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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Free to Be, Albert Carlton-Cashiers Community Library

Albert Carlton-Cashiers Community Library is hosting a dramatic presentation by local youth, highlighting values such as individuality, tolerance, and comfort with one’s identity. Auditions for “Free to Be…You and Me” are open for children age 10 and up and will be staged at the end of this month at the library. Audition material will be available for review at the …

Get Your Paint On at Gray Lighting and Woodwork

If you thought Gray Lighting and Woodwork was just a cool place to find one-of-a-kind lighting, furnishings with character, and illuminating concepts, then you are in for a wonderful surprise.  The Grays are offering classes in the same striking surface treatments you see on display in their store. Some artists guard their secrets.  Judy and Gordon Gray can’t wait to …

Hooked On Trout, Village Nature Series

Did you know that the Highlands-Cashiers area boasts some of the best trout fishing in the country?   In 2016 the state legislature named Jackson County the North Carolina Trout Capital. Trout fishing is not only a popular pastime, but a designated heritage tourism activity.  This is the subject of the first Village Nature Series of 2018.  Patrick Weaver of the …


Love Every Moment, The Village Green

May begins a calendar of exciting events for the warm weather season in The Village Green.  One of these is Locally Grown On the Green, a community market for local growers beginning Wednesday, May 24.  The market provides residents and visitors to the area with a wide selection of locally sourced food in a convenient location.  The market is open …

Cullowhee Arts Workshops

Cullowhee Arts has unveiled its 2018 Summer Arts Workshop Series – three weeks of Visual Workshops where students are invited to Come, Learn, Create, and Collaborate.  Held on the beautiful campus of Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, participants will learn and discover new concepts and techniques, and share thoughts and ideas in a setting surrounded by majestic mountains and summer …

Collective Spirits at The Bascom

The Bascom: A Center for the Visual Arts in Highlands is bringing Collective Spirits back to May this year, May 17 and 18.  This fundraising event features in-home private wine dinners, a grand tasting and wine market, and lots of excitement.  Collective Spirits will once again highlight world-class winemaking talent with principals and winemakers from notable brands such as Nellcote, …


Blooming Abundant, Highlands Dahlia Festival

Daffodils and Forsythia are blooming, and trees are budding, sure signs that this long snowy, wet, winter will soon be gone for good.  Spring warmth and the abundance of rain we have had this past winter, should produce a season of abundant bloom across the plateau.  Dahlia tubers are lying in wait for mid-May planting, where they will slowly grow …

Art for a Cause, Cashiers NC

Twice a year, the Rotary Club of Cashiers Valley transforms The Village Green in Cashiers into a living, breathing art space. The event, Art for a Cause, brings extremely talented and skilled artisans from throughout the Southeast and beyond to this bi-annual event, which raises money for the underserved in our community. Join us this Memorial Day weekend as Art …

Biscuits and Bluegrass, Cashiers Historical Society

The Cashiers Historical Society invites you to their Biscuits & Bluegrass fundraiser marking the seasonal reopening of the newly restored Zachary-Tolbert House on Friday, May 25, from 6:00 until 9:00 P.M.  Chef Kristen Jorgensen from The Barn is preparing farm-to-table, traditional Appalachian-style hors d’oeuvres for all to enjoy. Bennie Queen & The Wild Hogs will be on hand to play …


Give Bees A Chance, World Bee Day

World Bee Day − what is it?  And why do the honey bees need to bee recognized?  Well, to be quite frank, where have you been?  Bees are the pollinators of approximately one third of all the food we eat.  Or thinking globally, honey bees are responsible for 90 percent of global nutrition or three quarters of the world’s food crop!  …

National Trails Day, Panthertown Valley

On National Trails Day, Saturday, June 2, local non-profit Friends of Panthertown will host an informal Picnic in Panthertown at the Salt Rock Gap overlook in Panthertown Valley from 11:00 A.M. to 1:00 P.M. and a Panthertown Valley Expo at Sapphire Valley Community Center from 2:00 to 4:00 P.M. Both events are free and open to the public. Everyone is …

Acorns Trunk Shows

In a town known for its upscale retail district, Acorns Boutique stands out.  Located on Main Street, and part of Old Edwards Inn and Spa, Acorns offers elegant and on-trend fashion, jewelry, home décor, and distinctive gifts all year round. The season really starts when Acorns announces their schedule of trunk shows.  Known for their eclectic ensemble of designers, the …