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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Mark Edge Returns to Smitten

People of the Plateau, get ready to rejoice!  Mark Edge returns with his inimitable treasure chest of jewels, coins, chains, cabochons, unusual finds, and utter magic. Catch him at Smitten’s Third Thursday, July 18, through the weekend.  Mark’s followers (and if you’re not yet one of them, you soon will be) know the drill.  Start gathering your family jewelry, coins, …

Festival Favorites & Premier Performers

The world’s greatest music meets world-class musicians on the cool and vibrant Plateau for the 38th season of the Highlands-Cashiers Chamber Music Festival.  The splendor begins on July 5th and 6th with Opening Gala concerts and receptions featuring the chamber music of George Gershwin.  Concerts throughout the season are held in Highlands on Friday and Sunday evenings at the Performing …

Summer Colors Fine Art Show

July is a busy month for the Highlands-Cashiers Art League.     In July it will sponsor the first of two annual fine art shows.  The Summer Colors Fine Art Show will be held in the Sapphire Valley Community Center, just off of U.S. 64, about three miles east of the Cashiers Crossroads.  The dates of the event are Saturday …


Change is in the Air at PAC

The Martin-Lipscomb Performing Arts Center is in the process of implementing a new expanded facility for the performing arts community.      Our new facility will bring the performing arts in Highlands to a higher level by providing a larger theater for the big shows, a small black box theater for movies and more intimate events plus renovations to the …

Painting with Yarn

Keith Parmer was born and raised in LaGrange, Georgia, and his father was one of the brothers of Parmer Brothers’ Grocery, a well-known family owned and operated grocery store, in business for over 65 years.   Keith began helping out at the family business when he was eight years old and worked every other day until he graduated from high …

For the Love of the Lathe

Mother Nature is Fred Bulgin’s partner in art.  She buries a tree’s beauty in its ripples, knots, and burls. Fred mines those hidden treasures, unearthing their splendor with every turn of his lathe. Together, Nature and Fred produce award-winning vessels, exquisite enough to make him a Heritage Member of the Southern Highland Craft Guild. That’s a recognition few fine craftspersons …


Living Out Loud

If you asked Norma Jean Zahner what she came into this world to do, she might borrow the words of Emile Zola and say, “I, an artist … came to live out loud.” Norma Jean’s volume is a lovely kind of loud. She lives on a sweet patch of heaven. Her family is close-by. She is immersed in a thousand …

Pawsitively Purrfect Party

For nearly two decades, Pawsitively Purrfect Party at the Country Club of Sapphire Valley has always been a magical evening and the single-largest fundraiser of the year for the Cashiers-Highlands Humane Society shelter pets. In fact, at last year’s event at the newly rebuilt and more-beautiful-than-ever CCSV clubhouse, a record number of donations were made that allowed us to open …

Music in the Parks

Summit Charter School, a tuition-free K-10 public charter school on the Highlands-Cashiers Plateau, traveled to Charlotte on May 18 to compete against 15 schools in the nationwide “Music in the Parks” competition.   Summit’s Middle School Chorus received a Superior rating, took First Place in Middle School Choral, and earned Highest Choral Group Overall. Music in the Parks is a …


Twilight 5k

It’s not too late to participate in this year’s Twilight 5K, presented by the Rotary Club of Highlands, August 17.  There are lots of things that make this race special: live music, brand new awards, the chance for a free registration for next year’s race, and the icing on the cake is that it all takes place at Kelsey-Hutchinson Founders …

Scaly Mountain’s Summer Fest

Join the fun and experience small town living at its very best at Summer Fest.  This annual event is sponsored by the Scaly Mountain Community and everyone is invited. This year’s event will be held Saturday, July 27, at the Scaly Mountain Fire Station, just off Highlands Road at 169 Hale Ridge Road.  Festivities begin at 9:00 A.M. and go …

Fall Cashiers Antique Show

Different styles, colors, textures, and patterns that are found in antiques, make a very interesting and fashionable addition to any decor for a fresh look. You’ll find exactly that when you attend this year’s Fall Cashiers Antique Show, presented by Southern Eagle Promotions, owned and operated by Michael, Nancy and Henry Weaver.    The 2019 Fall Cashiers Antique Show will be …