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Vittles Of Summer
This summer, thanks to the Highlands Historical Society, you’ll have several opportunities to take a bite out of the history of Highlands, with their second annual Vittles of Summer. Not sure what a “vittle” is? Bless your heart, Honey. It’s food, plain and simple. But there’s nothing plain about the four events that encompass this year’s major fundraiser. It all …
Highlands Marketplace
Some may think the beginning of the season in Highlands is the first blooming of the glorious native plants that abound in these mountains. But you’d be wrong. It’s when you see the tents sprout up on Kelsey-Hutchinson Founders Park, signaling the beginning of the Highlands Marketplace. Local farmers, growers, and artisans gather each Saturday from 8:00 A.M. until 12:30 …
The Bascom’s Gala & Gardens
Highlands is a gardener’s dream and in July the mountains are in full bloom! Once taller than the Alps, North Carolina’s granite and greenstone mountains have had around 200 million years to form into layers of fogshrouded ranges, akin to the Highlands of Scotland. Temperatures are mild in the spring, summer, and fall with an abundance of rain creating a …
Purse Bingo
Designer Purse Bingo! The name screams “fun,” and fun it is, but it’s also a serious fundraiser to benefit T. C. Henderson Elementary School in Lake Toxaway. Burlingame Country Club held the original event four years ago, thinking it would be a one-and-done event, but it was so successful and so much fun that it has become a highly anticipated …
The Fourth On The Plateau
Here on the Plateau we take pride in making your Fourth of July one to celebrate with your families, friends and community. Following is a schedule of some of the activities planned throughout Highlands and Cashiers. For more information, please visit the Highlands (highlandschamber.org) and Cashiers Chamber of Commerce (cashiersareachamber. com) websites as they are updating them regularly. Cashiers June …
Make Your Fourth A Blast
Small towns and the Fourth of July – nothing is more Americana, and no one does it like Highlands. Streets and shops are decked out in red, white, and blue and everyone goes all out to make the day fun for family, friends, and neighbors to enjoy. Families will want to plan on spending their morning at the Town of …
Cocktail Gardening
From farmers’ markets to speakeasies, delectable drinks made from foraged and home-grown ingredients are the latest trend to hit mixology. You can learn the secrets of wildcrafted cocktails this month during the Village Nature Series program, “The Drunken Botanist” at 5:30 P.M. on Tuesday, June 26, at The Village Green Commons. Author and acclaimed landscape architect Mary Palmer Dargan will …
Hot Food. Cool Music.
Are you ready for some hot food and cool music? Then grab your tickets right now for the Third Annual Friends of Founders Park’s Lowcountry Shrimp Boil, Saturday June 16. The event is held at Kelsey-Hutchinson Founders Park on Pine Street in downtown Highlands from 5:00 until 8:00 P.M. and is the park’s major fundraiser. The park, which was completed …
Colossal Fireworks
What’s July 4th without fireworks? The Village Green is proud to provide this summer’s colossal fireworks display for the Cashiers area community. The Village Green will host Fireworks Extravaganza On the Green, a spectacular evening of entertainment for residents and visitors to enjoy as part of the Independence Day celebration. The extravaganza will begin at 6:30 P.M. Friday, July 4, …
Cashiers Benefit Antique Show
The familiar phrase is “Come Celebrate the Mountains,” and the 42nd Annual Cashiers Benefit Antique Show at Blue Ridge School will do just that Friday through Sunday, July 20-22. Sixty exhibitors from the U. S. and Great Britain will offer an incredible array of antiques. Blue Ridge students, teacher volunteers, and staff all work with the show staff to make …
Beer, Bark & Barbeque
Cashiers-Highlands Humane Society’s seventh annual signature fundraising event in Highlands officially starts the social season on the Plateau with a fantastic mountain-themed dinner and auction combined with the naming of the prestigious CHHS Humane Heroes of the Year. Bark, Beer & Barbeque is Wednesday, June 20, at 5:30 P.M. at The Farm at Old Edwards. The evening features a live …
Big ‘Ol Barn Dance
A North Carolina summer evening with all the trimmings: a historic location, stunning views, savory barbecue, fun times, dancing and some of the best Appalachian mountain music this side of the Mississippi River. It’s all this and more during the Mountain Youth Charities’ Second Annual Barn Dance and Barbecue, on Saturday, July 21, from 6:00 to 10:00 P.M. at Sawyer …
