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Paula Jones’ Grouper Hemingway
Furniture designer Paula Jones strolls through the grocery store with a smile so magnetic that it seems to set the whole place aglow. On her wrist she brandishes a woven wood peach “shopping basket.” Yet there’s more to know about her – for the woman that appears and is so approachable is also a deeply talented artist and a …
Take it Out
I’ve been writing restaurant reviews for Laurel for six years. That’s given me and Tricia and a select group of friends entree into an astonishing collection of restaurants, ranging from little Mom and Pop places where you know your server and the people in the kitchen and it’s like being welcomed into a friend’s home, to lavish dining rooms that …
The Power Of Art
Throughout 2019, The Bascom’s staff and leadership spent hours in meetings and discussions as they worked with The DeVos Institute of Arts Management to create a new strategic plan, services that were awarded to The Bascom pro bono as part of The DeVos Institute’s Rural Initiative. For months, committee members pored over statistics, interviews, and presentations. Tough questions were asked …
The Art of Jim Lewis
In the folk art world, Kentucky is the home of the world’s most renowned folk woodcarvers, Minnie Adkins, Lonnie and Twyla Money, Harry Jennings, the Skaggs family, and others. Jim Lewis also belongs to this stellar group. Jim was born and raised in Kentucky and continues to call the Bluegrass State home. Jim’s world was pretty conventional…he married, had a …
Simply The Best
EVENT CANCELLED. Before I was an antiques dealer (Mirror Lake Antiques), I taught chemistry. As a scientist I always hated it when people used superlatives, especially in advertising. Calling something “the finest,” “the best,” “the greatest” has always bothered me because I was taught, “there are no absolutes in science.” That said, I am about to break my own rule: …
The Art League of Highlands-Cashiers
The Art League of Highlands-Cashiers kicks off its 2020 season at 4:30 P.M., May 18, in The Bascom atrium with a wine reception. At 5:00 P.M., botanical artist Carol Misner will give a presentation of her work. Ms. Misner, a former math professor, began her professional art career nearly two decades ago in Birmingham, Alabama. A friend who’s an interior …
Stay Connected To The Arts
As we all manage our way through the next bit of time, stay connected to the Arts with help from the Highlands Performing Arts Center. Many arts organizations and individual artists are streaming encore performances and live concerts. There are live jazz concerts from Harlem and New Orleans – The MET Opera is streaming encore performances of your favorite …
Whisper of the Divine
Wherever Debbie Delany steps, it seems she’s surrounded by flowers. She’s the walking center of a lifetime bouquet. It’s no wonder. The sweet sap that runs in garden stems and limbs also runs in the blood of her family tree. Her great aunt painted flowers and botanicals on canvas, miniature to larger-than-life. Other family members were exquisite gardeners, and some, …
Life’s Visual Commentary
Chelsea Cronkrite is not only a talented photographer, she thinks deeply and speaks intelligently about her passion. Like most gifted photographers Chelsea came to a crossroads early in her career. She deliberated, “Shall I go left, down the Fine Artist’s Path or follow the right, the Commercial Artist’s Calling?” Both careers are worthy. Both have their challenges. They even overlap …
Art for a Cause
EVENT CANCELLED. For 13 years, Cashiers residents and visitors alike, as well as people from surrounding areas, have looked forward to some good old fashioned philanthropy via a good old fashioned arts and crafts event. Twice a year, in May and in September, the Rotary Club of Cashiers Valley transforms The Village Green in Cashiers into a living, breathing art …
We Have the Curtains Cued
The show must go on, and so it has for centuries in theaters across the United States and all around the world . . .until covid-19 struck. This is the first time ever that the Highlands Playhouse has been forced to cancel a season in its 82-year chronicle of sensational summer theater. HP’s Board of Directors, Managing Director, and new …
Seek Online and Ye Shall Find
Whether this issue of The Laurel finds the world “back to normal” or still in the throes of covid-19, Hudson Library in Highlands always offers a multitude of online resources. So, whether housebound for safety reasons or sheltering inside from dreary weather, there’s always ample opportunity to expand horizons, catch up on news and culture, and even learn a new …
