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Photo by Christopher Smith/Staff Zach Rogers explains the PLAY! exhibit.

Photo by Christopher Smith/Staff Zach Rogers explains the PLAY! exhibit.

PLAY! at The Bascom

Highlander Editor
Thursday, August 12, 2021
The Bascom, A Center for the Visual Arts has opened its annual membership challenge exhibit with this year’s theme being PLAY! “About a year ago, we sat down with the DeVos Institute,” Exhibit manager Zachary Rogers said. “We were chosen out of about 1,000 applicants to revamp our galleries.
High Five has played in Highlands for more than a dozen years. They will perform at Kelsey Hutchinson Founders Park this Saturday, Aug. 7, at 6 p.m.

High Five has played in Highlands for more than a dozen years. They will perform at Kelsey Hutchinson Founders Park this Saturday, Aug. 7, at 6 p.m.

Highlands local band to take stage at Saturdays on Pine

Highlander Editor
Thursday, August 5, 2021
This Saturday, High Five, a local band who has graced the stage in Highlands for more than a dozen years, will take the stage again at Kelsey Hutchinson Founders Park for Saturdays on Pine.
Photo by Christopher Smith/Staff Andrew Fehrenbacher (Jason) jumps off of a platform as Bailey Baker (Trenna,) Andrew Harvey (Eddie,) Jimmy Lewis (Mark) and James Rowell IV (David) watch in awe.

Photo by Christopher Smith/Staff Andrew Fehrenbacher (Jason) jumps off of a platform as Bailey Baker (Trenna,) Andrew Harvey (Eddie,) Jimmy Lewis (Mark) and James Rowell IV (David) watch in awe.

I HEAR THE TRAIN A COMIN'

Highlander Editor
Thursday, August 5, 2021
CASH: Ring of Fire will be playing at the Highlands Playhouse until the end of next week and the director and cast feel like it is a musical that will make you stomp your feet. Artistic director Marshall Carby said this show is one to come watch because of the musicianship.

Woodruff remembered as a visionary

Highlander Editor
Thursday, August 5, 2021
Jane Woodruff was known around Highlands for her generous contributions including to the hospital, the post office, the fire department and the recreation center, but friends want to her to be remembered as the visionary that they knew. Woodruff passed away at her home in the afternoon of July 29.
The town facilities that the mask mandate would be enforced include the town hall, the recreation center, the community building, the police department, the fire department, the ABC Store and any other government building.

The town facilities that the mask mandate would be enforced include the town hall, the recreation center, the community building, the police department, the fire department, the ABC Store and any other government building.

TOWN REINSTATES MASK MANDATE FOR TOWN FACILITIES

Highlander Editor
Thursday, August 5, 2021
With the Delta Variant raging across the nation, the Highlands Town of Commissioners called a special called meeting where they unanimously voted to mandate masks in all indoor town facilities. Mayor Patrick Taylor said the meeting was called following the guidance of Gov. Roy Cooper.
Photo by Christopher Smith/Staff Jeanne Mullin: Highlands Playhouse Board, Craig Eister: Highlands Cashiers Players Board, Brad Armstrong: Building Committee, Charlotte Muir: PAC Board, Mary Adair Trumbly: PAC Executive Director, Martha Pearson: Highlands Cashiers Chamber Music Festival Board, Jane Webb: PAC Board, RIck Trevathan: PAC Board, Geri Coleman: PAC Board, Wade Coleman: Building Committee Chair, John Eastman: PAC Board all with their shovels.

Photo by Christopher Smith/Staff Jeanne Mullin: Highlands Playhouse Board, Craig Eister: Highlands Cashiers Players Board, Brad Armstrong: Building Committee, Charlotte Muir: PAC Board, Mary Adair Trumbly: PAC Executive Director, Martha Pearson: Highlands Cashiers Chamber Music Festival Board, Jane Webb: PAC Board, RIck Trevathan: PAC Board, Geri Coleman: PAC Board, Wade Coleman: Building Committee Chair, John Eastman: PAC Board all with their shovels.

Groundbreaking at PAC

Highlander Editor
Thursday, August 5, 2021
Last Friday the Highlands Performing Arts Center broke ground on its new $11 million theatre. PAC director Mary Adair Trumbly said the project management, the construction company, the architects, the designers, the theatrical company  have met  twice a month for over a year.
The production, set for Friday, July 30, and Saturday, July 31, will feature the talents of cellist Zuill Bailey, and his sister, violinist Allison Bailey; violinist Helen Kim, violin and her brother, pianist Michael Kim; and violinist Kate Ransom, and her brother, pianist and festival artistic director William Ransom.

The production, set for Friday, July 30, and Saturday, July 31, will feature the talents of cellist Zuill Bailey, and his sister, violinist Allison Bailey; violinist Helen Kim, violin and her brother, pianist Michael Kim; and violinist Kate Ransom, and her brother, pianist and festival artistic director William Ransom.

HCCMF week five to host “Sibling Rivalry”

Highlander Editor
Thursday, July 29, 2021
There’s an additional vibrancy to a chamber music performance by brothers and sisters playing in harmony, and sometimes in contrast, that cannot help but be felt by an audience.