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Winery and Finery
Once a year The Bascom brings out its best winery and finery for the event of the season ‘…the Collective Spirits Wine and Food Festival. Not only is it three days of sumptuous tastes and vintage spirits, the affair is a chance to connect with friends, be treated like royalty, and snap up classy auction items. Over 600 attendees will …
Knowledge at Your Fingertips
The Center for Life Enrichment is springing to life with a fresh slate of new courses and offerings. For Arts and Architecture, we’re offering “Beginning Drawing,” “Existential Themes in Film Noir,” and “The Utopian Communities” (this lecture is in conjunction with The Bascom’s exhibition, “Another Better World”). In the fascinating arena of Computers and Technology, where some of us …
Founder’s Park Food and Fun
Spring and warm weather means it’s time again for Highlands Marketplace. Held in the Kelsey-Hutchinson Park on Saturdays from 8:00 A.M. to noon, this is the spot to find a variety of homegrown goods and fresh dairy products. The Market has been a blessing to folks looking to buy fresh, local produce, honey, and other homemade goodness. Since no …
Magical Botanical
The merry month of May signals the start of many programs, classes, and events for the Highlands Biological Station. We hope you’ll join us to welcome spring by stopping in at the Nature Center, taking a stroll around the Botanical Garden or signing up for one of our classes or programs. Wildflower Whimsy is a two-day event taking place Friday, …
They Put the Cash in Cashiers
Cashiers Cares distributed over $22,000 at its March meeting to representatives of the nine charities supported by its fundraising efforts. Under the leadership of Lynne Keating, it was the most successful year since its beginning. The charities are Fishes and Loaves Pantry, Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Cashiers, Community Care Clinic, Blue Ridge Free Dental Clinic, Clean Slate Coalition, Literacy Council …
Locally Owned and Grown
Do you know what a CSA is? It stands for Community Supported Agriculture and means that you buy shares in a farmer’s harvest. What do you get for your money? You’re guaranteed the freshest produce available and it comes directly from your neighbors. The Cashiers-Highlands area is lucky to have a CSA right here and it’s called Blue …
The Recovery Journey
NAMI Appalachian South, the local affiliate of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, is excited for the spring and seasons! The mission of NAMI North Carolina is to provide support, education, advocacy, and public awareness so that all affected by mental illness can build better lives. Here’s what we’re offering this year: Family to Family – For family members of …
The Equine Experience
Who would have ever thought that at the end of a dirt road, eight miles from Highlands’ Main Street, Carpe Diem Farms would be the site of a discovery changing the lives of horses around the globe? Little did we know 25 years ago when we began “Exploring the Human Potential Through Equines” that the horses of CDF would be …
Faux Fur Ball
It’s spring again, and Friends for Life invites you to join us for our 10th annual Faux Fur Ball. Those of you on our mailing list may have already received your private invitation. Some of you know that this celebration is actually, “No ball at all. So don’t put on your ritz and glitz, just send us a donation for …
Literacy for Life
While we all know that literacy is important, specialists are now informing us that the first 2,000 days of a child’s life are even more critical than we thought. From the website first2000days.org, we gain more insight into this process: “Brains are built, not born.” The brain is one of the only organs not fully developed at birth. Most …
Satulah’s Peak Experience
Satulah Mountain has been a place of significance for a long time. To the Cherokee it was known as “Grumbler” or “Snorter,” perhaps a place to stay away from. To the first settlers it may have looked like a sitting stool and perhaps Satulah is a derivation of “Stoolie.” In 1909, the residents of Highlands thought enough of the mountain …
Gracious Guides
Imagine you’ve just battled the mountain road up to Highlands. It’s your first trip here and you’re stumped. Yes, it’s beautiful. Yes, there is hiking to be done, but where? If you’re smart, you’ll stop by the Highlands Visitor Center. They have everything you need for a well-informed visit – maps, brochures, magazines, and gracious volunteers to answer your …
