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Everybuddy, Let’s Rock!
From June 20 through July 6, when the stage lights go up and the music gets down, theatergoers will experience an evening of wide-open wow. With a show-name like “Buddy,” you know you’ll be in the company of good friends and keepers of the Buddy Holly legend. But be advised… tickets are flying out the door. Reserve a seat now …
Cover Artist: Charles Johnson
As the Goddess of Spring rolls out her green carpet, photographer Charles Johnson, sets about capturing every image in her luminous art-show. “A magical translucence, abundant April through June, is unique to spring, my favorite season,” says Johnson. Picture a tree that is backlit, early morning sun radiating each leafling with a blast of glorious light. Johnson observes, “The light …
Spotlight on History
When we consider the story of Highlands, the slightly-unreal collection of personalities and events and circumstances embedded within its heritage, most of what we know is lore collected and preserved by the Highlands Historical Society. And it turns out that the society itself is part of that lore. That’s why it shouldn’t come as a surprise that it was chosen …
Garden Tour: Bee Happy
One of the highlights of this summer is the always popular Joy Garden Tour to benefit The Village Green in Cashiers in July. Joy Garden Tour is a biennial fundraising for The Village Green with proceeds providing the funds needed to operate, maintain and improve the 13.2-acre park in the heart of Cashiers. The Joy Garden Tour Chair Bev Seinsheimer …
Returning to the Plateau Soundscape
The Western North Carolina Singers will mark their successful return to the Plateau soundscape with a pair of concerts at The Episcopal Church of the Incarnation in Highlands at 4:00 P.M. Saturday and Sunday, June 15 and 16. Admission is free and everyone is invited, although donations will be accepted. The Singers have won a devoted following with their blend …
Yoga on the Green
On six Wednesday evenings this summer, yogis of all ages will move their bodies through a series of graceful poses during a new program offering called Yoga On the Green. It’s a day and night difference practicing yoga in the studio versus practicing yoga in outdoors. There’s nothing quite like feeling the wind on your skin, hearing the children play …
Spirituals Concert at First Presbyterian
At 4:00 P.M. on Sunday, June 23, the Music Committee of Highlands First Presbyterian Church will present a Spirituals Concert. Featured will be soloists from Western Carolina University’s School of Music and also from the First Presbyterian Church Chancel Choir. Admission is free. Included in the program will be favorites such as “Give Me Jesus,” “Deep River,” “My Lord, What …
Barn Dance & Barbecue
In the mountains, it doesn’t get any better! A summer evening filled to the brim with Grammy award-winning progressive bluegrass music, savory barbecue and dancing at one of North Carolina’s favorite historic farms – it’s all at Mountain Youth Charities’ Third Annual Barn Dance and Barbecue, on Friday, Aug. 2, from 6:00 -10:30 P.M.. at Sawyer Family Farmstead in Glenville. …
Lake Glenville Fireworks
In 1997, to celebrate the Fourth of July, Stuart Hall and his friends launched fireworks over Lake Glenville from Tom Turner’s Buck Knob Island construction barge. That year, Stuart and Co. also directed a fun boat parade of “The Glenville Navy.” The floating parade is no longer part of the festivities, but the fireworks have become one of the most …
Cashiers Designer Showhouse
The Cashiers Designer Showhouse is an absolute must-see event. July 24 through August 4, the 2019 Designer Showhouse will be an opportunity to step back in time and experience “A Day in the Country.” Black Rock Preserve on Horse Cove Road is about midway between Cashiers and Highlands. In the early 20th century, the property was a flower farm for …
Snag a Brag Bag
What do you think of when you hear Designer Purse Bingo? A chance to win fabulous purses? An opportunity to raise funds for a worthy cause? It’s all of that and more fun than you can imagine when Burlingame Country Club hosts its annual event benefiting T. C. Henderson Elementary School in Lake Toxaway. Held this year on Tuesday, August …
Rails & Tales
At the end of the 19th Century, and the beginning of the 20th, rail expansion into Western North Carolina transformed the region. Previously relying on subsistence agriculture, the economy of WNC began to revolve around lumber, tourism and mining. Without the innovation and use of railroads, the Plateau would not be what it is today. On Thursday, June 20, …
