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Helping H.A.N.D.S. Christmas Dinner
Since moving to Highlands five years ago, I often heard about the charitable Christmas Dinner at Highlands Country Club. In the store where I worked, folks talked about the dinner with the fervor and excitement normally reserved for high-end, tony restaurants. I learned that the dinner, sponsored by HANDS (Highlands Area Non Profit Donation Sharing), was launched in 2001 …
A Smashing Success
The Highlands-Cashiers Chamber Music Festival ‘s 38th season has ended and was a smashing success! It took many to present the caliber of talent that keeps our patrons coming back year after year; so much was due to the generosity of others and a hard-working board of directors led by Martha Pearson. Our Artistic Director, William Ransom, is unparalleled. …
Merriest Wishes for the Holidays
In 2020 we are busy working to bring you the best Chamber Music season ever. Two superstar violinists will debut in the New Year: Cho-Ling Lin and Ray Chen! Also new to the festival will be violist Zhenwei Shi, the Hermes String Quartet from Paris, pianists Anastasia Huppmann and Inna Faliks and harpist Bridget Kibbey. Many have asked and …
A Summer of Sold-out-Shows
It’s been a year of change for the Highlands Playhouse, change both exciting and challenging. But as Albert Einstein said, “In the middle of change lies opportunity.” Playhouse management and patrons rose to all occasions. Here’s Managing Director Lance Matzke’s review of this amazing year: “In February, we hosted our first ever Oscar Party. Nominated films were screened during our …
Legendary Life of Gauguin
A languid journey to the South Pacfic, a tumultuous passage from Jamaica to Great Britain, and the timeless enchantment of “The Magic Flute” are offered at The Highlands Performing Arts Center. The Highlands Performing Arts Center, in conjunction with The Bascom Center for VIsual Arts, will present “Gauguin in Tahiti: Paradise Lost,” the latest in the Great Art on Screen series …
Art League’s Thanks to The Bascom
The Bascom Center for the Visual Arts has had a major impact on the Highlands-Cashiers Plateau’s art community. The Art League of Highlands-Cashiers is especially grateful for the partnership that has developed between our two organizations. The Bascom has been supporting the Art League in many ways over the years. To be sure, it’s provided a venue for the …
Winter’s Wonder at The Bascom
Winter is here and The Bascom celebrates the changing season by providing professional development and exhibition opportunities for students and faculty of higher education institutions. Through two important programs, The Bascom becomes a crossroads for connecting students, faculty, and the community through the new and innovative work being created in these art programs. In 2020, The Bascom will be …
Mystery Infused with Whimsy
When you encounter artist O.M. Norling’s 6.5 paintings at The Bascom, you’ve obtained a passport to a vision that’s just slightly left of reality. Each is crafted with a dream logic that beguiles in its healthy dose of mystery infused with a dash of whimsy. Gaze carefully and you may even detect the notes of a half-remembered fragment of music. …
Billy Roper, Folk Artist
Billy Roper was born and raised in the North Georgia mountains. Billy was into his 40s before he ever sold his first painting, and at that time, he painted on anything he could find. Today, he paints primarily on wood, canvas, and paper using rich bold and vibrant colors. Many of his works feature the culture of his Appalachian roots …
Grandpa’s Workshop
Mike Holden crafts marvelous wooden toys. Customers with an eye for aesthetics appreciate his model forms and delight in their durability and movement. Two events shaped Mike’s design destiny. First, when he was 12, his 30-something brother showed him his new scroll saw (a narrow-bladed tool for cutting intricate designs). “It tickled my fancy,” says Mike. “I used his saw …
Painting Personalities
Patti Gilley is most at home in a woodland, pasture, or field observing the wildlife, making sketches for future paintings, taking photos, and breathing in the delicious mountain air. Painting called to her early on. She took an art class in high school. After graduation, Life pulled her in a lot of directions, all welcomed. It wasn’t until she married, …
Make Sure a kid Has Christmas
Shop With A Cop is a program for children who will have little or no Christmas – a dynamic charity led by the local law enforcement officers acting in coordination with teachers, churches, after school programs, and community organizations like The Mountain Garden Club and the Rotary Club of Highlands. Each participating child will have a $100 electronic debit …
