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Great Tip for Hybrids

Here are some tips for hybrids. We all have them, but we all don’t understand how they were meant to be hit. To make it simple, just hit them like  you would a 5 iron – Hit down on the ball taking a small divot after the ball. To do that you must get your weight to your front foot …

Nothing Mellow About This Yellow

One of the first signs of spring is the beautiful For Cynthia bush. What? You’ve never heard of For Cynthia? Don’t worry, not many other people have either. It’s not that it’s a rare plant, on the contrary. It’s very….let me see how to say it nicely, it’s a prolific landscape addition. Most people know it as  Forsythia. For years, …

Inspired Southern Cuisine

Coinciding with The Bascom’s Collective Spirits Wine Festival, Old Edwards Inn and Spa brings back to Highlands one of The South’s favorite celebrity chefs for A Wine Dinner with Hugh Acheson at The Farm at Old Edwards from 7:00 to 10:00 P.M. Friday, May 15. Bestselling author and James Beard Award-winning chef Hugh Acheson of Athens, Georgia, is the chef/partner of …


Sweet & Sour Sauce Recipe

Are you one of those folks who enjoy browsing for recipes? Thought so. This month, we’re beginning a new feature just for you — Recipe of the Month. Every issue will feature someone from the Highlands and Cashiers areas offering one of their own special tastes. Not a restaurant – one of your friends and neighbors. This month we spoke …

Healthy and Tasty Breakfast Bread

In the morning, nothing tastes better than a slice of hearty, chewy homemade bread. Baking for hours is not most people’s idea of fun, however. This breakfast bread is ready in 30 minutes. It’s healthy, deliciously sweet, and yeast-free. Full of fiber, protein, and sweet cranberries, this bread is great toasted with butter or jam. The dough in this recipe rises …

Dine Out for Life

Whether you’re new to Dining Out For Life or have dined with us for years, it’s hard to imagine a better way to spend a Thursday evening. On Thursday, April 30, thousands of caring individuals in WNC will join with the Western North Carolina AIDS Project for the 13th annual fundraiser. Participating restaurants all over the region will be generously …


Wolfgang’s Restaurant & Wine Bistro

For 21 years, Wolfgang’s Restaurant & Wine Bistro has been a Highlands Main Street institution. In fact, Southern Living named this bustling destination The Best Place for Dining in Highlands. Casting the net a little wider, Our State magazine selected Wolfgang’s as The Place You Must Eat in Macon County. That’s on top of being named OpenTable.com’s Diner’s Choice Winner …

HCP: Welcome to Mitford

Highlands Performing Arts Center will host Highlands Cashiers Players’ final production of the 2014-2015 season, “Welcome to Mitford.” The play by Robert Inman is set in the fictional mountain town of Mitford, North Carolina, and is a composite of many of the novels written by author Jan Karon, who lives and writes in Blowing Rock. While “Welcome to Mitford” is …

Live In HD Series

Live in HD Series at the Highlands Performing Arts Center presents the Bolshoi Ballet and the MET Opera this month. The Bolshoi Ballet presents “Ivan the Terrible” on Sunday, April 19, at 12:55 P.M. As young Ivan IV is crowned, he has to choose one of the 13 Boyar daughters to be his wife and tsarina. He selects Anastasia, and …


Art League of Highlands

Spring has finally arrived, and the Art League of Highlands-Cashiers is gearing up for the 2015 season. The first meeting of the year will be held at The Bascom on April 27. Social time is at 4:30 P.M. with the presentation at 5:00 P.M. One of the aims of the Art League is to support emerging area artists. Mark Price, an acrylic …

Audition American Debut in Highlands

In its 34 seasons, Highlands-Cashiers Chamber Music Festival has earned a reputation for introducing American audiences to the some of the world’s finest young musicians. The 2015 season showcases the breathtaking arrival of violinist Roman Kim. “I am absolutely thrilled that we will present the US debut of Russian violinist Roman Kim, perhaps the most outrageously talented violinist I have ever heard — …

Audition Aces

Get ready for overwhelming talent on the Highlands Playhouse stage! Artistic Director Bill Patti along with Board President Scott Allbee spent two days in New York City auditioning actors with experience on Broadway, in National Tours and at Regional Theatres across the United States. “We had actors with multiple Broadway credits, actors from Cirque du Soleil, the Radio City Christmas Spectacular,” Patti …