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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An Upside Down Christmas

Highlands United Methodist Church’s Children’s Christmas Program will be staged during the church’s 5:30 P.M. Christmas Eve Service. “An Upside Down Christmas” examines the Christmas traditions and music from cultures around the world, beginning with a visit by the Traditional Saint Nicholas from Turkey, with stops at a little Austrian village high up in the Alps, and a poor church …

Calendar Girl auditions

The Highlands Cashiers Players are presenting the play, “Calendar Girls” in May of 2019. The true story of this play is one of women of power! In 1999, a group of women, members of the Women’s Institute in England, stepped out of their comfort zone to raise money to purchase a new couch for folks in the waiting area in …

A Holiday Surprise

Let the Holidays begin…with a special showing for the entire family of “The Magic Flute” by Mozart in an encore performance presented by the Metropolitan Opera on Saturday, December 1, at 2:00 P.M. after the Highlands Olde Mountain Christmas Parade. Enjoy the parade, have a barbecue lunch at the Episcopal Church of the Incarnation to benefit the Food Pantry and …


May Your Days Be Merry & Bright

For the New Year, we’re busy working to bring you the best Chamber Music season ever.  Many favorite musicians will return – Coucherons, Philippe Quint, Fei-Fei Dong, Zuill Bailey, Sara Sant’Ambrogio, Gary Motley, Elizabeth Pridgen, and Natasha Paremski.   And there are new performers to enchant you – Armida and Solera Quartets, Robyn Bollinger, Scott Rawls, and The Joe Gransden Big …

Art with gratitude

Smitten’s Kat Evans, Annelize Giliomee, and Bonnie Earman enjoyed another banner year, thanks to you, their supporters, clients, artists, and friends. Smitten would like to express its gratitude this Thanksgiving season by hosting a party for its award-winning painters, sculptors, crafts-persons and patrons of 2018. Smitten delights in bragging about its stable of phenomenal talents, hailing from the Plateau all …

Do You Hear What I Hear?

The Highlands Cashiers Players and the Highlands Performing Arts Center are presenting a collection of favorite Christmas music along with original readings by the Highlands Writers Group.  The annual free Holiday Program on Thursday, December 13, at 7:00 P.M. at PAC will focus on the sounds of the season.  Not only will there be an octet of the Mountain Voices, …


The Business of Theater

Operating a theatre continuously for 80 years is not without its challenges.  There have been peaks and valleys, fat times and lean.  Today, the Highlands Playhouse is alive and thriving, and it’s because of you, our faithful contributors.  At the end of our 2018 season, the Playhouse officers and management analyzed finances and set goals for 2019. Spending breaks down …

Carving His Niche

Daniel Bolick carved out a niche for himself early on.  He hails from a family of wood craftsmen experienced in carpentry, cabinetry, and interior wood-design. Sawdust and shavings are in his blood. He chose to set himself apart by specializing in the fine craft of woodcarving, creating life-like sculptures of animals, both wild and domestic. “I like animals,” says Daniel.  …

The South’s Acclaimed Chefs

Highlands’ luxury country inn, Half-Mile Farm, is delighted to present up-close-and-personal experiences with some of The South’s most acclaimed chefs.  Live music and limited seating make for memorable evenings amid the gorgeous lakeside setting of this unique historical property. The first Chefs In the House Dinner of 2019 features Chef Matthew Basford from one of Atlanta’s iconic restaurants, Canoe, on …


Baskets at The Bascom

Interweaving Southern Baskets is on view in the Loft Gallery at The Bascom from now until December 30.  This beautiful exhibit, curated by Laura Wingfield, incorporates over 70 baskets from private collections to showcase Native American, Appalachian, Gullah, and Contemporary baskets. The South has always been home to a blend of cultures – from Native Americans here 14,000 years ago …

Find Your Favorite Fir

We are incredibly fortunate here on the Plateau for many reasons, but during the holiday season one of our greatest blessings is that we boast an abundance of Christmas Tree Farms.  Start your holiday season by visiting one and choosing your perfect tree. Here’s a sampling of what’s available: Grandy Mountain Tree Farm, 842 Breedlove Road, Cashiers, (828) 743-1737; Moss …

An Appalachian Christmas

For the past 24 years, talented singers from throughout the area have joined together as the Highlands Community Chorale to celebrate the music of Christmas.  This year’s Chorale will present the music of our heritage here in the mountains from the Carolinas to Virginia, Kentucky, and Georgia. Chorale conductor Les Scott says, “‘An Appalachian Christmas’ features music that reveals the …