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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Glamping at Cashiers Historical Society | Cashiers Designer Showhouse

The Cashiers Designer Showhouse will spotlight unexplored fields of mountain living. It’ll be staged August 21 through September 4.

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A Highlands Homecoming | Highlands Playhouse

It takes a small army of committed professionals to ensure that the Show Must Go On at Highlands Playhouse.

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Love & Literacy | The Literacy Council and Learning Center

The enchanting handmade necklaces on sale at Dusty’s Rhodes Superette (493 Dillard Road in Highlands) are testament to the Plateau’s boundless creative spirit and its generous heart.

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Kinross Cashmere Trunk Show at Wit’s End

Wit’s End, located at 382 Main Street in Highlands, will host its annual Kinross Cashmere Trunk Show, August 13-14.

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Summit Charter School Foundation “toasts” to the trees

Non-profits, businesses, churches, and individuals are encouraged to get involved in Cashiers Festival of Trees. The deadline to submit a participant form is August 15. Some of the organizations already signed up include the Blue Ridge Free Dental Clinic, McKee Properties, Four Seasons Hospice, The Bascom, the Boys & Girls Club of the Plateau, and Cashiers Farmers Market. For those interested …

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Beer, Bark & Barbeque

Bark, Beer & Barbeque, set for August 17 at The Farm at Old Edwards, is a howling good time and the Cashiers-Highlands Humane Society’s main fundraiser. For tickets or more information, call (828) 743-5769.

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Lace-up Your Running Shoes

Rain or shine, August 14 is a beautiful day for running in the 5K Twilight Race, snaking through Highlands. Interested participants can register at highlandstwilightrun.com.

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Sophisticated Moonshine

For Debbie Word, the secret to delicious, smooth whiskey and bracing gin was growing all around her. The whole enterprise started right here in Glenville. Check out the wonders offered at chemistspirits.com.

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David Berger at Mountain Mist

For artist David Berger, change is a constant companion and an invigorating force in his life and his art.

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Big Hats and Bow Ties

With its Big Hats and Bow Ties Brunch on Kettle Rock, set for Sunday, August 8, Highlands Historical Society resurrects a lovely tradition from a more gracious time. For reservations or more information, email hhs@highlandshistory.com, or call (828) 787-1050.

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Concerts on the Commons | The Village Green

Live Music is back on the Village Green! A pair of concerts, August 6 and August 20, will keep the beat going. For more information, go to VillageGreenCashiersNC.com.

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Zahner Conservation Series

The Zahner Conservation Lectures span the month of August with unique insights into the wild things on the Highlands-Cashiers Plateau.

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