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Pac’s Back – Highlands Performing Arts Center

Now is the time to get on the Highlands Performing Arts Center Membership Roll.  Members receive benefits like one-month advanced notifications for live concerts, advanced ticket purchase, seat selection, complimentary tickets, a 15-percent discount on all additional tickets purchased, and free beverage tickets at concerts.  Upper-level memberships receive a reserved parking space for PAC concerts, a private pre-concert party for …

Showcasing Regional Artists at Carolina Gallery

Carolina Gallery supports the exceptional artists of the region who are members of the Art League of Highlands-Cashiers. On April 12, the gallery hosted an open house for those who have been juried into the Art League exhibition. Norma Hendrix, founder and executive director of Cullowhee Arts, graciously served as the entrants’ juror.  Carolina Gallery’s co-owner Mary Lou Bilbro says, “Our …

Everyone Plays a Part at Highlands Playhouse

If you haven’t gotten your Highlands Playhouse Season Tickets, it’s not too late.  Call the box office (828) 526-2695 or visit highlandsplayhouse.org to see how you can show your support for the 2018 productions, camps, internships, school programs, and essential day-to-day operations.  In exchange for a donation at your selected level, you receive not only the best performances in the …


A Hurricane of Talent, Carol Conti

Whoever first made the statement, “Those who can’t, teach,” never met Carol Conti, the latest hurricane of talent to sweep into the area from Florida.  Though calm and not blustery, she is taking our area with a storm of ideas and the willingness to make them happen.  Carol Conti will give the presentation at the Art League’s meeting on May 21 …

Low Country Shrimp Boil in Highlands

Mark your calendars for the third annual Friends of Founders Park’s Low Country Shrimp Boil, from 5:00 to 8:00 P.M. Saturday, June 16.  Kelsey-Hutchinson Founders Park, completed in 2017, has undoubtedly become the center of activity in Highlands, and is the perfect setting for an evening to remember. This event continues to draw crowds to the park, which is located …

Asheville Symphony at Highlands First Presbyterian Church

At 4:00 P.M. Sunday, May 20, the Asheville Symphony Chamber Chorus will present a free concert at Highlands First Presbyterian Church.  The Chamber Chorus is conducted by Dr. Michael Lancaster, who also serves as Conductor of the Asheville Symphony Chorus and Director of Worship/Music at Highlands First Presbyterian Church. The Chamber Chorus, a 30-voice advanced choral ensemble, was founded by …


Free to Be, Albert Carlton-Cashiers Community Library

Albert Carlton-Cashiers Community Library is hosting a dramatic presentation by local youth, highlighting values such as individuality, tolerance, and comfort with one’s identity. Auditions for “Free to Be…You and Me” are open for children age 10 and up and will be staged at the end of this month at the library. Audition material will be available for review at the …

Get Your Paint On at Gray Lighting and Woodwork

If you thought Gray Lighting and Woodwork was just a cool place to find one-of-a-kind lighting, furnishings with character, and illuminating concepts, then you are in for a wonderful surprise.  The Grays are offering classes in the same striking surface treatments you see on display in their store. Some artists guard their secrets.  Judy and Gordon Gray can’t wait to …

Hooked On Trout, Village Nature Series

Did you know that the Highlands-Cashiers area boasts some of the best trout fishing in the country?   In 2016 the state legislature named Jackson County the North Carolina Trout Capital. Trout fishing is not only a popular pastime, but a designated heritage tourism activity.  This is the subject of the first Village Nature Series of 2018.  Patrick Weaver of the …


Love Every Moment, The Village Green

May begins a calendar of exciting events for the warm weather season in The Village Green.  One of these is Locally Grown On the Green, a community market for local growers beginning Wednesday, May 24.  The market provides residents and visitors to the area with a wide selection of locally sourced food in a convenient location.  The market is open …

Cullowhee Arts Workshops

Cullowhee Arts has unveiled its 2018 Summer Arts Workshop Series – three weeks of Visual Workshops where students are invited to Come, Learn, Create, and Collaborate.  Held on the beautiful campus of Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, participants will learn and discover new concepts and techniques, and share thoughts and ideas in a setting surrounded by majestic mountains and summer …

Collective Spirits at The Bascom

The Bascom: A Center for the Visual Arts in Highlands is bringing Collective Spirits back to May this year, May 17 and 18.  This fundraising event features in-home private wine dinners, a grand tasting and wine market, and lots of excitement.  Collective Spirits will once again highlight world-class winemaking talent with principals and winemakers from notable brands such as Nellcote, …