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Stock Up and Yum Up
October is the last month for the Highlands Marketplace, held Saturdays in Founders Park, and it’s the perfect time to load up on gifts, crafts, and some tasty Autumn veggies. Vendors set up their tents early and you’ll see customers arriving with shopping bags ready to fill with the goodness of locally grown produce Arugula and apples will be in …
A Matter Of Taste
As Virginia Woolf said, “One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.” Food and water are essential for survival, but mankind’s relationship to food has transformed over time from one of sustenance to one laden with personal and cultural significance. “A Matter of Taste” explores depictions of food and drink in art and reveals …
Outdoor Music Concerts
All good things must come to an end, and so it is with another exciting season of outdoor music concerts in Highlands. Saturdays on Pine celebrated its final concert of the season over the Labor Day weekend, and now Friday Night Live is winding up another fun-filled season of traditional mountain music with two final October concerts. Held at Town …
Cast Iron Cooking
Is Cast Iron Cooking hot enough for you? Don’t we all want to have a party that sizzles? Please join us for a demonstration and luncheon created at fireside with Mary Palmer Dargan at Dovecote/ Dargan Landscape Architects on Friday, October 12, from 10:00 A.M. to 12:30 P.M. Learn how to prep your cast iron prior to cooking, novel ways …
Highlands on the Half Shell
Join the Highlands Biological Foundation for a Cajun celebration on Sunday, October 7, for Highlands on the Half-Shell in the meadow behind the Highlands Nature Center. This annual fall event supports the Highlands Biological Foundation. The bayou comes to the mountains with a feast of oysters, gumbo, and other Louisiana delicacies under the canopy of Highland’s autumn flame-colored leaves. The …
Highlands Halloween
Who doesn’t look forward to Highlands’ annual celebration of Halloween? The event will be held on Wednesday, October 31 from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m., and offers fun for everyone. Highlands-Cashiers Hospital, a Mission Health Hospital, is the proud sponsor of the All Hallows Eve Celebration this year. Jackie Medland, President and Chief Nursing Officer of the Highlands-Cashiers Hospital says, “It …
Croquet for Cause
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Cashiers hosted its Fourth Annual Croquet Tournament fundraiser this summer. There were 48 players from a variety of clubs on the Plateau. We’d like to thank Country Club of Sapphire Valley for providing courts and hosting the luncheon for our tournament. In addition to playing on these beautiful courts, the players also enjoyed competing for …
Founder’s Day
Cashiers Historical Society hosts their 15th annual Founder’s Day Celebration on Thursday, September 27, this year. Now in its fifteenth year, the Historical Society hosts all third and fourth graders from Blue Ridge and Summit Charter Schools, as well as homeschoolers, for a celebration of the area’s roots, reflecting on life in the 19th century, and celebrating our rich cultural …
Bascom Happenings
The season is beginning to slow down on The Plateau but we’re still full steam ahead with activity at The Bascom. We offer workshops, art by appointment, tours, and, of course, exhibits! Our workshops for the month of September include everything from painting, to wood working, to mixed media, to ceramics and more. Take a class with New Orleans-based Ann …
A Short Stack for a Tall Cause
Come join us for our last pancake breakfast of the season. The breakfast will be held at the Old Scaly School House on Buck Knob Road on Saturday, September 23. Breakfast is served from 8:00 until 10:30 A.M. There will be blueberry pancakes (berries are picked, washed, and frozen by members), plain pancakes, Blalock sausage, orange juice, and coffee. It …
Blessing of the Animals
The Blessing of the Animals is a tradition in the Cashiers community started by the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd. Cashiers area churches will observe this annual event at 11:00 A.M. on Saturday, September 29, at The Village Green Commons on Frank Allen Road. Bring a chair to this gathering with animals that features music and prayer in celebration …
HIghlands Food & Wine
The planets have aligned to lure stars of the culinary and musical worlds here for the Highlands Food and Wine Festival, November 8-11. Visit HighlandsFoodAndWine.com for a complete list of all the talent who will be participating in this, the most popular food, wine, and music event in the Southeast. You’ll see bios of chefs from all over the …
