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¡Que Rico!

Casa Amigos Bar & Grill, 3638 US Hwy 64 in Sapphire, is a quick ticket to fun and fine dining. For reservations or quick questions or take-out,

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New Chapter at CLE

Meg Stevens takes the reins of the Center for Life Enrichment, bringing enthusiasm and a genuine love for the Plateau.

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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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Folk Art Revealed

It all started with a single face jug! The owners of Around Back at Rocky’s Place, Tracey Burnette and Robin Blan, became collectors nearly 30 years ago. What started out as a face jug obsession quickly spread to paintings, then woodcarvings, metal pieces and so forth. With such a wide collection, they were asked to be pickers for a couple …

Art & 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 …

The Bascom Gift Shop

Fall ushers in many exciting shopping opportunities in The Bascom Shop.  The month of November will offer Pop Up Shops featuring baskets, paintings, and photography.   New work is always being dropped off by our talented artists in a wide variety of mediums offering an endless supply of new and exciting gift giving opportunities.  As we near the holiday season, ornaments …


Annual Holiday Program

Let it snow or rain, let the winds blow.  It will not deter the Highlands Cashiers Players and the Performing Arts Center from presenting their annual free Holiday Program on Thursday, December 13 at 7:00 P.M. at the Highlands Performing Arts Center.  Once again, The Mountain Voices and HCP actors will be singing and reading.  This year will feature short …

Unparalleled Performances

The Highlands-Cashiers Chamber Music Festival‘s 37th season has ended and was a smashing success!  It took many to present the caliber of talent that keeps our patrons coming back year after year; so much was due to the generosity of others and a hard-working board of directors led by Olivia Holt. Our Artistic Director, William Ransom, is unparalleled.  

A Guitar and a Woody Wagon

Scott Low’s been tangled up in blue ever since he first heard Bob Dylan sing his iconic hit live.  The lyrics grabbed Scott by his heartstrings, spun him around a time or two, and helped propel him into a career of singer-songwriting. That was a couple of decades ago and now he has several tracks and albums of his own.  …


Hard Candy Christmas

The 31st Annual Hard Candy Christmas Arts and Crafts Show has changed dates from the Thanksgiving weekend to the first Saturday and Sunday in December.  The hours are the same, 10:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M., each day and the same Mountain Christmas Tradition.  The Western Carolina University Ramsey Center in Cullowhee, North Carolina, is still the location and original art …

Tree-mendous Choices

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 …

Have an Ice Day

Grab your mittens, your coat, and your skates!  It’s time for the Highlands Recreation Department’s ice skating rink to open. Open from November 8 until March 3, the rink has been a gathering place for winter activity since 2015, thanks to generous donations that made it all possible.  The rink is located in Kelsey-Hutchinson Founders Park and if you’re not …


Music of our Heritage

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 richness …

Carol Sing and More

Throughout the holiday season, First Presbyterian Church of Highlands offers fun ways to get into the Holiday Spirit.  After the Christmas parade on Saturday, December 1, join your friends in the Church Sanctuary at 1:00 P.M. for the Christmas Carol Sing.   Leader Stell Huie and accompanist Angie Jenkins ensure that everyone gets a chance to sing well-known holiday favorites.     After …

Breakfast with Santa

Yes, we recognize that the Halloween costumes have just been packed away, but everyone who has young children or grandchildren knows that in their minds, Christmas is just around the corner.  The little ones are thinking of Santa and of all the goodies that are packed on his sleigh.  The folks at Highlands United Methodist Church continue their holiday tradition …