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Where the Happy Lives
It’s always a joy to visit Smitten’s Deb Hudson and see what new kinds of happy fill her current canvases. This time it’s bears and cows and pigs and pets, each portrayed in a state of creative critter bliss. Take Pigtini, a pudgy little piglet snuggled into a cocktail glass. Or his cousin, Bearbon, a bear curled up in a …
Where the Happy Lives
It’s always a joy to visit Smitten’s Deb Hudson and see what new kinds of happy fill her current canvases. This time it’s bears and cows and pigs and pets, each portrayed in a state of creative critter bliss. Take Pigtini, a pudgy little piglet snuggled into a cocktail glass. Or his cousin, Bearbon, a bear curled up in a …
Encore Performance
The Highlands Performing Arts Center will present the National Theatre of London’s encore performance of “The Audience” starring Helen Mirren as Queen Elizabeth II. The Queen is a modern constitutional monarch who reigns but does not rule. She has influence rather than power. Her influence is exerted by means of three fundamental constitutional rights – the right to be consulted, …
Beethoven, Bailey and a Big Band
The 38th annual Highlands-Cashiers Chamber Music Festival concludes on August 11, when the Gershon-Cohn Final Gala and Dinner Party presents our first-ever swing concert with “Beethoven, Bailey and a Big Band” featuring cellist Zuill Bailey, pianist and Festival Artistic Director William Ransom, and the Joe Gransden Big Band. Cellist Zuill Bailey’s combination of musical artistry, technical wizardry and engaging personality …
Leslie Jeffrey, Abstractionist
From a young age, Leslie Jeffery was exposed to art. At five or six years old, she would accompany her grandmother, who founded the Tampa Art Institute, on plein air painting excursions, and quickly developed a love of art. Ms. Jeffery will be the Art League’s guest speaker at its August 26 meeting at The Bascom. Leslie went on to …
Always, A Winner
The Highlands Playhouse gets as much enjoyment out of picking the winners they know you’ll love as you get from watching them. And this season’s finale won’t disappoint. It’s “Always, Patsy Cline,” a Highlands hit five years ago, guaranteed to be even more impressive in 2019. This time there are new performers, an intimate cast of two fabulous actresses who …
Jim McDowell’s Face Jugs
Jim McDowell is believed to be the only American black potter who creates face jugs, made of clay, inspired by his African heritage, African traditions, and his family lineage. His four-times-Great Aunt Evangeline was an enslaved potter in Jamaica who made face jugs. He’s been making them for over 35 years. They’ve been displayed in galleries and museums from …
Martha Wright, Clay Artist
As we maneuver through life, sometimes the things we are drawn to seem disparate. Martha Wright, semi-retired CPA, had an epiphany. Here she was…a talented, left-brain math girl. But she noted she was also a lover of animals and supporter of the Humane Society. She collected ceramic creatures. She hung bird prints everywhere. Along her CPA-way, all her treasures …
Terry Barnes Photography
Bright, bold, vibrant, vivid. That’s how Terry Barnes views the world. His digital genius intensifies what he sees, and he brings that brilliance to welcoming walls from cozy cabins to commercial entryways. A self-taught, veteran photographer, he moved from the world of darkroom to a dynamic digital studio, marrying skills and secrets of both processes. He favors a larger format…bigger …
Empty Bowls
On Sunday, October 6, please join Fishes and Loaves Food Ministry and Cashiers churches at The Orchard Event Barn for the Empty Bowls Soup Luncheon from noon to 2:00 P.M. Local artisans have created unique, hand-crafted bowls that can be filled with the eight different varieties of soup crafted by eight of Cashiers’ finest chefs. Cost of the event is …
Good Clean Fun
Soap is a very common product that is found in every household. However, the craft of handmade soap is a unique art form and those who create it are nothing short of artists. The perfect mix of ingredients often provide a combination of pleasing scents and moisturizer for the skin. Commercial soaps often contain harsh ingredients that strip …
Rivers Rutherford and Friends
Blue Ridge School and Early College in Cashiers may be small, but their dedication to the students knows no bounds. Educating just over 360 students in grades Pre-K through 12, including an optional 13th year for the students in the Early College program, BRS prides itself on their small campus and their ability to provide a more personal educational experience. …
