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Exciting Year for the League
While the Art League’s 2019 season has ended, behind the scenes its board is busy with plans for 2020. Changes are coming that we are confident will lead to continued growth and enhanced programs. First, at its October meeting, the Art League membership elected two new officers for 2020. John Bauknight will assume the Presidency, replacing Jim Kinard who served …
The Summer’s Bright Star
Get ready for a luminous new year at Highlands Playhouse with stars shining everywhere. Here’s a sneak peek at the season’s closer, a marvelous musical… the kind of production you’ve been asking for … yearning for. It’s contemporary. Its two writers are national stars, actors, performers, Grammy Award winners, and one is practically our neighbor. The play is based on …
Masterful Performances at PAC
The MET Opera will present three operas during January and February for your enjoyment. All MET Operas are on Saturdays and all begin at 12:55 P.M. with a pre-opera discussion at 12:30 P.M. January 11 brings “Wozzeck” by Berg. This 20th-century shocker stars baritone Peter Mattei in the title role, and soprano Elza van den Heever as the long-suffering Marie. …
Clouds, Reflection & Light
The Cooper team makes a huge impact on the Highlands-Cashiers Plateau. While Chuck delivers the sound of Highlands, WHLC, to our ears, Wanda captures its visual beauty on her phone for our welcoming eyes. Her most recent eye-popping contribution is the stunning cover of this month’s Laurel. It’s one thing to take amazing photos. It’s quite another to snap them …
Dinner Theater
Highlands Cashiers Players is showcasing four new plays shepherded by new and seasoned directors, Thursday through Saturday March 15-17 and March 22-24. It’s produced by Courtney Scarborough and Lynleigh McLain. These one-acts will play in the auditorium of The Martin-Lipscomb Performing Arts Center. They’ll be performed between courses of dinner served at The PAC. Tickets are $48, which includes tax. …
Highlands Ice Skating Rink
On page 76, you’ll find Dr. Patti Wheeler’s sage advice about keeping your heart healthy. Prominent among Dr. Patti’s suggestions is the admonition to “Exercise for at least 30 minutes, three times a week.” This comes into play when you consider the marvelous resource that’s the Highlands Recreation Department’s Ice Skating Rink at the Kelsey-Hutchinson Founders Park on Pine Street. …
Dive in Movies
Not all of us get the chance to jet away to an exotic spa to refresh and re-energize ourselves as this winter drags on. But the good people at the Highlands Rec Park’s Swimming Pool have just the tonic for you, It’s a lot cheaper and a lot easier than heading for a resort far from the Plateau. And you …
Year of the Woman
Welcome to 2020! And here at Laurel, welcome to the Year of the Woman! It’s, of course, the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment, which granted American women the right to vote. But if you’ve been browsing Laurel’s pages over the years and read Jane Nardy’s chronicles of life in the early days of Southern Jackson County, or Donna Rhodes’ …
Laurel’s Annual Photo Contest
Living in Highlands is like living in a storybook. Beauty surrounds us at every turn. Every season offers a fresh perspective, but there’s something about the stark beauty of winter that beckons the inner photographer in us all to take a few moments to try and capture the beauty of the moment so we can carry it with us throughout …
Music for Life
The African Children’s Choir will perform its new program, “Just As I Am,” at 6:30 P.M. Friday, January 24, at Community Bible Church. Admission is free (donations will be accepted) and the event is open to everyone. The African Children’s Choir are ambassadors for the millions of suffering children back home in Africa, and funds raised on tour not only …
The Best Little Bookstore
There’s a little jewel for the entire Cashiers/Glenville Community nestled within The Albert Carlton-Cashiers Community Library. Albert Carlton-Cashiers Community Library houses the Best Little Bookstore in Cashiers. Okay, the Library Bookstore may be the only bookstore in town, but we really think we are the best! You’ll find thousands of gently-used books, three different fiction formats (hardcover, trade, mass market), …
Look What the Library Has!
“When in doubt, go to the library.” A quote attributed to J.K. Rowling, of Harry Potter fame – but a comment filled with truth, as Hudson’s librarian can attest. Not only is winter a time for nestling inside with a good book, but Carlyn Morenus said there is much more that residents and visitors can get out of a library visit. …
