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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Music in the Mountains | Highlands NC

Sweet harmonies bring passion back to the seasonal soundscape of Highlands evenings.

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Distinctly Fox

Architect Jim Fox’s grandson is chronicling and restoring his intriguing buildings, which remain unmistakable landmarks across this corner of Western North Carolina.

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Highlands Chamber of Commerce Awards A Pair of Grants

The Highlands Chamber of Commerce is sharing the fruits of a busy 2021 with another pair of grant recipients.

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Views From Whiteside

Don’t let the weather’s unpredictability make you rush your visit to Whiteside Mountain. There’s majesty and mystery in equal measure all along the way.

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The Bel is Back

The Show Must Go On! Bel Canto returns to the Highlands Performing Arts Center on September 12 with a quartet of stellar performers. This event is always a sellout – mail your contact information to Bel Canto Recital, P.O. Box 2392, Highlands, NC 28741 or call The Bascom at (828) 787-2867.

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Groundbreaking at Highlands PAC

The Highlands Performing Arts Center, located at 507 Chestnut Street, embarks upon a new project laden with promise and possibilities.

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Keeping the Home Fires Burning

The Firewood Company is at the heart of your favorite restaurant or cozy evening. For more information call (828) 200-3050 and ask for Bob or email bobhenritze@gmail.com.

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Secrets of Snot Otters

We’ll bet you didn’t know you had a neighbor that goes by the name Snot Otter. You can learn all about these misunderstood creatures at the virtual Village Nature series presentation at 5:00 P.M. July 29. Check HCLT’s website or Facebook page for a zoom link to this presentation.

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Faraway Soirée

The Highlands Biological Foundation celebrates the beauty and mystery that’s the Plateau’s natural heritage with an exclusive Soirée at Faraway, 6:00 P.M. Monday, August 2. For more information about this exquisite fundraising event and to purchase a ticket, call (828) 526-2221.

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Whodunnit – Highlands Style

Our little mountain town looks so tranquil, but there’re plenty of shady characters lurking in the pages of Death on the Mountain.

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Toxaway For Foodies

There’s Historic Toxaway Market at 15889 Rosman Highway in Lake Toxaway and, right across the street, Mountain Café. Both offer palate-pleasing treats and, just as important, a taste of this friendly mountain community.

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The Art of Leslie Jeffery

For Leslie Jeffery, every landscape, every beast and bird, every mood of the ocean, deserves to be captured by her imagination and poured onto her canvas. You can view her work at Ann Lea Fine Art Gallery, 976 Hwy. 64 East in Cashiers.

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