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Highlands Christmas Parade

The annual Highlands Olde Mountain Christmas Parade – a celebration winding its way down Main Street, with virtually every Highlander either

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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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Views From Whiteside

Don’t let the weather’s unpredictability make you rush your visit to Whiteside Mountain. There’s majesty and mystery in equal measure all along the way.

The Bel is Back

The Show Must Go On! Bel Canto returns to the Highlands Performing Arts Center on September 12 with a quartet of stellar performers. This event is always a sellout – mail your contact information to Bel Canto Recital, P.O. Box 2392, Highlands, NC 28741 or call The Bascom at (828) 787-2867.

Groundbreaking at Highlands PAC

The Highlands Performing Arts Center, located at 507 Chestnut Street, embarks upon a new project laden with promise and possibilities.


Keeping the Home Fires Burning

The Firewood Company is at the heart of your favorite restaurant or cozy evening. For more information call (828) 200-3050 and ask for Bob or email [email protected].

Secrets of Snot Otters

We’ll bet you didn’t know you had a neighbor that goes by the name Snot Otter. You can learn all about these misunderstood creatures at the virtual Village Nature series presentation at 5:00 P.M. July 29. Check HCLT’s website or Facebook page for a zoom link to this presentation.

Faraway Soirée

The Highlands Biological Foundation celebrates the beauty and mystery that’s the Plateau’s natural heritage with an exclusive Soirée at Faraway, 6:00 P.M. Monday, August 2. For more information about this exquisite fundraising event and to purchase a ticket, call (828) 526-2221.


Whodunnit – Highlands Style

Our little mountain town looks so tranquil, but there’re plenty of shady characters lurking in the pages of Death on the Mountain.

Toxaway For Foodies

There’s Historic Toxaway Market at 15889 Rosman Highway in Lake Toxaway and, right across the street, Mountain Café. Both offer palate-pleasing treats and, just as important, a taste of this friendly mountain community.

The Art of Leslie Jeffery

For Leslie Jeffery, every landscape, every beast and bird, every mood of the ocean, deserves to be captured by her imagination and poured onto her canvas. You can view her work at Ann Lea Fine Art Gallery, 976 Hwy. 64 East in Cashiers.


Plateau Playground

A new alpine coaster at Scaly Mountain Outdoor Center will add to the number of irresistible attractions to be found at Scaly Mountain, Sky Valley, and High Holly.

Summer Colors Art Show

The Summer Colors Fine Art Show, set for Saturday and Sunday, July 24 and 25, is a beautiful reflection and complement to life in the Southern Appalachians.

Let’s Go Antiquing!

The collections of Cashiers and Highlands antique galleries are an endlessly kaleidoscopic array of elegant, one-of-a-kind treasures and, always, a surprise or two.