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PAC: Join & Enjoy
The Highlands Performing Arts Center has unveiled a full spectrum of concerts for its 2019 season. First up, visit the PAC for bluegrass with the internationally-acclaimed Mark O’Connor Band on Sunday, June 16. The following Friday and Saturday, June 21 and 22, brings back Travis LeDoyt’s Tribute to Elvis. (June 21 & 22) To round out June, it’s “Broadway’s …
On Screen at Pac
Great Art on Screen, sponsored by the Highlands Performing Arts Center and The Bascom, Center for the Visual Arts, will continue on Friday, May 10, at 5:30 P.M. This screening will feature “Klimt & Schiele: Eros and Psyche,” recounting the start of the Vienna Secession, a magical art movement formed in the late 1890’s for art, literature and music, in …
Spring Has Sprung
Spring has sprung at Around Back at Rocky’s Place. Like folk art, the season of spring is full of color! Along with the warmer weather and longer days comes the little birdies flying from nest to nest. Who better to give festive fowl a home on canvas or wood than John “Cornbread” Anderson? Cornbread spends relentless hours researching all …
Meet the Artist, Pat Taylor
Need a reason to attend the Third Thursday Meet the Artist Event at Smitten, set for 5:30 P.M. May 16? Well, just look at the remarkable Forest Creature Face Jugs sprouting up like wild mushrooms at Smitten. They’re the product of the restless mind and skilled hands of Highlands Mayor Patrick Taylor, the artist in residence at Taylor Pottery. …
A Target Rich Environment
It’s hard to know if Greg Clarkson, the kid, captured live snakes, salamanders, and insects to show his mom (“Eek!” being her usual response), or if the critters captured him. Either way, his fascination for animals earned Greg, the grown-up, a Bachelor of Science degree in Zoology and the hope of landing a job as a fisheries or marine biologist. …
Just in time for Mother’s Day
Studio 106’s photographers, Susan Renfro and Colleen Kerrigan will be teaching all age and skill levels how to snap their own prize-winning close-ups in a series of creative camera classes. There are many options to explore. At 10:00 A.M. Saturday, May 11, get ready to capture images photographers couldn’t have imagined a decade ago. Smartphones have come a long way, …
Bark, Beer & Barbeque
The eighth annual signature fundraising event in Highlands for the Cashiers-Highlands Humane Society officially starts the social season on the Plateau! The evening features a fantastic mountain-themed dinner and auction combined with the naming of the prestigious CHHS Humane Heroes of the Year. Bark, Beer & Barbeque is Thursday, June 20, at The Farm at Old Edwards. Enjoy a live …
HIghlands Kitchen Tour
If one had to list the top Three Guilty Pleasures, for most of us, it would be a noble bottle of red wine, a few choice dark chocolates and HGTV. You can’t lie and say you haven’t binge-watched a marathon of home improvement shows, gleaning ideas and inspiration for your own home, especially for the kitchen. I fantasize about …
Western N.C. Singers
The Western North Carolina Singers will mark their successful return to the Plateau soundscape with a pair of concerts at the Episcopal Church of the Incarnation in Highlands at 4:00 P.M. Saturday and Sunday, June 15 and 16. Admission is free and everyone is invited, although donations will be accepted. The Singers have won a devoted following with their blend …
It’s All About Trout
Did you know that the Highlands-Cashiers area boasts some of the best trout fishing in the country? In 2016 the state legislature named Jackson County the North Carolina Trout Capital. Trout fishing is not only a popular pastime but a designated heritage tourism activity. This will be the subject of the first Village Nature Series of the season at 5:30 …
Low Country Shrimp Boil
The newly completed Kelsey-Hutchinson Founders Park has become the crown jewel of Highlands. Completed in April 2017, the park features a stage pavilion, amphitheater, restrooms, an interactive fountain, a Little Free Library, and an ice rink in the winter. The tireless efforts of the Friends of Founders Park, and their president Hank Ross, have given the town the urban green …
Author Talks Series
The Friends of Albert Carlton-Cashiers Community Library has launched its ambitious Author Talks, a 25th Anniversary Speakers Series. The list includes returning favorite Ron Rash and Highlands author Diane McPhail (whose new novel, “The Abolitionist’s Daughter” was spotlighted in the April issue of Laurel), along with many new authors who represent writers of various genres and subject matters. Their books …
