Mark Your Calendar
May Events
• Wine and Dine on the Mountain, Shafer Wine Dinner, Wolfgang’s, Friday, May 1, 7 p.m., Thomas Arvid Painting Live, (828) 526-3807, (866) 526-8008. • Mountain Lakes 5-K, Saturday, May 2, 9 a.m., Highlands Civic Center, Richard Betz, Highlands Roadrunners Club, (828) 526-5213. • Cashiers Area Merchants’ Spring Front Porch Market, Saturday, May 2, (828) 743-7787 or (828) 743-0642. • 2009 Tour de Cashiers, Saturday, May 2, 7:30 a.m., Village Green, Cashiers, (828) 3310104, www.tourdecashiers.com • 2009 Wild and Woolly Wine Tasting and Author-Fiddler Festival, Saturday, May 2, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Tiger Mountain Vineyards in Tiger, Georgia, (706) 635-8733. • Pet Adoptathon 2009, Meet ‘N Greet with Dan Allen, Saturday, May 2, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Cashiers Village Green, (828) 743-5752, www. chhumanesociety.org • Cashiers Valley Preschool’s Third Annual Fiesta Cinco de Mayo and Kentucky Derby Party, Saturday, May 2, 5:30 p.m., Sapphire Mountain Brewery Company, (828) 743-4320. • Wine and Dine on the Mountain, Caymus Wine Dinner, Saturday May 2, 7 p.m., Madison’s, Thomas Arvid Painting Live, (866) 526-8008. • Wine and Dine on the Mountain, New Orleans Jazz Brunch, Sunday, May 3, noon, Wolfgang’s, Thomas Arvid Painting Live, (828) 526-3807, (866) 526-8008. • Acorns Designer Trunk Show - Azaara Jewelry, May 7-10, (828) 787-1877. • Highlands Community Players, Rumors, May 7-10, May 14-17, Evenings 7:30 p.m., Sundays 2:30 p.m., Martin-Lipscomb Performing Arts Center, (828) 526-8084. • Acorns Designer Trunk Show – John Kelly Chocolates, May 8-9, (828) 787-1877.
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• Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust Centennial Celebration, Saturday, May 9, Kelsey Trail Hike. (828) 526-1111. • 20th annual Rotary Golf Tournament, Monday, May 11, noon, Highlands Country Club, Steve Chenoweth (828) 526-3713 or Jeff Weller (828) 526-3923. • Highlands Biological Station hike to White Rock, Tuesday, May 12, 9:30 a.m., Meet Highlands Nature Center, 828-526-2623. • Soul Journey, Serendipity and The Search for True Self, Tuesday, May 12, 6-7:15 p.m., Author Hayley Bauman, Psy. D., (828) 743-1967. • Cashiers Historical Society, Zachary-Tolbert House tours, starting Friday, May 15, 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. every Friday and Saturday through the summer season, (828) 743-7710. • Fresser Eatery Relay For Life Breakfast Kickoff, Saturday, May 16, 8-10 a.m., (828) 526-4 188, www.fresserseatery.com • The Bascom annual High School Invitational, May 19-22, 26-29, (828) 526-4949, www.thebascom.org • Acorns Designer Trunk Show – Coralia Leets Jewelry, May 21-26, (828) 787-1877. • Acorns Designer Trunk Show – Nina Mclemore Clothing, May 22-24, (828) 787-1877. • REACH of Jackson County fundraiser, ”Because We Have Daughters Day,” Saturday, May 23, Janice Mason, (828) 631-4488 or Pam Nellis, (828) 787-1895. • Mountain Garden Club’s annual plant sale, Saturday, May 23, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Highlands Town ball field on the Cashiers Road. • Highlands Stop ‘N Adopt, Saturday, May 23, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Mountain Fresh parking lot, (828) 743-5752, www.chhumanesociety.org • Village Square Arts and Crafts Show, Village Square, Highlands, Saturday, May 23-Sunday, May 24, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., (828) 787-2021. • The Bascom’s, Opening of the Will Henry Stevens Bridge on Saturday, May 23, 11 a.m., gather at U.S. 64 and Oak Street in Highlands. (828) 526-4949. • TJB The Gallery Opening, Saturday, May 23, 4-7 p.m., (828) 787-1400, www.tjbgallery.com • Summit One Gallery, opening, Saturday, May 23, with a reception for the artists from 5-7 p.m., (828) 526-2673, www.summitonegallery.com • Storytelling Festival: Gary Carden and Sheila Kay Adams, Saturday, May 23, 7:30 p.m., MartinLipscomb Performing Arts Center, (828) 5269047, highlandsperformingartscenter.org • Soul Journey, The Lord’s Prayer, Tuesday, May 26, 5:30- p.m. Dale Allen Hoffman offers a living, breathing vision of the Aramaic Lord’s Prayer (“Our Father”), (828) 743-1967. • Bryant Art Glass Trunk Show, May 28-31, (828) 526-4095 • The Bascom Center for the Visual Arts
Collective Spirits Wine Festival, May 29-30, (828) 526-4949. • CLE classes begin Friday, May 29, with Dr. Jim Costa, Director of the Highlands Biological Station as he talks about Darwin and Steinbeck: Fellow Travelers. (828) 526-8811, www. clehighlands.org. • Cashiers Historical Society will host the Appalachian Music Symposium, Will the Circle Be Unbroken, May 29-31, Albert Carlton Cashiers Community Library. (828) 743-7710. • Betsy Paul art raffle for the Cashiers Glenville Volunteer Fire Department, artist John Houglum, Saturday, May 30. (828) 743-0880. • Play’n It Safe Community Fair, Saturday, May 30, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Highlands Girls Scouts, Highlands School, (828) 743-5752, www. chhumanesociety.org • Blues, Brews and BBQ Season Opening Outdoor Bash, Saturday, May 30, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Rib Shack, (866) 526-8008. • The Bascom exhibition, Cheers! Handcrafted Glass Stemware, May 30-June 6, (828) 526-4949, www.thebascom.org • The Bascom exhibition, Instruments of Appalachian Music, May 30-June 25, (828) 5264949, www.thebascom.org • Wolfgang’s Restaurant & Wine Bistro, Ferrari Carano Vineyards and Winery Event, Saturday
Weekly Events Every Monday • Beginners Plus Clogging, 6 p.m., Mountain Sounds, (828) 743-3797. Every Tuesday • Highlands Rotary Club, meets noon, Highlands Community Center. • Weight Watchers, Highlands Recreation Park, 5:30 p.m. • Beginners Clogging, 6 p.m., Mountain Sounds, (828) 743-3797. Every Wednesday • Mountaintop Rotary, 7:30 a.m., Highlands Conference Center. • Rotary Club of Cashiers Valley, 8 a.m., Cashiers United Methodist Church, (828) 743-2243. • Cashiers Quilters Guild, 12:30 p.m., Cashiers United Methodist Church. Every Thursday • Intermediate Clogging, 6:30 p.m., Mountain Sounds, (828) 743-3797. Every Friday • Soul Journey, Guided Meditation Circle, 5:30-6 p.m., (828) 743-1967. • Cornhole Tournament, 5:30-8 p.m. Bella’s Kitchen, $20 per 2 person team, (828) 743- 5355.
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