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Plays On Demand
Acclaimed playwright Tom Stoppard (“Shakespeare in Love,” “Arcadia,” Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead) returns to the National Theatre with his highlyanticipated new play The Hard Problem, directed by Nicholas Hytner (“Othello,” “Hamlet,” “One Man,” “Two Guvnors”). Hilary, a young psychology researcher at a brain-science institute, is nursing a private sorrow and a troubling question at work, where psychology and biology …
Chamber Music Festival
Even though the Highlands-Cashiers Chamber Music Festival’s performances are staged at the Highlands Performing Arts Center and the Albert Carlton-Cashiers Community Library, there’s such a depth of talent on hand that events can’t help but spill out into the twin communities. Everyone is invited to attend a free concert by The Smoky Mountain Brass Quintet at the Cashiers Village Green …
Welcome to Mitford
You can tell how much someone loves their town by what they have to say about it. In her “Mitford Years” series, author Jan Karon paints a glorious picture of the fictional town of Mitford, North Carolina, which some say is based on her hometown of Blowing Rock. The center of these sunny stories is Father Tim Cavanaugh, a 60-something …
Plateau Gallery News
The Bascom will present one of the Southeast’s premier wine and food events for the culinary pleasure of more than 650 guests at its annual Collective Spirits Wine and Food Festival, May 14 to 16. With more than 11 different events over three days, this fundraising weekend ensures free exhibitions, unique education, and community outreach will continue for years to come. …
Time On My Hands
Carol Louise Mayer is a delightful artistic chameleon. She has changed her colors many times to accommodate life and her creative inclinations. A milestone metamorphosis was leaving a highly successful career as program manager in a design department in Indiana to be with her new husband in Florida. It was a hard adjustment. Away from her usual haunts, she asked her …
The Garden Talk Salon
Thirty years of designing landscapes for clients in exclusive places from the coast of California to the low country of the Carolinas has equipped Mary Palmer Dargan with a sharp eye for detail and a humorous, no-nonsense approach to getting things done. “Form follows function, then beautify” is her mantra. You’re invited to get your hands dirty at her Garden …
Rabun County Music Festival
The Rabun County Music Festival summer concert series gets under way on June 21. As always, some of the proceeds from ticket sales and tax-exempt contributions are used to award scholarships to Rabun County graduating seniors who wish to further their education in the fields of visual or performing arts. Due to the success of our 2014 season, the Board …
His Angels of Song
The world acclaimed, Grammy Award-Winning Atlanta Boy Choir, directed by Fletcher Wolfe, will sing again at Highlands’ Episcopal Church of the Incarnation on Sunday Afternoon, May 24th at 5:00 P.M. This choir, a favorite of Highlanders for over five decades, will present the concert which they will perform in June at Los Angeles’ famous Cathedral of Our Lady of the …
Highlands Motoring Festival
Every year the Highlands Motoring Festival gets bigger and better so mark your calendars now to attend the 8th annual festival to be held June 11-14. Known as the “Festival with Altitude,” this celebration of the automobile draws a large following year after year. Start the weekend with a fun day on Thursday featuring multiple events including a golf outing …
Love Letters
“Love Letters” by A. R. Gurney was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The play centers on two characters, Melissa Gardner and Andrew Makepeace Ladd III. Using the epistolary form sometimes found in novels, they sit side by side at tables and read the notes, letters and cards – in which over nearly 50 years, they discuss their …
Highlands Marketplace
Now that the April showers have passed it’s time to get out and enjoy what Highlands has to offer. What could be better than walking through the park, picking out fresh produce and some local baked bread for the weekend? You will be able to enjoy a fresh cup of coffee, smoothie, or local baked goods while deciding on that …
