Highland Blooms is just two short weeks away! On Saturday, May 19 from 11am-3pm, seven Highland gardens will be showing off their specialties such as vegetables, containers, water features, and art, and each has a special surprise in store: free plants, live music, cookies, lemonade, art vendors, and more! Tickets are $13 the day of the event or $10 in advance. In case of rain, the event will be held on Sunday, May 20. For more information or to buy tickets, visit the event website at www.thehighlandexperience.org. For details on the gardens on tour, check out the latest HRA newsletter.
Ready to shop? Join the Noel Community Arts Program (520 Herndon St) for a unique shopping experience. On Saturday, April 28 from 8:30 to 11:30am they will be hosting Park-It-Market with a huge yard sale area, food vendors, art vendors, live music, and free kid’s crafts. So come out and help support a great cause. Proceeds from the space fees go to the Noel Community Arts Program to help provide scholarships to students for art and music. For more information visit their website at www.noelarts.org.
The Red River Performance Arts Academy will be hosting a Spring Performance on 
Thursday, April 19 from 7pm-8pm at Noel Methodist Church (520 Herndon St). This special performance will showcase the Academy’s dance and theatre students and will also feature a silent auction. You can learn more about Red River Performing Arts Academy, bid on your favorite silent auction item, then sit back and enjoy the show!
On Saturday, May 19 from 11am-3pm, the historic Highland neighborhood will throw open its doors to the public for a most unusual event. The Highland Experience: Highland BLOOMS is not your Mother’s garden tour…it is going to be a surprising, intriguing, filling, artistic and musical event, all rolled into one. For more information, check out the event website at www.thehighlandexperience.org.
A 1870 stained glass window, rescued from the original First Presbyterian Church and sent to 
Lynchburg, VA for restoration, will be installed in the back of the newly renovated First Presbyterian Church (9oo Jordan St) on March 28 and March 29. This window, at over 20 feet tall, will be the focal point at the back of the church on the Stoner Avenue side. A ceremony will be held outside on the parking lot area on Thursday, March 29 at noon to commemorate the installation. The public is invited to attend. Former First Presbyterian minister, Spencer Murray, will be at the celebration from 11:00–1:00 on the 29th, selling copies of his book about the history of the church.
Highland Blooms is just two short weeks away! On Saturday, May 19 from 11am-3pm, seven Highland gardens will be showing off their specialties such as vegetables, containers, water features, and art, and each has a special surprise in store: free plants, live music, cookies, lemonade, art vendors, and more! Tickets are $13 the day of the event or $10 in advance. In case of rain, the event will be held on Sunday, May 20. For more information or to buy tickets, visit the event website at www.thehighlandexperience.org. For details on the gardens on tour, check out the latest HRA newsletter.
