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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Scott Daniel Takes the helm at Highlands Playhouse

Highlands Playhouse’s Scott Daniel is ensuring everything is in place as the curtain rises on a season filled with possibilities.

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PAC is Back!

The Highlands Performing Arts Center springs to life with a calendar crammed with events and performances. Highlands PAC is located at 507 Chestnut Street.

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Pictures at an Exhibition

Of course Mussorgsky’s sensational Pictures at an Exhibition will be performed at the opening of the Highlands-Cashiers Chamber Music Festival’s exhibit of Program Book Art at The Bascom, Sunday, June 27. For reservations, call (828) 526-9060.

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HCCMF’s 40th Anniversary

Highlands-Cashiers Chamber Music Festival’s bravura 40th Anniversary delivers an entire season of superlatives. For information or tickets, call (828) 526-9060 or visit h-cmusicfestival.org.

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Botanical Meets Mechanical, Cover Artist Sue Steele Thomas

The lines, the curves, the irrefutable suggestion of thrumming horsepower waiting to be untethered – there are a thousand reasons for Sue Steele Thomas’s automotive passion. Those reasons lie at the center of a pulse-pounding exhibition at The Bascom.

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Go with the Flow

Vexing questions about water need to be answered before buying Plateau property.

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At a Glance Waterfall Guide

Enjoy this sampling of area waterfalls, for a deep dive visit thelaurelmagazine.com/recreation.

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Likeable, Hikeable Falls: Upper Middle Creek Falls

Stepping just slightly off the Beaten Path reveals hidden wonders like the hypnotic Upper Middle Creek Falls.

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Sustaining the Ecology: Highlands Biological Foundation

Keeping track of our winged neighbors requires a concerted effort and a watchmaker’s attention to detail.

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No Better Balm Than a Good Dig: Gardening on the Plateau

Joey Kyle’s Plateau Planting Wisdom will pay dividends later in the season – witness his Wild Greens Pesto.

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Our Ringed-Necked Ducks

They dive, they dabble and they decorate our lakes and ponds – Ring-Necked Ducks are leaving us for the season, but not without putting on an endlessly entertaining show.

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Common Course Courtesy

Erika’s wise words on Golf Course Behavior take on added weight when they’re given as Motherly Advice.

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