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Plan Your Easter Hoppenings
Easter weekend, Saturday, April 15 and Sunday, April 16, offers a basketful of activities for the entire family. From Easter egg hunts, sumptuous brunches, and sunrise services to traditional worship services you will find plentiful opportunities to celebrate this special season in Highlands. The following suggestions are a sampling of the many activities you’ll find. Easter Egg Hunts Highlands Recreation …
Collective Spirits
The Bascom’s 11th Annual Collective Spirits: A Celebration of Art, Food and Wine is slated for June 8-10 and promises to be even better than ever. They’re spicing it up this year by introducing craft beer and other spirits to the menu, which will draw even more people to this exciting weekend. The event starts on Thursday, June 8, with …
Annual Spring Cleaning
April showers bring May flowers, and here on the Plateau April also brings Highlanders together doing the serious work of spring cleaning in anticipation of our coming summer season. More daylight hours, budding flowers, and that wonderful feeling of spring in the air makes us all want to shake off the gray of winter and do our part sprucing up …
Take Dining to a New Level
While there are many delightful places to wine and dine in Highlands, the Center for Life Enrichment urges you to take your dining experience to a new level and participate in one of our many culinary classes offered this season. These events are much more satisfying than just going into a restaurant and ordering from the menu. The distance between …
Candid Critters
Whether you’re a lifetime resident of the Highlands-Cashiers Plateau or the briefest of seasonal residents, you know that you share your living space with a host of wild neighbors. Squirrels, rabbits, raccoons, foxes, bobcats, deer, bears, maybe even elk or, maybe, maybe, panthers − there’s a secret parade that’s staged just outside your sight every day and every night. They’re …
Hattie Bryant Speaks
Award-winning Canyon Kitchen will be the venue for a fundraiser for Hospice House Foundation of Western North Carolina on Wednesday, May 10. Not only is this a most worthy cause, but it’s guaranteed to be an evening of fun and shared experience, along with exquisite dining. A highlight of the evening will be guest speaker Hattie Bryant. Bryant is a …
Immerse Yourself in Nature
Since its founding 90 years ago in 1927, the Highlands Biological Station has specialized in immersion-based outdoor education and programming under the philosophy that the best way to learn about the natural world is to experience it. This summer, we have six workshops tailored to the members of our community. In the first, led by Dr. Timothy Spira of Clemson …
Take a Bite Out of Hunger
Highlands United Methodist Church is well on its way to the final stages of its Faith and Fellowship Center, due to be completed this summer. The Food Pantry of Highlands, being one of the many ministries of the church, is guaranteed space in the new building and Executive Director Marty Rosenfield is forever grateful. The Pantry is currently housed in …
Rotary’s Warm Up Act
At my first Rotary Club of Highlands Meeting I was ready for the opening meeting rituals: Call to Order, moment of silent reflection and pledge of allegiance to the flag. What puzzled me a little was the role of the Sergeant at Arms — a Rotarian who strode around the room introducing visiting Rotarians and guests of Rotarians, collecting Happy …
The Power of Mentoring
Partnerships with local businesses and support from residents have allowed Big Brothers Big Sisters of Cashiers participants to do some special activities. The Bascom in Highlands is a great resource and partner of BBBS. During the holidays, they provided mentees and their families the opportunity to build their own gingerbread house at The Bascom’s annual Gingerbread House Workshop. BBBS participants …
A Blizzard Warmed Our Hearts
It was 3:00 A.M. on January 30, 2015, when the Cashiers-Highlands Humane Society Animal Rescue Team left on a mission to Shelbyville, Tennessee, where a multi-state task force met to give a second chance at life for 107 dogs who had spent their entire life on a chain. These dogs had no protection from the elements, no protection against …
Last Loving Resort
The Friends for Life Forever Farm is a sanctuary for senior and special needs animals. Every animal that comes to the Forever Farm is guaranteed lifelong care. But that does not mean we don’t strive to find the perfect home for most of our residents with a loving individual or family. I say “most” because we feel some of our residents, …
