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Coloring Our World
The 2017 season is rapidly approaching, and the Art League of Highlands-Cashiers is gearing up for another banner year. Again this year the Art League will sponsor five presentations by talented local and regional artists. These presentations are normally at 5:00 P.M. the last Monday of each month, April through September in The Bascom Atrium, preceded by a wine …
Meet the Met in March
The Highlands Performing Arts Center will screen two operas Live via Satellite from the MET Opera in March. At 12:55 P.M. Saturday, March 11 “La Traviata” by Verdi will be performed. Sonya Yoncheva sings one of opera’s most beloved heroines, the tragic courtesan Violetta, opposite Michael Fabiano as her lover, Alfredo. Violetta Valery knows that she will die soon, …
A Sneak Peek HCCMF’s 36th Season
Here’s a sneak peek at some of the exciting programs and concerts to look forward to during the Highlands-Cashiers Chamber Music Festival this summer. Artistic Director William Ransom tells us that plans are well under way for an exceptional season, starting with a special performance of Enoch Arden at Western Carolina University with George Brown and himself on June 25. …
Praise for the Plays
When Highlands Playhouse’s newest board member Jean Head attended a playhouse production of “Jesus Christ Superstar,” she was stunned by the caliber of its actors and music. “I had no idea that Highlands was able to host such outstanding productions,” she says. “From there on, I became interested in helping the Playhouse grow and prosper.” The Playhouse plays a key …
A Jewel in the Making
Lavada (pronounced Lah-vay-dah) Rowe is about to emerge from her jeweled chrysalis and try out her ring-making wings. For a year she’s been consuming information, techniques, and methods for smithing and stone-setting. Her focus is lost wax ring carving and casting. With a history in gem mining, stone-work, and jewelry design (since the age of 13), she continues to …
Preserving Heritage Apple Trees
The Cashiers Historical Society is sponsoring its 2017 Heritage Apple Day on Saturday, March 18, from 11:00 A.M. until 3:00 P.M. at the Cashiers Community Center across from the Cashiers Fire Department. Join them in celebrating the horticulture history of the area by learning to identify and preserve ancient apple varieties that have flourished in the mountains for years. Admission …
Joy on the Green
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 event 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. “This is the Silver Jubilee …
Three River Fly Fishing Festival
The Three River Fly Fishing Festival will be held April 27-29. In its seventh year, this fundraiser has raised thousands of dollars for the Town of Highlands Scholarship Fund. Open to veteran and novice anglers, this three-day event encompasses a wide variety of fly-fishing experiences. Cyprus International Restaurant and The Ugly Dog Pub have already agreed to host some of the …
Plateau Pick-Up
Spring is just around the corner, and it’s time to start making plans to give Mother Nature a hand with her spectacular spring show by sprucing up Highlands and her highways. The Highlands Chamber of Commerce invites everyone to take part in its annual Plateau Pickup Day and help with the longstanding tradition of cleaning litter from the Gorge …
Offering You The World | Cashiers, NC
It’s been said that a good library can offer you the entire world. Well, Albert Carlton-Cashiers Community Library also offers it patrons the planets, the stars and assorted galaxies. Library patrons can check out an Orion 10015 StarBlast 4.5-inch Astro Reflector Telescope, perfect for beginners and intermediate backyard astronomers for a week at a time. It’s lightweight and portable and …
The Love of Learning | Highlands, NC
While things are a bit slow and peaceful on the mountain at this time of year, exciting things are being planned and put into place at the Center for Life Enrichment. 2017 marks 25 years for the Center for Life Enrichment, an organization now fondly known throughout the community simply as CLE. From its inception in a local beauty shop …
Grasp Life by the Handlebars | Cashiers NC
It’s hard to believe that it has been a quarter of a century since Clark Moore gathered a few riders in front of the Cashiers Chamber of Commerce for that initial bicycle ride that has grown into the highly regarded annual Tour de Cashiers. Riders from throughout the Southeast eagerly look forward to this extraordinary cycling event, held this year …
