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Founder’s Park Food and Fun
Spring and warm weather means it’s time again for Highlands Marketplace. Held in the Kelsey-Hutchinson Park on Saturdays from 8:00 A.M. to noon, this is the spot to find a variety of homegrown goods and fresh dairy products. The Market has been a blessing to folks looking to buy fresh, local produce, honey, and other homemade goodness. Since no …
Magical Botanical
The merry month of May signals the start of many programs, classes, and events for the Highlands Biological Station. We hope you’ll join us to welcome spring by stopping in at the Nature Center, taking a stroll around the Botanical Garden or signing up for one of our classes or programs. Wildflower Whimsy is a two-day event taking place Friday, …
Choral Workshop and Concert
On Saturday, May 7, Highlands First Presbyterian Church’s Chancel Choir will host a Choral Workshop, open to all interested singers in the area. Participants will perform in a concert for the public at 7:00 P.M. that evening in the church’s sanctuary. The event will be facilitated by Master British Composer/Conductor Philip W.J. Stopford, a close friend of First Presbyterian …
Chamber’s Sneak Peek at 2016
Throughout the year the Highlands Chamber of Commerce works overtime, making sure the Plateau is thriving with activity. While Chamber members are busy implementing scheduled programs, concerts, outings, etc., they are also brainstorming events for the following season. The Chamber generates a jam-packed calendar that not only appeals to visitors and residents from toddlers to seniors, but to the …
Art for a Cause
The Village Green in Cashiers will come alive this Memorial Day weekend as some of the region’s finest artisans converge for the bi-annual Cashiers Rotary Arts & Crafts Show. The show takes place on Saturday, May 28, and Sunday, May 29, from 10:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. both days, rain or shine. While admission is free, a suggested donation of …
The Art of Wine
Collective Spirits Wine and Food Festival is celebrating its 10th anniversary. Be sure to Save-The-Date the weekend of May 19–21 for a fabulous fundraising festival benefitting The Bascom’s free programming and subsidized classes. It’s the art center’s biggest fundraiser of the year and certainly the most tantalizing for your tastebuds. The Private Wine Dinners on Thursday, May 19, feature in-home …
Cashiers Library: Community Resource
You may believe that with lengthening days and gorgeous weather, people would be inclined to spend less time inside Albert Carlton-Cashiers Community Library. Sure, people need books about gardening or hiking guides, but how on earth can the library attract patrons in this most sublime of seasons? Well, there are concrete reasons that this venerable institution remains a treasured year-round …
300 Cyclists, 10,000 Feet
Register now for the 24th annual Tour de Cashiers, slated for May 14, by visiting tourdecashiers.com. Coordinated by the Cashiers Area Chamber of Commerce and assisted by Pisgah Productions of Asheville, Jackson County Law Enforcement and numerous local volunteers, this annual event boasts entrants from across the Southeast and as far away as Idaho. May is the perfect time …
The Green Scene
April, the month when spring announces its intention to stay by providing us with more daylight hours, more sunshine, budding trees, and gorgeous flowers, is also the time when we all kick into our spring cleaning mode. Mother Nature is sprucing things up so it seems only natural that we would start freshening up too. Highlanders take their spring …
A Riot of Color
Each spring a remarkable event occurs in the deciduous woodlands of the Highlands Plateau and Cashiers Valley, the emergence of the spring wildflowers. As the first warm rays of sunlight touch the forest floor, thousands of plants awaken from their winter slumber to present an unmatched seasonal exhibit of beauty. They decorate the forest floor with a riot of …
Why, How, What If?
When curiosity flourishes, worlds can be changed. Why? How? What if? These are questions that we ask ourselves every day here at the Center for Life Enrichment. In fact, our classes are designed with them in mind. Our classes, workshops, and trips cover it all. From the arts, computers and technology, culinary, garden and nature to history, literature, …
Rotary Golf Tourney
If you enjoy a beautiful stroll on some of the most gorgeous links in the nation, mark this on your calendar – the 27th annual Highlands Rotary Golf Tournament, slated for Monday, May 2, at Highlands Country Club. Make your reservations now by contacting registration coordinator Pat Allen at (828) 526-8784 or [email protected]. Registration starts at 9:30 A.M. …
