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Take and Make
When Laura Leichter, our Education Fellow, came to The Bascom in May, we knew her experience would be like no other. Though COVID-19 has disrupted some of the normal responsibilities for this Fellowship, Laura worked under the direction of Billy Love, Director of Education and Outreach, to develop new programming in response to the pandemic. From those efforts, The …
Capturing Hearts Gracing Homes
If you’re a Laurelphile, you probably remember Annell Metsker’s beautiful cover/article a decade ago. She’s back, having evolved from a photographer/painter to a stunning oil painter, both digital and traditional. She still takes photographs and uses them as reference, but today she considers herself first-and-foremost an oil painter. Annell’s happiest portraying a human or pet, capturing bold color, shape, form, …
The Chateau’s Mesmerizing Views
Eagles soar high above the trees as you relax in style at the Chateau, just two miles outside the quaint mountain town of Highlands. As guests of this private expansive estate retreat you will soak in the beauty of the surrounding mountains and find that it is the perfect setting for every occasion. Whether you’re looking to host a small …
A Run for the Money
Welcome to the 8th Annual Rotary Club of Highlands 5k and 10k Twilight Run, beginning at 9:00 A.M. Saturday, November 28. At 4118 feet and dubbed as “Patty Cake,” the 5k course, edged by Harris Lake, running through gently rolling hills, and shaded by Appalachian hardwoods is the flattest of its distance in Highlands. Stroller and walker friendly, the 5k …
Escape to Greystone
The Covid-19 crisis has left the entire hospitality industry shaken, but it’s also led to the implementation of new practices that’ll ensure the safety of guests and staff. The Greystone Inn at Lake Toxaway began studying these protocols and training staff in the early spring, so that with the arrival of summer, all of the steps were in place for …
Orchard Sessions: Olivia Daponte
When The Farm at Old Edwards returns with their popular Orchard Sessions on Thursday, August 27, the Orchard will once again be transformed into a vibrating music hall without walls. An idyllic place for a music gathering, the outdoor setting promises to provide an intimacy and exhilaration to a live performance by young artist Olivia Daponte that could not …
Reconnect with Nature
As North Carolina continues to slowly open, Highlands is starting to bustle with energy with the arrival of the summer season. Year-round residents and summer visitors are trying to find ways to make this summer fun and as profitable as possible. Many are feeling safest using this time to explore natural beauty, which Highlands is never lacking in. The wonderful …
Sister Suffragette
A main scene in the 1964 film Mary Poppins focuses on the women’s right to vote when the mother of the story’s two children marches into the home singing the song about “Sister Suffragette.” This year, 2020 – although it will be remembered for much that is negative – is also the commemorative year of the 19th Amendment, which granted American …
Locally Grown on the Green
With sensible precautions in place, Locally Grown on the Green in Cashiers, a farm stand for local growers at the Cashiers Village Green Commons, resumes its status as a vital player on the community’s dynamic summer social calendar. The market is “producer only,” meaning that the vendor must be the grower or producer of all the products they sell. Vendors …
Climate Change Social Justice
In 2018 and 2019 The Mountain Retreat and Learning Center of Highlands hosted a weeklong retreat that explored the topics of Climate Change, Social Justice and the intertwining of these two issues. Today, as our social fabric has been torn apart by the pandemic and civil unrest in unprecedented ways, this year’s event, happening September 16-21, seems most pertinent than …
All Things That Are Health
Health and Highlands are forever intertwined, like root and rock anchoring each other to this remarkable mountaintop. Health has been a focus ever since the first indigenous people (the Mississippians going back 8,000 years, the Woodland People, and later the Cherokee) set foot on the Plateau. Native cultures recognized the healing properties of the area’s plants, minerals, and climate. Later, …
