Cashiers NC

As Halloween approaches and the legend of Spearfinger stirs, artist Michele Page Webster shares her love of folklore, nature, and the creative spirit that inspires her paintings.

Highlands Cashiers Players brings a pair of delightfully funny Dracula comedies to the Martin Lipscomb Theatre October 15-18 and October 22-25.

The Highlands-Cashiers Chamber Music Festival closes its 45th season with gratitude for the community behind
the music.

The loggerhead shrike, known as the “butcher bird,” stores prey on thorns and barbed wire for later meals. Its population has declined, but habitat protection could help the species recover.

Goblins on the Green returns to The Village Green on October 30 with trick-or-treating and family-friendly Halloween fun.

Highlands and Cashiers libraries offer a month of crafts, author visits, games, and family-friendly activities. Special events and weekly gatherings provide plenty of reasons to stop by and join the fun.

Appalachian traditions are alive and well at the Highlands and Cashiers farmers markets, where artisans like Rebecca Queen join local growers
for the season’s final markets.

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Brian Goldstone will headline Pisgah Legal Services’ Justice Forum on October 22, exploring housing insecurity and affordability in Western North Carolina.

On October 21, National Support Your Local Chamber of Commerce Day celebrates the connections that help local businesses and communities thrive.