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Collective Spirits
The Bascom’s 11th Annual Collective Spirits: A Celebration of Art, Food and Wine is slated for June 8-10 and promises to be even better than ever. They’re spicing it up this year by introducing craft beer and other spirits to the menu, which will draw even more people to this exciting weekend. The event starts on Thursday, June 8, with …
Annual Spring Cleaning
April showers bring May flowers, and here on the Plateau April also brings Highlanders together doing the serious work of spring cleaning in anticipation of our coming summer season. More daylight hours, budding flowers, and that wonderful feeling of spring in the air makes us all want to shake off the gray of winter and do our part sprucing up …
Candid Critters
Whether you’re a lifetime resident of the Highlands-Cashiers Plateau or the briefest of seasonal residents, you know that you share your living space with a host of wild neighbors. Squirrels, rabbits, raccoons, foxes, bobcats, deer, bears, maybe even elk or, maybe, maybe, panthers − there’s a secret parade that’s staged just outside your sight every day and every night. They’re …
Hattie Bryant Speaks
Award-winning Canyon Kitchen will be the venue for a fundraiser for Hospice House Foundation of Western North Carolina on Wednesday, May 10. Not only is this a most worthy cause, but it’s guaranteed to be an evening of fun and shared experience, along with exquisite dining. A highlight of the evening will be guest speaker Hattie Bryant. Bryant is a …
Take a Bite Out of Hunger
Highlands United Methodist Church is well on its way to the final stages of its Faith and Fellowship Center, due to be completed this summer. The Food Pantry of Highlands, being one of the many ministries of the church, is guaranteed space in the new building and Executive Director Marty Rosenfield is forever grateful. The Pantry is currently housed in …
Run. Cycle. SOAR!
The 14th Annual Special Operations Adventure Race (SOAR) benefiting the Special Operations Warrior Foundation (SOWF) will be held on June 13, 2015. This annual event continues to draw outdoor enthusiasts from across the southeast who come to the mountains to challenge themselves and raise money for a great cause. Since its inception the Highlands Annual SOAR race has raised hundreds …
Preserving Heritage Apple Trees
The Cashiers Historical Society is sponsoring its 2017 Heritage Apple Day on Saturday, March 18, from 11:00 A.M. until 3:00 P.M. at the Cashiers Community Center across from the Cashiers Fire Department. Join them in celebrating the horticulture history of the area by learning to identify and preserve ancient apple varieties that have flourished in the mountains for years. Admission …
Joy on the Green
One of the highlights of this summer is the always popular Joy Garden Tour to benefit The Village Green in Cashiers in July. Joy Garden Tour is a biennial fundraising event for The Village Green with proceeds providing the funds needed to operate, maintain and improve the 13.2-acre park in the heart of Cashiers. “This is the Silver Jubilee …
Three River Fly Fishing Festival
The Three River Fly Fishing Festival will be held April 27-29. In its seventh year, this fundraiser has raised thousands of dollars for the Town of Highlands Scholarship Fund. Open to veteran and novice anglers, this three-day event encompasses a wide variety of fly-fishing experiences. Cyprus International Restaurant and The Ugly Dog Pub have already agreed to host some of the …
Plateau Pick-Up
Spring is just around the corner, and it’s time to start making plans to give Mother Nature a hand with her spectacular spring show by sprucing up Highlands and her highways. The Highlands Chamber of Commerce invites everyone to take part in its annual Plateau Pickup Day and help with the longstanding tradition of cleaning litter from the Gorge …
Offering You The World | Cashiers, NC
It’s been said that a good library can offer you the entire world. Well, Albert Carlton-Cashiers Community Library also offers it patrons the planets, the stars and assorted galaxies. Library patrons can check out an Orion 10015 StarBlast 4.5-inch Astro Reflector Telescope, perfect for beginners and intermediate backyard astronomers for a week at a time. It’s lightweight and portable and …
The Love of Learning | Highlands, NC
While things are a bit slow and peaceful on the mountain at this time of year, exciting things are being planned and put into place at the Center for Life Enrichment. 2017 marks 25 years for the Center for Life Enrichment, an organization now fondly known throughout the community simply as CLE. From its inception in a local beauty shop …
