Highlands Emergency Council’s Neighborhood Cookout, set for September 1 at Highlands Community Building, is a cheerful celebration of what’s best about Plateau Life..
It’s a Garden of Earthly Delights – Carolinas Dahlia Society’s 35th Annual Dahlia Show, set for September 14 and 15 at the Village Green, is a celebration of this most transcendent of blossoms. For more details, visit carolinasdahliasociety.org.
Author Katherine Reay may enjoy the Highlands-Cashiers Plateau, but she clearly relishes the shadowy world of espionage. Discover how this passion has given her novels a potent immediacy – 3:00 P.M. Wednesday, August 14, at Albert Carlton-Cashiers Community Library.
The inescapable charm of Dahlias earns them center stage honors with Highlands’ Dazzling Dahlia Festival, September 6-7.
Norman Mackenzie returns to First Presbyterian Church of Highlands to celebrate the 20th birthday of the church’s magnificent Wicks pipe organ – 5:00 P.M. Thursday, August 15. Everyone is invited to this free concert.
The Cashiers Designer Showhouse, set for August 23-31, is a deep dive into gracious Plateau Living. For a complete listing of events and times, visit cashiershistoricalsociety.org.
2024’s incarnation of Highlands Food & Wine Festival, set for November 7 through 10, is serving up lots of comfortable old favorite features and some tantalizing surprises to keep everyone sated and oh-so-happy. For tickets and more information visit highlandsfoodandwine.com.
Though its triumphant Summer Season is winding down, Mountain Theatre Company still has some fat rabbits to pull from its hat. Tickets are available at mountaintheatre.com/on-stage.
The Interlude Concert Series, which is sponsored by Highlands First Presbyterian Church, continues with a great lineup this month. Concerts are on Wednesdays at 2:00 P.M. at First Presbyterian Church.
Reader’s Delight! The twin libraries are hosting “authorized” events throughout August. It’s all free and everyone is invited.
