Arts & Culture Articles

Both professional and community theater keep playgoers entertained while music festivals, Chamber music and bluegrass music can also be enjoyed year-round. Highlands NC and Cashiers NC has always attracted visual artists thanks to the luxuriant setting,
and the number of fine art galleries encourage collectors to make frequent forays. There are writers’ groups, lectures and classes of all types. Search below to get your creativity fix.

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The Goddess of Folk Art

Issue: July 2025 by: Donna Rhodes

The exuberance of the art at Around Back at Rocky’s Place Folk Art Gallery
(3631 Georgia Highway 53 East in Dawsonville, Georgia) will not be contained.

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A Celebration of Music and Arts

Issue: July 2025

The 2025 Bel Canto, set for Sunday, September 7, at the Highlands Performing Arts Center, continues an extraordinary tradition that’s enraptured audiences for 33 years.

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Let’s Welcome Gray Pearson

Issue: July 2025 by: Luke Osteen

Gray Pearson is the man behind those iconic sounds animating First Presbyterian Church of Highlands.

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Two-Man Symphony

Issue: July 2025 by: Marlene Osteen

Ellie’s Groove Steel Pan Band brings a rich, mellow sound filtered through Caribbean playfulness.

The First Thing You Remember

Issue: July 2025 by: Marlene Osteen

A mother’s simple question, “What’s the first thing you remember?” sparks a deeply moving memoir shaped by love, listening, and perseverance.

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Art and Craft Show

Issue: July 2025 by: Mary Jane McCall

Back and somehow even bigger, Mountaintop Rotary’s Art & Craft Show returns to Highlands’ Kelsey-Hutchinson Founders Park on August 23 and 24. For more information on the show, visit highlandsartshow.com or visit their Facebook page for the latest updates.

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Martinis, Mozart & More

Issue: July 2025 by: Marlene Osteen

Magic and music are brewing when the Highlands-Cashiers Chamber Music Festival stages its Martinis, Mozart & More at The Orchard House at The Farm at Old Edwards, Thursday, July 24. Reservations are essential and can be made by calling (828) 526-9060. Because some evenings deserve to be as memorable as the music itself. 

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The Art of Pat Calderone

Issue: July 2025 by: Marlene Osteen

Originally from Minnesota, Pat Calderone found her Muse in the mountains. Nearly three decades on, she still finds her inspiration in the mysteries of nature.

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Public Art Initiative

Issue: July 2025 by: Marlene Osteen

The Vision Cashiers Public Art Initiative brings texture, color and wonder to the WALK Cashiers campaign. It’s a bouquet of startlements delivered to pedestrians.

Arts & Culture Listings

Around Back At Rocky’s Place

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Around Back At Rocky’s Place

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Around Back at Rocky’s Place is one of North Georgia’s largest folk art galleries featuring one of a kind artwork from hundreds of Southern artists. Our gallery boasts thousands of […]

Full House Gallery

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Full House Gallery

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Art Gallery featuring local and regional artists. High end furniture consignment and new home decor.

Highlands Performing Arts Center

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Highlands Performing Arts Center

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The ML Performing Arts Center Mission Statement To Provide our community with the benefits of a first class, low cost facility for local 501c3 organizations and to promote and encourage the […]

Highlands-Cashiers Art League

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Highlands-Cashiers Art League

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Highlands-Cashiers Community Players

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Highlands-Cashiers Community Players

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The mission of  the Highlands Cashiers players is to elevate the cultural environment of Highlands and its environs by offering first rate  theatrical productions; to seek out and develop the […]

Jeanie Edwards Fine Art

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Jeanie Edwards Fine Art

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Jeanie Edwards Fine Art, the premier art gallery located in the heart of downtown Highlands, North Carolina. We are pleased to present for your consideration, 20 of the regions top […]

Josephine’s Emporium

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Josephine’s Emporium

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Art dealer located in Cashiers, North Carolina

The Bascom

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The Bascom

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At The Bascom, children and adults explore and learn about art, both indoors and outdoors. The Bascom provides stimulating experiences in the visual arts through high quality changing exhibitions and […]

The Bascom Shop

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The Bascom Shop

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The Shop at The Bascom is chock full of beautiful handmade gifts and treasures for family, friend, and home. The Shop boasts one-of-a-kind pieces from regional and featured artists; all […]

The Village Green

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The Village Green

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The Village Green is a 12.5 acre park located in the heart of Cashiers, North Carolina, at the crossroads of Highway 64 and Highway 107. Hosting thousands of visitors and […]

WHLC

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WHLC

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Vistors to these mountains look forward to the relaxing sounds of waterfalls, katydids, and of course, WHLC Radio. The station has become part of the fabric of Highlands and Cashiers.  […]

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