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.
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.
“Walter Cronkite is Dead” will be staged July 12th-22nd. The play takes that staple of American Improv – getting trapped next to a motormouth who lacks any sort of filter for their wildly divergent worldview – and transforms it into something that’s at once funny yet ultimately profound. Whether you’re from a Blue State or a Red State, “Walter Cronkite is Dead” holds a funhouse mirror to your beliefs and challenges you to laugh at your neighbor and yourself.
Those splashy Busby Berkeley musicals of the 1930s are given their due when the playhouse opens “Dames at Sea,” July 26th-August 19th. It’s probably not coincidental that the plot could have been lifted from a half-dozen Dick Powell-Ruby Keeler extravaganzas: Ruby, a tap dancer from Utah, and Dick, a songwriting sailor(!), somehow end up working on a Broadway musical together. When the theater is shuttered, the plucky duo manage to get the show staged on a destroyer. “Dames at Sea” is a loving Valentine to those musicals from long ago – stuffed with rat-a-tat-tat snappy dialogue, knowing asides, and small-scale versions of those cast-of-hundreds dance numbers.
So for the 2012 season, the Highlands Farmers Market will now be held every Saturday 8:00 a.m. – noon, June through October rain or shine in a new location – The Highlands School.
Join your friends from Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust and The Village Green for their July Village Nature Series presentation: a free community event. On Tuesday, July 24th at 7pm at the Village Green in Cashiers Bill Lea will present “The Amazing Black Bear!” 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 Vega Quartet will offer another free show at Buck’s Coffee Shop on Main Street in Highlands from 8:00 to 10:00 p.m. Wednesday, July 25th.
Steve Wohlrab performs at the Wine Garden Saturdays and Sundays through October
The GCAMA organized popular concert series continues on selected Friday evenings. The schedule is:
June 1 Hurricane Creek
June 8 Honeycutters
The Mountain Film Festival and Groovin’ on the Hillside
Sponsored By Cashiers Village Council and GCAMA
Sat. June 9t Zorki & Friends
The Mountain Film Festival and Groovin’ on the Hillside
Sponsored By Cashiers Village Council and GCAMA
June 15 Rafe Hollister
June 22 Von Grey
July 6th Velvet Truckstop
July 13 One Leg Up
July 27 Leigh Glass & The Hazards
Aug 10 Hurricane Creek
Aug 17th Aaron Lefalce
Aug 31 Angela Reign
Concerts begin at 6:30
Contact (828) 743-2004 or(828)743-5858
26 July
7pm
Restoring Hemlocks in the Southern Appalachians, with Ben Smith, Alliance for Saving Threatened Forests
Part of the Zahner Conservation Lecture Series by the Highlands Biological Foundation
Location: Highlands Nature Center (930 Horse Cove Road)
Contact: 526-2221; highlandsbiological.org
MUSICAL THEATER CAMP The camp is a two-week session, concluding with a free performance for family, friends and the community. This new course will teach students the basics of Musical Theater with a focus on Acting, Singing, and Dance. Classes run from July 16th-27th with a performance on July 28th. Class times are 9:00 am to 12:00 Noon for ages 6 - 11 and from 1:00 to 4:00 for ages 12 and up.
For more information call (828)526-2695 or go to highlandsplayhouse.org.
Cost is $195 per student.
Alex Matisse: Ometto
May 12 - October 21
Campus
This installation of large ceramic vessels will be the signature work on The Bascom campus in 2012.
“In Italy, the word Ometto, meaning ‘little man’, is used to describe rock cairns that lead the way on hiking trails above the tree line, marking the path through barren landscapes. My own Ometti have a human quality with a large but unimposing stature, a defined head and broad shoulders...
The pots in the exhibition originate from the tradition of salt-glazed stoneware grave markers that were made in abundance in the counties of the eastern Piedmont of North Carolina...This project is my first step out of the comfort and familiarity of utility and defined function. But like all of my work, the Ometto project remains an exercise in repetition, refinement, and restraint.”
“The Ometti will convene on the front lawn of The Bascom, holding vigil for a few months, before being marshaled into the world to take up their posts.” Alex Matisse
Tim Curtis: Suspended
May 26 - August 26
Loft Gallery
This large-scale kinetic sculpture of suspended ceramic discs that are mounted and hung from the ceiling provides gentle, undulating, invisible waves. This movement in the room provides a tangible experience with the art installation as opposed to just viewing a single work of art. The specific source of light, the background it is held in, and the magnitude of the art, creates an environment that is unlike any other. An exciting nontraditional exhibition, provides elements inclusive of the experience that the artist can use to invite the viewer in and this artist includes the viewer as writer and image maker.
Kilwin's will donate a portion of proceeds from purchase of an Ice Cream Float Tuesday's from 5-9pm and will continue every Tuesday until Aug 17th."HOPE FLOATS", fundraiser from "Just For You Team" www.relayforlife.org/highlands
Sunday-Monday, July 22-23 “From Russia with Love”
Victor Asuncion, piano; Vega String Quartet; Christopher Rex, cello
Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky, Glazunov
Sunday-Monday, July 22-23 “From Russia with Love”
Victor Asuncion, piano; Vega String Quartet; Christopher Rex, cello
Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky, Glazunov
Friday-Monday, July 27-30
The Eroica Trio - “Solo” – “Solo Showcase of
Erika Nickrenz, Susie Park, Sara Sant’Ambrogio” – Ravel, Franck and more
The Eroica Trio-“A La Carte” – Audience choice
Friday-Monday, July 27-30
The Eroica Trio - “Solo” – “Solo Showcase of
Erika Nickrenz, Susie Park, Sara Sant’Ambrogio” – Ravel, Franck and more
The Eroica Trio-“A La Carte” – Audience choice
Open 9 to 5 Monday through Saturday and Sunday 12 to 5
Fully furnished 3 bedroom Highlands Cottage
Wednesday nights are a reason for local charities to rejoice, thanks to Evenings at Lakeside.
The Summit Charter School Foundation is bringinh “Taste of the Plateau,” a summer culinary event, to Cashiers on Thursday, July 26th, and Sunday, July 29th, from 6:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. The multi-day event features nationally acclaimed chefs James Boyce, Donald Barickman and John Fleer.
On Friday, July 20th, 60 exhibitors will fill the Blue Ridge School, Highway 107 North in Cashiers, with an incredible display of antiques.
The Highlands Historical Society’s Museum is open each Friday and Saturday from Memorial Day through October 31
From 10 a.m. -4 pm featuring exhibits of prominent early Highlanders. The Frank Cook Gallery features photographs of renowned
Asian photographer, George Masa, who chronicled the terrain from Highlands to Asheville throughout the Blue Ridge.
Learn about Bug Hill, Helen’s Barn, Professor Harbison and other tidbits of Highlands history. Search your family tree
Using the HHS database. Take a guided Tour of the oldest home within the Town limits. Call 787-1050 for more info.
The museum is also open on Sundays from 1 - 4 pm.
The Highlands Historical Society’s Museum is open each Friday and Saturday from Memorial Day through October 31
From 10 a.m. -4 pm featuring exhibits of prominent early Highlanders. The Frank Cook Gallery features photographs of renowned
Asian photographer, George Masa, who chronicled the terrain from Highlands to Asheville throughout the Blue Ridge.
Learn about Bug Hill, Helen’s Barn, Professor Harbison and other tidbits of Highlands history. Search your family tree
Using the HHS database. Take a guided Tour of the oldest home within the Town limits. Call 787-1050 for more info.
The museum is also open on Sundays from 1 - 4 pm.
The Highlands Historical Society’s Museum is open each Friday and Saturday from Memorial Day through October 31
From 10 a.m. -4 pm featuring exhibits of prominent early Highlanders. The Frank Cook Gallery features photographs of renowned
Asian photographer, George Masa, who chronicled the terrain from Highlands to Asheville throughout the Blue Ridge.
Learn about Bug Hill, Helen’s Barn, Professor Harbison and other tidbits of Highlands history. Search your family tree
Using the HHS database. Take a guided Tour of the oldest home within the Town limits. Call 787-1050 for more info.
The museum is also open on Sundays from 1 - 4 pm.
Bascom Community Knitters meet every Saturday through November 24 on the Terrace at The Bascom.
Thanks to the generosity of a local couple, supporting local charities is as simple as a stroll in the garden.
HIghlands United Methodist Church will stage tours of a trio of exquisite homes, July 21st, July 28th, and August 4th.
The summer season of weekly Interlude concerts will begin on July 11th. The series is in its 14th season. The free concerts are sponsored by First Presbyterian Church and the Episcopal Church of the Incarnation, and are held on Wednesdays at 2:00 p.m. Dress is casual.
“Interlude” concerts began when Rev. Hunter Coleman of First Presbyterian Church and Father Mike Jones of the Episcopal Church of the Incarnation, decided to create a new ministry for Highlands. The concerts provide a break from the hustle and bustle of everyday life – a time to meditate, relax, and enjoy a variety of music. Visitors to Highlands are especially invited to join our members and friends at these mini concerts. This year’s lineup includes the following:
July 11th – Trey Clegg, organist – Presbyterian Church;
July 18th – Mary Price, piano – Episcopal Church;
July 25th – Mountain Faith Bluegrass Group – Presbyterian Church;
August 1st – Robert Henry, piano – Episcopal Church;
August 8th – Georgia State University Vocal Concert – Presbyterian Church;
August 15th – Bryce Westervelt, tenor – Episcopal Church;
August 29th – Brad Richie, cello – Episcopal Church.
Second Annual Glenville History tour scheduled for Saturday, July 28th from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The tour will begin at the Norton Community Center and will center on the Norton and Yellow Mountain Communities, sites that contribute to the Glenville area’s early history. Pearl Krepps chairs the tour with assistance from not only Society members but also owners of the tour sites which include historic homes, points of interest and the Raggedy Ann and Andy Museum.
Monday, July 23
Evening Audubon meeting at 7:00 pm with speaker, Romney Bathurst, a Highlands International Birder, on "Around the World in 80 Birds." Meeting will be held at the Highlands Civic Center on Highway 64.
Friday, July 27
Free birding movie, 4 pm, Cashiers Library.
Saturday, July 28
Early morning birding in Highlands.
When: July 12th-Aug12th
Where: The Bascom
What: V is for Vase
Regional Artist will share their interpretation of the "Vase" through various materials in the exhibition. Admission is free.
Mah Jong games will be held, open to the public, at the Albert Carlton Cashiers- Community Library every Wednesday at 1 p.m.
Highlands-Cashiers Hospital Summer Physician Forum Series – Orthopedic Surgeon, Dr. Herbert K. Plauché will present “Do Your Knees Hurt – Joint Pain, Arthritis, and More” on Wednesday, July 25 at 12 noon in the Jane Woodruff Clinic –Level One- Hospital Campus. Light Lunch will be provided. Reservations are required. Please call or email Callie Calloway at 526-1313 or cutz@hchospital.org
Ages 10-13, $120 per child. Travel off the beaten path as we go on all-day hikes to a variety of wonderful off-site locations in the Nantahala National Forest. Along the way the group will observe nature and wildlife, keep field journals, learn to read maps and use a compass, develop teamwork skills through fun and adventurous trail activities. Call 828-526-2623
From the mid-nineteenth century to the present, Japan’s efforts to secure a position
of prominence in the modern global order have gone through several phases: a
concerted national drive to avoid colonization and enter the ranks of the imperial
powers; the pursuit of “special interests” in East Asia that led to an all-out clash
with the Anglo-American powers and China; the country’s post-1945 reinvention
as a “peaceful culture nation” and economic superpower under American hegemony;
and attempts to renegotiate regional relationships and manage the dynamics of
globalization in the post-Cold War era. This lecture will survey these processes,
and will pay particular attention to the ways in which Japan’s visual media, from
woodblock prints to cartoons, photographs, movies and manga, have encouraged
the Japanese people and the international community to understand Japan’s role
in the world.
Presenter: David Ambaras, Ph. D., is Associate Professor of History at North Carolina State University, where he has taught since 1998. He received his Ph. D. from Princeton University and holds degrees from the University of Tokyo and the Institut des Langues et Civilisations Orientales in Paris. His research explores the social history of Japan and its empire, particularly through a focus on deviance, marginality and mobility. Dr. Ambaras’s publications include Bad Youth: Juvenile Delinquency and the Politics of Everyday Life in Modern Japan (University of California Press, 2006), and articles in The Journal of Asian Studies and The Journal of Japanese Studies.
Date: Tuesday, July 24
Place: Performing Arts Center (upstairs)
Time: 10:00-12:00
Cost: $25 members, $35 non-members
Facilitator: Lynn DeVille
Art
THE HISTORY OF HAPPINESS
German philosopher Friedrich Hegel famously said, “History is not the soil in
which happiness grows. The periods of happiness in it are the blank pages of
history.” The pursuit of happiness occupies many pages of our personal
histories even as the soil of history all around us is being planted with misery,
suffering and destruction. Understanding happiness, with all of its spiritual,
psychological, political and economic expectations and consequences, stands
as a perennial quest for humans regardless of culture and the historical moment.
Why do we think happiness is possible, or possibly even deserved, in this
life? Why is happiness so difficult to sustain as a state of mind or way of
being? How have attitudes toward suffering changed as attitudes toward
happiness have changed? What is the difference between happiness, joy,
good fortune and blessedness? In this interactive presentation, we will explore
the many ways artists have filled “blank pages” of canvas, paper, and air with
their visual, literary, and musical ideas about what happiness could possibly
mean. We will investigate artists and thinkers who have both influenced and
been influenced by historical and cultural ideas of what happiness is, is not,
and may be.
Presenter: Dr. Mary (Mimi) Fenton, Professor of English, teaches Milton and early modern literature at Western Carolina University, where she has taught for 20 years. She is currently at work on a study of joy and regeneration in Milton’s Paradise Lost, and she has published widely on Milton, including her monograph, Milton’s Places of Hope: Spiritual and Political Connections of Hope with Land (Ashgate 2006). She has co-edited two collections of essays, Their Maker’s Image: New Essays on John Milton (2011), and Reading, Ruin, and Repair: Milton, Poetics, and History (2012).
Date: Wednesday, July 25
Time: 10:00–12:00
Place: Presbyterian Church - Coleman Hall
Cost: $20 members, $30 non-members
Facilitator: Lewis Doggett
HOWWE DINE, DRESS, DRINK AND DRAWL DOWN
SOUTH
Dressed in her Sunday best, Millie becomes a Southern Gentlewoman sharing
a slice of life from times past. The course travels throughout the South and
even into Yankee territory. Sharing knowledge of Southern customs and
history, Millie’s humorous reverence for old time Southerners and an education
for others “bless your heart” will leave you with a greater appreciation of
Southern food, history and customs. You are welcome to wear a hat (even a
baseball hat).
Presenter: Mildred Huff Coleman, “Miss Millie”, is the niece of Agnes C. New, dietitian/partner of the Frances Virginia Tea Room in Atlanta. After the famous tea room closed, Millie collected anecdotes, history and cooking techniques and wrote The South’s Legendary Frances Virginia Tea Room Cookbook. She has a Home Economics degree from The University of Georgia and is a member of the International Association of Culinary Professionals, Les Dames d’Escoffier International, Southern Foodways Alliance and a past president of the Georgia Nutrition Council. Millie completed her MA degree in Women’s Studies in 2011.
Date: Thursday, July 26
Time: 10:30-12:30
Place: Hudson Library (enter through back door)
Cost: $20 members, $30 non-members
EVERYONE IS KNITTING!
For those of you who would like to learn, CLE is offering this one-session class
with individual instruction provided by members of the Bascom knitters. You
will be taught to cast on, knit and pearl. Further instruction and encouragement
will be provided by the Bascom knitters who meet every Saturday morning
from 10 to 12 on the terrace of the gallery. Learn the basics of knitting at CLE as
a prelude to joining the knitters at the Bascom.
Instructors: Bascom Gallery Knitters
Date: Friday, July 27
Time: 10:30-12:30
Place: Hudson Library (enter through back door)
Cost: $20 members, $30 non-members
Limit: 15 Facilitator: Sandra Mackey
Right before the show opens, the theature is sold and the actors need to find a new venue. Luckily, they are able to perfrom their show on a ship docked in the local port. Call The Highlands Playhouse for tickets at 828-526-2695
