A Collaboration for the SensesWinter’s DelightsCelebrating 150!Our Laurel Wordsmiths
A Collaboration for the Senses

Let’s raise a glass to the generosity of vintner Guy Davis and the vivid imagination of artist Leah Grace Craig.

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Winter’s Delights

The Plateau is home to a raft of activities that’ll get your heart pumping and invigorate your outlook. (In the words of Highlands’ unofficial

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Celebrating 150!

Though we can pause to look back at Highlands’ last 150 years, a commitment to preservation demands that we keep our eyes on the future.

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Our Laurel Wordsmiths

A remembrance of writerly flourishes in our Laurel magazine.

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Worth the Wait | Poet Richard Betz

For poet Richard Betz, a lifetime of observations and silent reveries has found expression in his first book, Bells in the Night. You’ll find copies at Shakespeare &å Company, 204 North 4th Street in Highlands.

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Mystery Musical Love Story | Highlands Cashiers Players

Highlands-Cashiers Players takes on the Issue of the Age – Covid-19 – with a light-hearted (yes, light-hearted) musical. The Great Pandemic – a Mystery Musical Love Story will be staged at Highlands Performing Arts Center, October 14-17 and 21-24. For more information, visit highlandsperformingarts.com/hcp.

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The Intricacies of the Heart | Annell Metsker

For Annell Metsker’s evocative portraits, the life of the heart is always the heart of the matter.

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A Home on Wilder Shores

Local author Susan Posey walked the miles of her ancestors to deliver A Home on Wilder Shores.

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New Generation | Whiteside Art Gallery

Though she’s updated its appearance and tweaked its stable of artists, Susan Whiteside Williams has preserved her father’s generous animating spirit in The William Whiteside Art Gallery. Discover for yourself at 1057 US 64 West in Cashiers or visit whitesideartgallery.com

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Art League News at The Bascom

The Art League of Highlands-Cashiers will explore the directions of The Bascom and the future of the Artistic Community on the Plateau.

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On With The Show | Highlands Playhouse

A newly-invigorated calendar promises that there won’t be any Sleepy Season for Highlands Playhouse.

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Beautiful Noise | Highlands PAC

The concerts offered at Highlands Performing Arts for the month allow audiences to feel, truly feel, the music.

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We All Live in a Yellow Quarantine

Well, it turns out that All You Need is Love (and a strong back) to transform a hillside into a Magical Mystery Garden.

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21st Century Sculpture | The Bascom

The Bascom closes out the year with exhibits that explore the boundaries of 21st century sculpture, the heritage of mosaics and the surprising richness of the local art scene.

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Glass Treasures | Artist Beth Bowser

Beth Bowser Glass artist Beth Bowser was fascinated with stained glass creations as a child. Perhaps the transcendent way light shone through the church windows was a calling not only to glass artistry but to the ministry. She began studying glass art in 1980, working around her other calling. It’s no surprise her first class was in stained glass. After …

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September Cover: Spirit of Highlands

Ansley Tolleson’s passion for the beauty of Highlands is evidenced by her designs appearing in homes around the world and, as a matter of fact, this magazine.

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