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May Your Days Be Merry & Bright

For the New Year, we’re busy working to bring you the best Chamber Music season ever.  Many favorite musicians will return – Coucherons, Philippe Quint, Fei-Fei Dong, Zuill Bailey, Sara Sant’Ambrogio, Gary Motley, Elizabeth Pridgen, and Natasha Paremski.   And there are new performers to enchant you – Armida and Solera Quartets, Robyn Bollinger, Scott Rawls, and The Joe Gransden Big …

Art with gratitude

Smitten’s Kat Evans, Annelize Giliomee, and Bonnie Earman enjoyed another banner year, thanks to you, their supporters, clients, artists, and friends. Smitten would like to express its gratitude this Thanksgiving season by hosting a party for its award-winning painters, sculptors, crafts-persons and patrons of 2018. Smitten delights in bragging about its stable of phenomenal talents, hailing from the Plateau all …

Do You Hear What I Hear?

The Highlands Cashiers Players and the Highlands Performing Arts Center are presenting a collection of favorite Christmas music along with original readings by the Highlands Writers Group.  The annual free Holiday Program on Thursday, December 13, at 7:00 P.M. at PAC will focus on the sounds of the season.  Not only will there be an octet of the Mountain Voices, …


The Business of Theater

Operating a theatre continuously for 80 years is not without its challenges.  There have been peaks and valleys, fat times and lean.  Today, the Highlands Playhouse is alive and thriving, and it’s because of you, our faithful contributors.  At the end of our 2018 season, the Playhouse officers and management analyzed finances and set goals for 2019. Spending breaks down …

Carving His Niche

Daniel Bolick carved out a niche for himself early on.  He hails from a family of wood craftsmen experienced in carpentry, cabinetry, and interior wood-design. Sawdust and shavings are in his blood. He chose to set himself apart by specializing in the fine craft of woodcarving, creating life-like sculptures of animals, both wild and domestic. “I like animals,” says Daniel.  …

The South’s Acclaimed Chefs

Highlands’ luxury country inn, Half-Mile Farm, is delighted to present up-close-and-personal experiences with some of The South’s most acclaimed chefs.  Live music and limited seating make for memorable evenings amid the gorgeous lakeside setting of this unique historical property. The first Chefs In the House Dinner of 2019 features Chef Matthew Basford from one of Atlanta’s iconic restaurants, Canoe, on …


Baskets at The Bascom

Interweaving Southern Baskets is on view in the Loft Gallery at The Bascom from now until December 30.  This beautiful exhibit, curated by Laura Wingfield, incorporates over 70 baskets from private collections to showcase Native American, Appalachian, Gullah, and Contemporary baskets. The South has always been home to a blend of cultures – from Native Americans here 14,000 years ago …

Find Your Favorite Fir

We are incredibly fortunate here on the Plateau for many reasons, but during the holiday season one of our greatest blessings is that we boast an abundance of Christmas Tree Farms.  Start your holiday season by visiting one and choosing your perfect tree. Here’s a sampling of what’s available: Grandy Mountain Tree Farm, 842 Breedlove Road, Cashiers, (828) 743-1737; Moss …

An Appalachian Christmas

For the past 24 years, talented singers from throughout the area have joined together as the Highlands Community Chorale to celebrate the music of Christmas.  This year’s Chorale will present the music of our heritage here in the mountains from the Carolinas to Virginia, Kentucky, and Georgia. Chorale conductor Les Scott says, “‘An Appalachian Christmas’ features music that reveals the …


Breakfast with Santa

Setting the tone for little ones’ Christmas Season is the Highlands United Methodist Church’s Breakfast with Santa, set for 8:30 A.M. Saturday, December 8, in the church’s Faith and Fellowship Center. Please RSVP by Wednesday, December 5, at (828) 526-3376. It’s so much fun to see the children all decked out in their festive holiday attire.  After a hearty breakfast, …

Shop with a Cop

Macon County Sheriff’s Office’s Shop with a Cop Program is a chance to give back to the community and its most precious citizens. Embarking on its 25th year, it was started when Sheriff Holland was a juvenile officer and his wife Marci was a social worker for the Department ofSocial Services.  After working a severe case of physical abuse involving …

I Rink I Can

Kelsey-Hutchinson Founders Park, in the center of downtown Highlands, has become a gathering place for the community.  During the season, it offers live music, a farmers’ market, art and craft shows, and much more.  In the colder months you’ll find lots to do there, too. Santa will be visiting and the park glows with brilliantly colored lights.  During the day …