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Art League Partners with Community
Although The Art League’s active season is over for 2018, behind the scenes, plans are underway for this year. It’s also a time when the League’s Board reflects on the year just ended. We are proud of what we have accomplished and look forward to an even better season in 2019. There were six free quality public presentations given at …
Live Via Satellite
The Live via Satellite Series will continue throughout the winter at the Highlands Performing Arts Center. On January 5, join us at 1:00 P.M. as The National Theatre of London presents “Allelujah! by Alan Bennett. Twelve mature actors, playing patients encouraged to form a hospital choir, frequently totter into song-and-dance numbers. But there’s also a pitch-black plot twist, and a …
Making Tracks with Mud
Growing up an Air Force brat, Steven Chandler moved around a lot and found himself having to make and remake his mark in new communities. Born in Nebraska, he grew up all over. His father was an officer and worked in the Space Program. When asked how he got involved in art, Steven replies, “I started in kindergarten. One day …
Highlands-Cashiers Players Hold a Pair of Auditions
The Highlands Cashiers Players’ perennially-popular Dinner Theater is scheduled for March at the Highlands Performing Arts Center, but will be held in a much more spacious area than in the past – upstairs in the PAC auditorium. Four short humorous plays will be presented between dinner courses, directed by four different directors: Lynleigh McLain, Donna Cochran, Jamie Thomas, and new …
Snow Much Fun
There were so many excellent photos submitted for our Winter Cover contest, but we were particularly captivated by this dazzler by Sharon Elder of the Mirror Lake community in Highlands. Her prize-winning photo was taken with her iPhone. Sharon and her husband retired to Highlands full time but have been coming up from Alabama for decades. Sharon and Phil have …
Laurel’s Cover Contest
The stark beauty of winter beckons the inner photographer in us all to take a few moments in the quiet beauty of nature, trying to capture the beauty of the moment so we can carry it with us throughout the year. From the bright red flash of a Cardinal or holly berry against the barren trees, to expansive sunrises and …
Local Love
As locals, we all know that living near the Plateau is a real blessing. Another glad tiding for those of us living in Macon, Jackson, Transylvania, or Rabun counties is the return of Old Edwards Inn and Spa’s “We Love Locals” winter promotion. The promotion will kick off early this year as the Fitness Center welcomes you to attend any …
Game of Thrones
While “Party Poopers,” “Redneck Wishing Well,” and “Who Cut The Cheese?” may sound like slightly off-color party games, they are, in fact, team names for participants in the annual Sapphire Valley Resort Outhouse Race, held this year on Saturday, February 16. Festivities begin at 11:00 A.M. at the Sapphire Valley Resort. This event draws spectators from across the Southeast to …
Have an ice day
Highlands is blessed to have many amenities not often seen in tiny mountain communities. Thanks to the generosity of a host of people, we have a year-round pool, a skate park, and an ice skating rink, among others. If you’ve never before had the opportunity to fly around the ice, Highlands is the perfect place to try it. There are …
Cashiers Library
Synchronized with the multitude of New Year’s resolutions made at the start of 2019, Albert Carlton-Cashiers Community Library is hosting a series of workshops designed to help participants achieve their personal health and wellness goals. Health Coach Patty Smith, who holds a master’s degree from International Health Coach University and boasts extensive health coach training from the Institute of Integrative …
Hudson Heats Up Winter
It used to be that winter was the “slow” time of year at Hudson Library – not so anymore! As part of a Makerspace Grant received by Fontana Regional Library, the Hudson has been able to purchase some useful new gadgets. A lot of these are educational tools for the kiddos, including building kits, robots, and 3D pens, that are …
The Bascom’s Winter Exhibitions
The new year brings a pair of annual exhibits to The Bascom. Both in their fifth year, the Winter Resident Artist Program, and the expanding Western Carolina University Student Exhibition will proudly be on display at The Bascom. The Bascom’s Winter Resident Artist Program, WRAP, calls on students or faculty from the surrounding universities to submit site-specific installation proposals for …
