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Chef Dinner Series

To kick off the 2024 year of events, Chef Craig Richards takes the helm of the first 2024 Old Edwards Inn Chef Dinner on Sunday, April 14, at The Farm at Old Edwards. 

Playful Bites, Delightful Menu

A getaway to The Hideaway at The High Dive is a welcome wake-up. Discover for yourself at 476 Carolina Way in Highlands.

More Than Just a Play

The squabbles in Squabbles are animated by love and its ensuing complications, March 28-April 7 at Highlands Performing Arts Center.


Spring Brims with Music

Artistic Director William Ransom’s unyielding demands for excellence have earned Highlands-Cashiers Chamber Music Festival a global reputation for innovative programming.

Zydeco, Bluegrass, and So Much More

The Highlands Performing Arts Center brings the sounds of classic rock, bluegrass, Texas-infused tenors, and a dash of zydeco.

Hemlock Workshop at The Mountain Retreat & Learning Center

An innovative workshop offered at The Mountain Retreat & Learning Center will offer treatment options for the threatened hemlock forests that surround the Plateau. For information and registration, visit savehemlocksnc.org/highlands-workshop or call (828) 252-4783.


Exploring Photographic Boundaries

At the start of a busy year ahead, The Bascom welcomes its 2024 Photography Artist in Residence, Erik Mace.

Inspiring Future Artists

Mountain Theatre Company employs an entire suite of options to make its performances available to the widest possible Plateau audience.

The Stage is Set

Highlands Performing Arts Center launches a glorious season of art and opera with a trio of presentations.


PAC For Kids

Two – count ‘em ! – two student musicals will be staged this month by Highlands Performing Arts Center’s PAC Educational Theatre.

Petaled Portraits

For our March Cover Artist McCalister Russell, a confrontation with her own mortality has given her work depth and an irrepressible vitality.

Addressing Nature Directly

The Plateau’s preservation ethic was built into the Appalachian Trail.