This special exhibition is presented in partnership with Highlands Motoring Festival in the Bascom’s Bunzl Gallery. FreeWheeling: The Allure of the Automobile in Contemporary Art, will feature works of renowned international automotive artists, including canvas, paper, and sculpture.
Though he is never impersonated, Johnny Cash’s remarkable life story is told through his music, climaxing in a concert that will both move and exhilarate!
Benefiting the Scaly Mountain Women’s Club, a local non-profit that provides scholarships to students and supports other community organizations like the Literacy Council, Hospice House, Fire Department, and more!
An exquisite menu focused on local, seasonal food includes 4 courses with 4 unique wine pairings by Chef Tim Lundy of Distinctive Design Events and Rosewood Market.
Hunger is a problem in the Highlands area, with many living below the poverty level. Your year round donations to the Highlands Food Pantry help us help those in need. Thank you!
There is always something changing in the Highlands Botanical Garden! Take a virtual guided tour from the comfort of your own home to see what's new in the gardens and among the hundreds of species that call HBS home. Tours are weather dependent and will be live streamed on the HBS Facebook page. Highlands Biological […]
n this 2-session course, we will focus on ideas about time and perceptions of reality.
The Highlands Biological Foundation will hold its biggest fundraiser of the year with its annual summer soiree, 6 p.m. through dark Monday, Aug. 2, atop Satulah Mountain in Highlands. Proceeds will benefit HBF’s work to educate the community about the Highlands Plateau’s unique biodiversity. Parking is limited, and shuttle service will be provided.
If you like poetry, or like poetry somewhat but don’t feel confident with it, or you want to increase your exposure to share your already considerable skills and knowledge of poetry, this interactive, collaborative workshop provides a fun opportunity to learn more.
Ancient Greece is often held up as the origin of civilization, including democracy, philosophy, comedy, literature, drama, arts and architecture, but no works from this period are more important than those of Homer (Iliad) and Thucydides (History of the Peloponnesian War). In this lecture we will explore the prognostic importance of these works in international relations, rising and falling powers, and the factors that always lead to war, from ancient Greece to modern times.
Opening April 7 this year, the Green Market will be from 2:00 to 5:00 P.M. every Wednesday at The Village Green Commons on Frank Allen Road.
Hunger is a problem in the Highlands area, with many living below the poverty level. Your year round donations to the Highlands Food Pantry help us help those in need. Thank you!
Surveyor and astronomer Andrew Ellicott set his famous rock that marks the northeast corner of the state of Georgia, common to North Carolina and South Carolina, on the bank of the Chattooga River on the day after Christmas 1811. He had begun his surveys of a few months earlier, following the footsteps of previous surveyors in that mountainous area. Did they live in North Carolina or Georgia? Ellicott did settle the war, but his client did not like the answer. Since that time, has anyone recovered Ellicott's Rock? For the past 200 years most people have looked in the wrong place. Why? Tom Robertson will answer these and other questions. Tom is a professional engineer and author that spent over seven years searching through dusty archives and beautiful mountain wilderness scenery for answers, Just where is Ellicott's Rock located?
Known as the “Cheers” of Bookstores, the Bookworm in Highlands is affiliated with the Hudson Library: all books are donated; all staff are volunteers; and all funds go to help support the library. More than a retail store, we are a community service offering carefully sorted donated books to provide the best quality at a used bookstore price.
Professor Abramowitz’s recent book, The Great Alignment: Race, Party Transformation and the Rise of Donald Trump discusses how demographic and cultural change have transformed American society and politics over the past several decades.
Enjoy Trivia night at The High Dive in Highlands on Thursdays!
Learn about bees and taste their honey at Killer Bees Honey Farm Apiary Tours & Culinary Experience in Toxaway, NC.
This presentation will focus on the results of the 2020 election. What happened and why and what does it mean for the next four years and beyond. Why did Trump lose the election and why was it a lot closer than many expected? Why did Republicans do surprisingly well in the elections below the presidential level? What can we expect now from the Biden presidency and from the defeated ex-president?
Over the decades, The Church of the Good Shepherd’s annual Bazaar has earned a regional reputation. It’s only natural that it’s mushroomed into the year-round Bazaar Barn, 118 US Hwy 64 West (at Shoppes on the Green).
As visitors and summer residents of the Highlands-Cashiers Plateau return to the area for the season, the Cashiers Historical Society is proud to announce the return of their tours of The Zachary-Tolbert House.
Known as the “Cheers” of Bookstores, the Bookworm in Highlands is affiliated with the Hudson Library: all books are donated; all staff are volunteers; and all funds go to help support the library. More than a retail store, we are a community service offering carefully sorted donated books to provide the best quality at a used bookstore price.
Kristy Woodson Harvey: August 6, 3:00 P.M., Albert Carlton Cashiers Community Library. Harvey will discuss her latest release: Under the Southern Sky.
This local Highlands NC Farmers market opens Saturdays from 8:00 A.M. until 12:30 P.M. in Kelsey-Hutchinson Founders Park on Pine Street.
Learn about bees and taste their honey at Killer Bees Honey Farm Apiary Tours & Culinary Experience in Toxaway, NC.
Over the decades, The Church of the Good Shepherd’s annual Bazaar has earned a regional reputation. It’s only natural that it’s mushroomed into the year-round Bazaar Barn, 118 US Hwy 64 West (at Shoppes on the Green).
As visitors and summer residents of the Highlands-Cashiers Plateau return to the area for the season, the Cashiers Historical Society is proud to announce the return of their tours of The Zachary-Tolbert House.
Known as the “Cheers” of Bookstores, the Bookworm in Highlands is affiliated with the Hudson Library: all books are donated; all staff are volunteers; and all funds go to help support the library. More than a retail store, we are a community service offering carefully sorted donated books to provide the best quality at a used bookstore price.
Kristy Woodson Harvey: August 7, 3:30 P.M., Hudson Library, Books & Bites – Harvey will discuss her latest release: Under the Southern Sky. Reservations are required.
Jean Benedict Raffa discusses and sign copies of her new Nautilus Award-winning book, "The Soul's Twins: Emancipate Your Feminine and Masculine Archetypes."
Highlands Saturdays on Pine concerts are free and are at Kelsey-Hutchinson Founders Park on Pine Street and begin at 6:00 P.M.
Join Grammy-nominated folk musician and songwriter, John McCutcheon, for an intense, intimate songwriting Master Class at The Mountain Retreat & Learning Center. Join other songwriting lovers for this remarkable event at an even more remarkable place. In between sessions enjoy breathtaking views of the Smoky Mountains, healthy, delicious homemade food, and camaraderie
Big Hats and Bow Ties brunch on Kettle Rock.
Hunger is a problem in the Highlands area, with many living below the poverty level. Your year round donations to the Highlands Food Pantry help us help those in need. Thank you!
The fire at Notre Dame Cathedral in 2019 deeply affected people throughout France, but it also saddened people in the United States and around the world. Why did this religious monument of medieval architecture carry such wide cultural and historical resonance, even for people who are not religious or interested in the history of the Middle Ages?
The fire at Notre Dame Cathedral in 2019 deeply affected people throughout France, but it also saddened people in the United States and around the world. Why did this religious monument of medieval architecture carry such wide cultural and historical resonance, even for people who are not religious or interested in the history of the Middle Ages?
The presidential campaign of 1964 was one of the most transformative in U.S. politics. President Johnson won by one of the largest margins in history and set American liberalism on track to its highest point after World War II. But four years later, he was headed home to Austin as one of the lowest approval ratings in modern history
Opening April 7 this year, the Green Market will be from 2:00 to 5:00 P.M. every Wednesday at The Village Green Commons on Frank Allen Road.
Hunger is a problem in the Highlands area, with many living below the poverty level. Your year round donations to the Highlands Food Pantry help us help those in need. Thank you!
Martin Luther King, Jr. was 26 at the start of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, 34 at the March on Washington, 35 at the signing of the Civil Rights Act and 39 when an assassin killed him in Memphis. This session will examine King’s defining role in American life and his personal relationships with JFK and LBJ.
Known as the “Cheers” of Bookstores, the Bookworm in Highlands is affiliated with the Hudson Library: all books are donated; all staff are volunteers; and all funds go to help support the library. More than a retail store, we are a community service offering carefully sorted donated books to provide the best quality at a used bookstore price.
Enjoy a painting class with a glass of wine and your friends. You will be guided, step-by-step, while you relax and get creative. Whether you are a professional artist or you have never touched a paint brush you will have a great time in a relaxed environment.
Enjoy Trivia night at The High Dive in Highlands on Thursdays!
Learn about bees and taste their honey at Killer Bees Honey Farm Apiary Tours & Culinary Experience in Toxaway, NC.
Against all odds, American Indians have not only survived invasion and settler colonialism but have engaged in a remarkable twentieth-and twenty-first century renaissance
Over the decades, The Church of the Good Shepherd’s annual Bazaar has earned a regional reputation. It’s only natural that it’s mushroomed into the year-round Bazaar Barn, 118 US Hwy 64 West (at Shoppes on the Green).
As visitors and summer residents of the Highlands-Cashiers Plateau return to the area for the season, the Cashiers Historical Society is proud to announce the return of their tours of The Zachary-Tolbert House.
Known as the “Cheers” of Bookstores, the Bookworm in Highlands is affiliated with the Hudson Library: all books are donated; all staff are volunteers; and all funds go to help support the library. More than a retail store, we are a community service offering carefully sorted donated books to provide the best quality at a used bookstore price.
This local Highlands NC Farmers market opens Saturdays from 8:00 A.M. until 12:30 P.M. in Kelsey-Hutchinson Founders Park on Pine Street.
Learn about bees and taste their honey at Killer Bees Honey Farm Apiary Tours & Culinary Experience in Toxaway, NC.
Over the decades, The Church of the Good Shepherd’s annual Bazaar has earned a regional reputation. It’s only natural that it’s mushroomed into the year-round Bazaar Barn, 118 US Hwy 64 West (at Shoppes on the Green).
As visitors and summer residents of the Highlands-Cashiers Plateau return to the area for the season, the Cashiers Historical Society is proud to announce the return of their tours of The Zachary-Tolbert House.
Known as the “Cheers” of Bookstores, the Bookworm in Highlands is affiliated with the Hudson Library: all books are donated; all staff are volunteers; and all funds go to help support the library. More than a retail store, we are a community service offering carefully sorted donated books to provide the best quality at a used bookstore price.
Highlands Saturdays on Pine concerts are free and are at Kelsey-Hutchinson Founders Park on Pine Street and begin at 6:00 P.M.
Hunger is a problem in the Highlands area, with many living below the poverty level. Your year round donations to the Highlands Food Pantry help us help those in need. Thank you!
The presentation will examine the role of Winston Churchill in World War II from leading protagonist and standing alone against Hitler to the junior partner in a much bigger alliance. How did Churchill’s evolving roles change his view of the War, British war aims and influence his plans for the post-war world?
How did Churchill view Russia (and the USSR) from the birth of Bolshevism through reluctant ally to (once again) implacable foe?
