Sunday 3/7/2010

Winterfest in Highlands 12:00 am The mountain village of Highlands, North Carolina has been kicking it up a notch this year when it comes to creating fun winter activities. Residents and visitors took advantage of a beautiful ice skating rink recently when Harris Lake froze over for the first time in 14 years. But local inns, restaurants and retailers aren’t relying strictly on Mother Nature to ensure that the winter fun keeps coming in Highlands. Highlands Winterfest planned for February 26 through March 7 will showcase all that is wonderful about living in a cultural mountain town. From plays at the Performing Arts Center to a Greg Newington Photography Expo, the fun will be flowing throughout the week. Topping it all off on Saturda, March 6 is a Highlands Chefs Cookoff where award winning chefs face off in a culinary competition and you get to be the judge!  See the full schedule of events attached. To find out more information about any Winterfest Event, call the Highlands Visitors Center at (828) 526-2112. Photographic Works by Greg Newington 9:00 am Exhibition "Photographic Works by Greg Newington" at The Bascom visual arts center in Highlands now through March 7 in the ground floor of The Bascom's main building. Open Mondays through Fridays, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is free. Enter the building from the rear. For information, visit www.thebascom.org or call (828) 526-4949. The Dixie Swim Club 3:30 pm Highlands Cashiers Players, The Dixie Swim Club, February 25-28 and March 5-7, Evenings at 7:30 p.m., Sunday matinees at 2:30 p.m., Martin Lipscomb Performing Arts Center, (828) 526-8084.

Tuesday 3/9/2010
Highlands Rotary 12:00 pm Highlands Rotary, noon, Highlands Community Center, Highlands North Carolina WCU Series: The State of the Local Economy 4:00 pm Weight Watchers 5:30 pm Weight Watchers, Highlands Rec Park, 5:30 p.m, Highlands, NC

Wednesday 3/10/2010

Mountaintop Rotary 7:30 am Mountaintop Rotary, 7:30 a.m., Rukas Restaurant, Highlands North Carolina Cashiers North Carolina Rotary Club 8:00 am Rotary Club of Cashiers Valley, 8 a.m., at the Cashiers United Methodist Church, 743-2243 in Cashiers NC Pre-school Creativity Class for Parent and Child, 11:00 am Pre-school Creativity Class for Parent and Child, 11-11:45 a.m., The Bascom, (828) 526-4949 ext. 100. Highlands, NC Cashiers Quilters Guild 12:30 pm Cashiers Quilters Guild, 12:30 p.m., Cashiers United Methodist in Cashiers, North Carolina

Thursday 3/11/2010
Wolfgangs Restaurant & Wine Bistro Opens for Season 12:00 am Relay For Life of Cashiers Kickoff 5:30 pm

Saturday 3/13/2010
Saturday Art School 12:00 pm Saturday Art School for Kindergarten - 8th grade, 10 a.m. -noon., The Bascom, (828) 526-4949 ext. 100. in Highlands, North Carolina Monte Carlo Night 6:30 pm Monte Carlo Night, 6:30 p.m., Saturday, March 13, Highlands Community Center, presented by Highlands Rotary. For information, call (828) 526-3571.