors with multiple Broadway credits, national tour experience, regional theatre veterans, and even some from the Radio City …
Join PAC!
It’s that time of the year at the Highlands Performing Arts Center…time to join in the fun, get first choice of concerts and select seating. A Membership in the Performing Arts Center makes it possible for PAC to carry out its mission of providing a first class facility for organizations such as the Highlands-Cashiers Chamber Music Festival, the Highlands-Cashiers Players …
100 Circles ‘Round the Sun
There have been many famous Marthas… Martha Washington, White, Stewart. But in Highlands, the real star around which all other Martha’s orbit is Martha Parish. May 16 marks Martha’s own 100th circle around the sun. With great pleasure The Laurel celebrates our Martha’s artistic contributions to the Plateau. Everything she has accomplished, from running a household, gardening and landscaping, drawing …
Grab Life By the Handlebars
On May 14, the Tour de Cashiers Mountain Cycling Experience rolls out again with its annual cycling challenge that takes cyclists through the scenic byways of Jackson, Macon, and Transylvania Counties. Cyclists will race one of three routes that feature more than 10,000 feet of elevation change on steep climbs and fast descents. The event offers adventurous athletic challenges suitable …
Dramatic Dahlias
Dahlias, native to Mexico but dearly loved in the mountains of North Carolina, begin to sprout right about now. In order to grow, dahlias require extraordinary attention and exceptional conditions. They crave at least eight hours of sunlight a day and dry soil. Among their worst enemies are clouds and slugs, which stunt their growth or kill them slowly. Should …
Happiness is a Butterfly
The Mountain Garden Club, known for their work with butterflies at Highlands School and the Eckerd Living Center, will feature plants for butterfly gardens at this year’s annual plant sale Saturday, May 28, 9:00 A.M. to noon. As Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote, “Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit …
