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Lunch for Literacy
Local restaurants have banded together to support the Literacy Council of Cashiers. Lunch for Literacy, slated for Friday, July 5, is a marvelous way for everyone in the community to enjoy a great meal and benefit the 30 percent of Jackson County residents who live within the lowest levels of reading and math literacy. Participating restaurants will split their proceeds …
The Altitudes
There’s a reason they call it Altitudes. At 4,300 feet, the restaurant at Skyline Lodge commands an awe-inspiring view of the Nantahala National Forest. The casual elegance of Altitudes is quintessentially Highlands. Now in their 26th season, they’ve added a few new menu choices to bring your dining experience to new heights. The bright, airy dining room is bathed in …
Champagne Supper Club
The 1920’s was a wild and extravagant decade. Celebrities and socialites rubbed shoulders with artists and the well-to-do at glitzy parties and hot-jazz clubs. Supper clubs and speakeasies were filled with philosophical conversations between poets and intellectuals. This carefree atmosphere was especially alluring against the elegant backdrop of Left Bank Paris. On Wednesday, June 12, experience this decadent era for …
Big Ol’ Mountain Breakfast
Fishes and Loaves Food Pantry invites everyone out to their 11th annual Big Ol’ Mountain Country Breakfast on Saturday, July 6, from 8:00 until 11:00 A.M. at the Cashiers Community Center. This Cashiers tradition is a must-do to finish your Fourth of July week off with delicious home cooking. Worry about calories tomorrow, today throw caution to the wind and …
Comfort Dining of the Highest Order
We at Laurel spend a lot of ink rhapsodizing about life on the Highlands-Cashiers Plateau. From the natural glories to the galvanizing art scene to the dreamers, they all get their moment to shine. Heck, every month I spotlight restaurants that are thriving in this most-Darwinian of environments. But here’s the secret harbored in the deepest corners of the hearts …
The Highlands Men’s Chorus
The Highlands Men’s Chorus will present the Annual Patriotic Concert at 8:00 P.M. on Thursday, July 4, at Highlands First Presbyterian Church. The concert will consist of many favorites, including “America the Beautiful”, “This is My Country,” “A Tribute to the Armed Services,” “God Bless the U.S.A.,” “Battle Hymn of the Republic,” “God Bless America,” and more. There will also …
2019 Interlude Concerts
Highlands First Presbyterian Church will launch its 2019 Interlude Concert Series with a July 10 performance by Violinist Kate Ransom and her brother, Pianist William Ransom. Ms. Ransom is the President of the Music School of Delaware and has been a favorite performer at the Highlands-Cashiers Chamber Music Festival. William Ransom is the Mary Emerson Professor of Piano at Emory …
Created to Create
Why should you come to yet another art and craft show? Well, I can give you 80 reasons. Those are the 80 talented artists and crafters who will amaze and inspire you, who might occasionally blow your mind. If you’re anything like me, you’ll find yourself asking, “Where on earth do they get these ideas?” or “Wow! How do they …
Bel Canto’s 27th Season
Sunday, September 8, marks the 27th Anniversary Performance of Bel Canto. The performance will begin at 4:00 P.M., with dinner at Highlands Country Club immediately following. This year’s program brings three newcomers to Bel Canto – Leah Partridge, soprano; Kirstin Chavez, mezzo-soprano, and Scott Quinn, tenor. Returning for his third appearance will be Christopher Clayton, baritone. Those of you lucky …
Original World’s Quilt on Display
The Original World’s Quilt will be featured at this year’s Mountain Artisan’s Summertime Arts and Crafts Show. This masterpiece was created for the 1982 World’s Fair in Knoxville to advertise Franklin, North Carolina, as the Quilting Capital of the World. It’s 19 by 22 feet and shows off 116 traditional patchwork and appliqué patterns. It took 96 quilters more than …
Anne-Marie Chagnon
Wearing a piece of Anne-Marie Chagnon’s jewelry is like donning a mini Calder or Brancusi. It has all the energy of a monumental modern sculpture compressed into a vibrating, miniature form. If you’ve not seen Chagnon’s work (which is a guaranteed fall-in-love experience), get ready for a jaw-dropping encounter. Chagnon is a multi-disciplinary artist whose work is purchased and praised …
The Watchers
From locales throughout the United States to the rolling hills of the Emerald Isle, they are watching us … and we don’t mind a bit. Who are they? “The Watchers,” the brainchild of veteran sculptor and Highlands resident Jim Collins. His pieces are figurative, human or animal forms, fashioned out of laser-cut stainless steel, often partnered with wood, copper, brass …
