Community Center from 7:30-10:30 a.m. July 26. Adults $5.50, children $ 3.50. Proceeds benefit scholarships for area students and human service’s agencies.
from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Admission to all exhibitions is free.
Village Nature Series
The Village Nature Series will feature a speaker at 5:30 p.m. July 29 at the Village Green In Cashiers. The program is free.
The Highlands-Cashiers Chamber Music Festival will present concerts at 6 p.m. Aug. 1 and 5 p.m. Aug. 3 at the Highlands Performing Arts Center. Call 526-9060.
Zahner Conservation Lecture
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Nature camp
Tradd Cotter, co-founder of Mountain Mushroom, will discuss “Soul Mates for Life: Native Plants and their Fungal Partners” at 6:30 p.m. July 31 at Highlands Nature Center. The lecture is free. Call 526-2602.
Performance
The Lady and the Old Timers will perform a free concert at 1:30 p.m. Aug. 1 at Hudson Library. Admission is free.
Chamber Music Festival
The Highlands Botanical Garden will offer a tour featuring deadly plants and folklore from 10:30-11:30 a.m. Aug. 4. For all ages. Call 5260188 for information. The Highlands Nature Center will present “Wow! A World of Wonder” from 10 a.m. to noon Aug. 5-8. For ages 4-6. Cost is $55. Call 5262623 for information or to register.
SOAR golf tournament
A golf tournament to benefit the Special Operation Warrior Foundation will begin at 10 a.m. Aug. 4 at the Sky Valley Country Club. Cost is $150 per person. For registration information go to www.soarhighlands.org.
Snakes of the Highlands Region This educational program featuring live snakes begins at 7 p.m. Aug. 1 at the Highlands Nature Center. Cost is $2. Call 526-2623. www.highlandsbiological.org
Dave Drake Studio Barn Resident Potter
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Dr. Catherine Carter, assistant professor at Western Carolina University, will discuss “Swamp Monsters and Bone-Eating Snot Flowers: Poetry and the Nonhuman World” at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 7 at Highlands Nature Center. The lecture is free. Call (828) 526-2602.
The Bascom will feature an exhibition of works by the potter-in-residence from Aug. 2-Oct. 26 in the Landing Gallery. An opening reception and artist talk will be held from 5-7 p.m. Aug. 5. The Bascom is open 208343
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