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Stock Up and Yum Up
October is the last month for the Highlands Marketplace, held Saturdays in Founders Park, and it’s the perfect time to load up on gifts, crafts, and some tasty Autumn veggies. Vendors set up their tents early and you’ll see customers arriving with shopping bags ready to fill with the goodness of locally grown produce Arugula and apples will be in …
A Matter Of Taste
As Virginia Woolf said, “One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.” Food and water are essential for survival, but mankind’s relationship to food has transformed over time from one of sustenance to one laden with personal and cultural significance. “A Matter of Taste” explores depictions of food and drink in art and reveals …
Outdoor Music Concerts
All good things must come to an end, and so it is with another exciting season of outdoor music concerts in Highlands. Saturdays on Pine celebrated its final concert of the season over the Labor Day weekend, and now Friday Night Live is winding up another fun-filled season of traditional mountain music with two final October concerts. Held at Town …
Cast Iron Cooking
Is Cast Iron Cooking hot enough for you? Don’t we all want to have a party that sizzles? Please join us for a demonstration and luncheon created at fireside with Mary Palmer Dargan at Dovecote/ Dargan Landscape Architects on Friday, October 12, from 10:00 A.M. to 12:30 P.M. Learn how to prep your cast iron prior to cooking, novel ways …
Highlands on the Half Shell
Join the Highlands Biological Foundation for a Cajun celebration on Sunday, October 7, for Highlands on the Half-Shell in the meadow behind the Highlands Nature Center. This annual fall event supports the Highlands Biological Foundation. The bayou comes to the mountains with a feast of oysters, gumbo, and other Louisiana delicacies under the canopy of Highland’s autumn flame-colored leaves. The …
Highlands Halloween
Who doesn’t look forward to Highlands’ annual celebration of Halloween? The event will be held on Wednesday, October 31 from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m., and offers fun for everyone. Highlands-Cashiers Hospital, a Mission Health Hospital, is the proud sponsor of the All Hallows Eve Celebration this year. Jackie Medland, President and Chief Nursing Officer of the Highlands-Cashiers Hospital says, “It …
Croquet for Cause
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Cashiers hosted its Fourth Annual Croquet Tournament fundraiser this summer. There were 48 players from a variety of clubs on the Plateau. We’d like to thank Country Club of Sapphire Valley for providing courts and hosting the luncheon for our tournament. In addition to playing on these beautiful courts, the players also enjoyed competing for …
Life Is Your Party
In the year of America’s Bicentennial when Gay Townsend and business partner Paulette Crabtree opened Sashay Around, styles were very different from today. Floor-length gowns with padded shoulders were standard evening wear. On the other end of the spectrum the hippie subculture influenced fashion with its cutoffs, bell-bottoms, and mini-skirts. Fashion was experiencing extremes. Jeans were not acceptable office or …
Unique Mantiques
Mantiques is unquestionably a unique shop among the Plateau’s business ecosystem. This isn’t your average antique shop. This carefully-curated collection of antiques, art, Americana, and vintage sports memorabilia will add color, richness, and texture that you didn’t realize your rustic decor was missing. The eclectic array of gifts is unlike anything you’ll find anywhere else – perfect for that particularly …
Lakeshore Marina
As you come around Lake Glenville, there’s a little green shack tucked under the shade trees just before Hamburg Baptist Church. That little green shack is the home of the Plateau’s only full-service concierge marina, Lakeshore Marina. Unlike the sprawling complex and full staff that is Signal Ridge, Lakeshore Marina is nothing more than a cozy little dock and the …
Chamber’s Targeted Outreach
The Highlands Chamber of Commerce is in the process of launching its new website in tandem with a dynamic Customer Relationship Management program. Enthusiasm has risen dramatically as Chamber members help usher in this new strategy for managing data, information, and interactions associated with existing and potential customers. Businessmen/women, residents, and visitors will benefit substantially from this well-researched plan for …
The Write Stuff
Do you need to promote your business but grammar, spelling, and writing in general ain’t your thang? Or are you a student who needs a little extra guidance writing that looming essay? Lucky for you – Blue Valley Press is here to help! Cashiers-based Blue Valley Press is the brainchild of Glenville resident AJ Stewart. AJ published her first novel …
