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Shakespeare & Chopin
The Highlands Cashiers Chamber Music Festival, celebrating its 35th season, has earned a national reputation for innovative programming. That tradition continues this year with a pair of performances before the season even starts. The festival will host “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Abridged and Revised” with a preview of Musical Chairs at 5:00 P.M. Sunday, June 19, at the …
Wake With a Song
Norma Jean Zahner, popular singer and guitarist on the Plateau, has been part of the local music scene for years. When asked her origins she quotes her dad, “I wasn’t born here, but I got here as fast as I could.” She was, she says, lucky. “My parents, Bob and Glenda Zahner, never told me to be quiet,” she …
An Evening with Leslie Jeffery
June’s meeting of the Art League of Highlands-Cashiers will be held Monday, June 27, in the Atrium at The Bascom. Social time begins at 4:30 P.M., with the meeting starting at 5:00 P.M. This month’s presenter will be Leslie Jeffery, who splits her time between Highlands and Largo, Florida, painting in both locations. Ms. Jeffery received a degree in Art …
Robert Shaw, Life and Legacy
A new film documentary on the life and legacy of conductor and choral legend Robert Shaw, has premiered in Atlanta and New York and is coming to the Highlands Performing Arts Center on July 6. The voices rising up to praise the beauty and insight of the film “Robert Shaw – Man of Many Voices” are only eclipsed by those in …
Atcheson Encore
Internationally-acclaimed Steinway pianist Randall Atcheson has wowed audiences on five continents, yet he is as at home performing for the citizens of Highlands and Cashiers as he is playing for the audiences of Carnegie Hall. Atcheson loves children so he is especially thrilled when he can raise funds for the Literacy Council of Highlands. Mark your calendars now – he’ll …
Feasts of the Festival
The music of the Highlands-Cashiers Chamber Music Festival is sublime in itself. World-renowned musicians perform the works of civilization’s greatest composers. How could the experience be made transcendent? Well, the Highlands-Cashiers Chamber Music Festival folks have an answer: Sumptuous meals with fascinating people in some of the region’s most spectacular homes. “These annual feasts provide important and vital financial support to …
Honoring Angie
The First Presbyterian Church of Highlands will honor Angie Jenkins at a reception following the 11:00 A.M. worship service on Sunday, June 12. Mrs. Jenkins has served as the church’s organist for the past 40 years. Her musical talents became obvious at an early age when her grandmother, Mrs. Lizette Lewis, began giving Angie lessons on the piano. …
See What Turns Up
When we featured Warren Carpenter, the well-named wood-turner, two years ago he was partnering with Mother Nature, incorporating natural edges and cross-sections of black walnut shells into his vessels. In the interim, he has focused on refining that style while building an impressive stockpile of burled wood for future projects. In addition to being June’s featured artist at Smitten, he’s …
Let the Concerts Begin
It’s the return of The King when the Highlands Performing Arts Center launches its 2016 Concert Season Friday, June 17, and Saturday, June 18, with Travis LeDoyt, hailed by The New York Times as “The Best Young Elvis.” Growing up, LeDoyt was exposed to a broad variety of musical styles, from Country to Swing, to Rock and Roll, as well …
Now That’s Entertainment
The Highlands Playhouse’s 78th season maintains its commitment to bring quality entertainment to the Highlands-Cashiers Community. That means they’re offering their “Discount Tuesdays,” where patrons get a $2 discount on movies? On other days, movies are still bargain-priced at only $9, especially when you consider that we don’t have to drive off the mountain to see first-run features. Remember to …
Easely An Artist
It’s not always been “easely” for Jeanie Edwards. She just makes it look that way. While Highlands is her home-of-heart, with family rooted on the Plateau, she hails from Alabama. She believes in the expression, “You need to make a life you don’t want to take a vacation from.” So in the cold and gray of winter 2016, she made …
Nature’s Kitchen
Mary Palmer Dargan, local landscape architect and author, is inviting the public to share in nature’s bounty this summer. She’s hosting Nature’s Kitchen, a series of workshops designed to identify and create delightful meals using the plants right under your feet. Participants will discover wild and native plants that are high in nutritional value, beautiful, delicious and free. “My guests …
