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What’s New at The Bascom?

Where can you see artwork and find some of the best emerging artists in the region?  At The Bascom in Highlands in January and February! There will be not one, not two, but three exhibits at The Bascom, January through March, that spotlight Regional Artists. The first exhibit opens January 13 and features a collaboration focusing on memory between Bascom …

One Good Turn

CDR Clay “Boca” Hartman had his first big crush on woodworking at the age of 10 when his craftsman grandfather invited him into his workshop.  Together they built a battleship.   That epiphanal moment launched a woodcraft romance, which blossomed into a construction business later in life.  But between graduation from Cornell in civil engineering and his current solar construction …

Academy and Globe Nominees at Highlands Playhouse

January is here and a new year dawns on the Plateau.  The holidays are behind us and spring is still a long ways off.  Thankfully, the next few months do offer some entertainment opportunities.    As the award show season kicks off with the Golden Globes ceremony on January 7, the Playhouse will do its part to make sure you …


Live Via Satellite at Highlands PAC

The Highlands Performing Arts Center presents Live via Satellite the MET Opera and the National Theatre of London.    January and February offer four productions.  At 12:55 P.M. Saturday, January 13, the MET Opera will broadcast “The Opera House,” a new documentary. This film by multiple Emmy Award–winning filmmaker Susan Froemke surveys a remarkable period of the Metropolitan Opera’s rich …

Taking His Best Shot

The winner of this year’s Winter Cover Photo Contest is Hoyt Starkey of Travelers Rest, South Carolina.   He is lucky enough to live in an area popular with runners, walkers, and bikers, and is frequently on the trail himself. This photo was taken in January 2017, about one half-mile from his house.   “While we don’t get a lot …

The Laurel’s Highlands-Cashiers Winter Photo Contest

Have you ever fancied yourself a great photographer?  Maybe you’re a professional photographer, or you’re just someone who loves to capture the magic of the moment on your cell phone or pocket camera.   Whichever you are, The Laurel is offering you a chance to become a cover artist.  That’s right, the 2019 Laurel Winter Photo Contest has begun, so …


Chocolate Cook-Off at Cashiers Community Library

The Friends of the Albert Carlton-Cashiers Community Library will stage their immensely popular Chocolate Cook-Off at the library on Saturday, February 17.  This year’s cook-off promises to offer all of the hallmarks of this annual event – newly-minted recipes that demonstrate an artist’s commitment to her craft, cherished dishes that evoke a flood of deeply sensual memories, and a beguiling …

Dive-In Movies at Highlands Rec Park

Grab your swimsuits and towels and head to the Highlands Rec Park Pool Complex for Dive-In Movies, held the first Friday of every month. Sure, lots of water parks hold movies in the summer, but it’s thanks to the enclosed and heated pool and deck that Highlands can offer this family-friendly fun all year round.  The water is a balmy 82 …

Old Edwards’ We Love Locals Promotion

If you live in Macon, Jackson, Transylvania, or Rabun counties, you no doubt feel blessed simply to live here. Well, here’s another reason to rejoice –  the Old Edwards Inn and Spa’s winter promotion, “We Love Locals.” January through March, Sundays through Thursdays, local residents can enjoy special rates at this award-winning hotel. If the winter blahs have you dreaming …


Highlands’ Ice Skating Rink

When you think about ice skating, do you see yourself padded down with helmet, gloves, and body armor, with the puck on its way to the net as you make the winning goal?  Or do you see yourself dressed in a sparkling ice-blue costume, wowing the crowd with your perfectly executed triple axel? It’s good to have dreams.  Even if …

Sapphire Valley’s Annual Outhouse Race

Whatever else you do or don’t, please make sure that you join Sapphire Valley Resort for its annual end-of-the-ski-season Outhouse Race, an afternoon of wacky fun for the whole family. What is an outhouse race you ask?  Well, imagine watching someone dressed in a crazy outfit, climb into a decorated outhouse built on skis, sit on a toilet seat, and …

2017 Was Cookin’!

Each month, writer Jenny King features the cherished recipes from some of our most treasured friends. Click through the slideshow above to view all of 2017’s recipes. Have you tried any? What are your favorites?