Highlands Rotary, noon, Highlands Community Center, Highlands North Carolina
Highlands-Cashiers Hospital Dining Room on Wednesday mornings at 7:30 am.
Rotary Club of Cashiers Valley, 8 a.m., at the Cashiers United Methodist Church, 743-2243 in Cashiers NC
Cashiers Quilters Guild, 12:30 p.m., Cashiers United Methodist in Cashiers, North Carolina
The bridge games are at 1:00 on Wed and Fri at the recreation center. No one should arrive later than 12:45.
The bridge games are at 1:00 on Wed and Fri at the recreation center. No one should arrive later than 12:45.
For Nitrograss, the music is a matter of heart and heritage. Listen to the members of Nitrograss at The Ugly Dog Pub on Wednesday evenings.
Chicks: It's All Gone to the Birds
March 31- June 17
Member Reception, March 24, 5-6 pm
Opening Reception, March 24, 6-8 pm
Featuring a presentation from artist Susan Taylor Glasgow.
Join us in celebrating the fascinating world of our feathered friends. This exceptional collection of avian themed art showcases artists at their finest observing and creating images of the world around us through the eyes of scientists, environmentalists and conservators. A true celebration of the freedom of flight. Presented in partnership with the Highands Biolgical Station and the Highlands Plateau Audubon Society.
Sponsored by Delta Air Lines, the Official Air Line of The Bascom; Nancy and Larry Fuller; and the North Carolina Audubon Society.
The Town Ball field at the corner of Cashiers Highway (Hwy. 64) and Hickory will be brimming with beautiful, healthy plants on Saturday, May 26th for the Mountain Garden Club’s Annual Plant Sale. Gates open at 9:00 a.m. Be there early for best selection. The sale will end at noon. If rained out on Saturday, the sale will be Sunday, May 27th from 9:00 a.m. to noon.
It is about the time of year that the members of the Scaly Mountain Women’s Club, who go South for the winter, get “Spring Fever” and are longing to get to the mountains and get an urge for the taste of sausage and pancakes – “mountain style.” The “world famous” Pancake Breakfasts at Scaly Mountain’s historic old school house will start in May and be every 4th Saturday – May through October. The planning and the work begin in Spring. Susan Bankston is again in charge of this event that brings the community together. Put these 4th Saturday dates on your calendars, so you will not miss any of the Pancake Breakfasts. It will again be held at the Ole’ Scaly School House at 41 Buck Knob Road.
Pancake Breakfasts dates are May 26th, June 23rd, July 28th, August 25th, September 22nd and October 27th. Breakfast is served from 7:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
May 26 & 27 from 10 to 5, the Village Square Art & Craft Show. Music, food, and face painting. Kelsey-Hutchinson Park, downtown Highlands. 828-787-2021
May 15, 17, 22, 24, 29, 31, Tuesday and Thursdays 1:00-3;00
Painting Spring Wildflowers in Watercolor
$120 members, $135 non-members
THE OTHER DARWIN:
The Remarkable Life and Times of Alfred
Russel Wallace
Alfred Russel Wallace was an amazing 19th century
naturalist who with Darwin co-discovered the
principle of natural selection. The largely self-taught
Wallace launched an audacious plan as a teenager
to explore the tropics and solve the mystery of the
origin of species. He actually realized his plan and
spent four years collecting in Amazonia only to lose
nearly all of his specimens and notebooks (and nearly
his life) when the ship burned and sank on the return trip home. Undaunted,
Wallace headed off to southeast Asia just a year later, spending a further eight
years traveling and collecting in the Malay Archipelago, modern-day Indonesia.
It was here that Wallace made his greatest discoveries. Widely considered the
father of the science of biogeography, Wallace discovered the line of demarcation between the zoological provinces of Indo-Australia and Asia,
today known as the Wallace Line, and he scooped Darwin by conceiving of
evolution by natural selection while in a malarial fever. By the end of his long
life, in 1913, Wallace was probably the most famous scientist in the world, yet
today he is barely remembered as a footnote to Darwin.
Presenter: James Costa, Ph.D., has been a popular CLE lecturer for several years. He
is Director of the Highlands Biological Station and Professor of Biology at Western
Carolina University. His recently published book is titled Darwin, The Annotated
Origin.
Date: Wednesday, May 23
Time: 10:00 -12:00
Place: Highlands Biological Station
Cost: $20 members, $ 30 non-members
BEGINNING DRAWING
Basic to any art class, drawing is a learned skill which anyone can be taught.
With a minimum of supplies you will be able to record your travels visually
representing the things which matter in your environment and enjoy a lifelong,
relaxing hobby. Drawing is a necessary prerequisite to painting. You will learn
the basics of line, shading, contour, form and perspective.
Supplies: Uniball fine line waterproof pen, artist pencils: 2B, 4B, HB,
gum eraser, pencil sharpener, ruler, drawing pad 11x14” or 14x17”
Instructor: Freddie Flynt always has a sketchbook and pencils with her and draws
wherever her travels take her. She has taught many CLE art classes and just returned
from teaching Watercolor on the Queen Mary 2 exploring the gardens of Madiera, the
Canary Islands and South Africa.
Date: Tuesday and Thursday, May 15, 17, 22, 24, 29, 31
Time: 10:00-12:00
Place: Highlands Civic Center (Recreation Park)
Cost: $85 members, $95 non members
Limit: 12
BEGINNING DRAWING
Basic to any art class, drawing is a learned skill which anyone can be taught.
With a minimum of supplies you will be able to record your travels visually
representing the things which matter in your environment and enjoy a lifelong,
relaxing hobby. Drawing is a necessary prerequisite to painting. You will learn
the basics of line, shading, contour, form and perspective.
Supplies: Uniball fine line waterproof pen, artist pencils: 2B, 4B, HB,
gum eraser, pencil sharpener, ruler, drawing pad 11x14” or 14x17”
Instructor: Freddie Flynt always has a sketchbook and pencils with her and draws
wherever her travels take her. She has taught many CLE art classes and just returned
from teaching Watercolor on the Queen Mary 2 exploring the gardens of Madiera, the
Canary Islands and South Africa.
Date: Tuesday and Thursday, May 15, 17, 22, 24, 29, 31
Time: 10:00-12:00
Place: Highlands Civic Center (Recreation Park)
Cost: $85 members, $95 non members
Limit: 12
25th and 26th August Christopher
When: April 23rd and 24th
Where: Huntington Beach State Park SC
What: April Field Trip- Audubon Society
Our first field trip of 2012 will be to Huntington Beach State Park on April 23rd and 24th. This time of year we should find many residents and migrating warblers and shorebirds. The park boast excellent examples of freshwater lagoons, salt marsh, maritime forest and beach habitats. We plasn to stay at The Murrells INlet Hampton Inn. Please call 843-651-6687 and ask for the Highlands Audubon special rate. Plan to arrive Sunday April 22nd so you will be ready to go early Monday morning. Call Brock Hutchins at 770-486-3715 for additional information and a trip schedule.
Singer and force of nature Libby Whittemore launches the season in her inimitable way May 24th-27th. Libby’s performed at the Playhouse before and her style – a beguiling blend of Rosemary Clooney and Ethel Merman, leavened with a healthy dose of Southern Sass and hints of Patsy Cline – proved as irresistible as catnip to Highlands audiences. This return to the mountains promises to deliver the same dynamic style and wit that’s become
her hallmark.
The Town Ball field at the corner of Cashiers Highway (Hwy. 64) and Hickory will be brimming with beautiful, healthy plants on Saturday, May 26th for the Mountain Garden Club’s Annual Plant Sale. Gates open at 9:00 a.m. Be there early for best selection. The sale will end at noon. If rained out on Saturday, the sale will be Sunday, May 27th from 9:00 a.m. to noon.
Saturday, May 26
HPAS bird walk along Turtle Pond Raod, Highlands. Meet in The Bascom parking lot at 7:30 am to car-pool.
BEGINNING CONVERSATIONAL SPANISH
This is a beginning course in conversational Spanish. No previous experience
with the Spanish language is necessary, but it is helpful. The class will be a mix
of those who have studied Spanish before as well as those who have not.
Learn Spanish The Fast and Fun Way, third edition, by Gene Hammitt will be
used. The book comes in a set with a pull-out dictionary and two CDs. It is
available from most online booksellers and bookstores. This material will be
used in all four levels of our conversational Spanish curriculum. Please study
pages 1–7 for the first class. An additional recommended, but not required, text
is Just Enough Spanish Grammar by Gabriele Stobbe, for those who have
never studied Spanish before.
Presenter: Laura Denenholz is a retired professor of languages and linguistics. She
has degrees with honors in English, Spanish, and linguistics from Cornell University
and Harvard University, where she also taught. She was on the faculty of Essex County
College, Rutgers University, and Seton Hall University in New Jersey for over thirty
years. She presently teaches on a volunteer basis at the Lifelong Learning Academy at
USF, Sarasota, in the winter and lives in Highlands during the summer.
Date: Mondays, May 21, (skip May 28), June 4, 11, 18, 25
Time: 1:00-2:30
Place: Hudson Library (enter through back door)
Cost: $75 members, $95 non-members
Tuesday, May 22, 7pm Cashiers Library “Skins & Skulls: Mammal Diversity in the Southern Appalachians” with Patrick Brannon. Join your friends from Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust and The Village Green as they kick of the sixth season the Village Nature Series, a free community program. No reservations are necessary but to learn more visit www.hicashlt.org or call your Land Trust at (828) 526-1111.
Sweettreats and it's all day not from 5-9pm.It will continue every Thursday until Aug.17th."HOPE FLOATS" fundraiser from "Just For You Team"
www.relayforlife.org/highlands
The world-acclaimed Atlanta Boy Choir under the direction of Maestro Fletcher Wolfe will present their annual concert in Highlands on Sunday afternoon May 20th.
Steve Wohlrab performs at the Wine Garden Saturdays and Sundays through October
The Highlands-Cashiers Players’ production of “The Dixie Swim Club” will be performed at the Martin-Lipscomb Performing Arts Center, May 10th-13th, and May 17th-20th.
