BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//Highlands Biological Station - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://highlandsbiological.org
X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Highlands Biological Station
REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H
X-Robots-Tag:noindex
X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:America/Halifax
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0300
TZNAME:ADT
DTSTART:20240310T060000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0300
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:AST
DTSTART:20241103T050000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0300
TZNAME:ADT
DTSTART:20250309T060000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0300
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:AST
DTSTART:20251102T050000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0300
TZNAME:ADT
DTSTART:20260308T060000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0300
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:AST
DTSTART:20261101T050000
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20251029T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20251029T180000
DTSTAMP:20260410T095423
CREATED:20251024T122504Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251024T122504Z
UID:27914-1761753600-1761760800@highlandsbiological.org
SUMMARY:A Life Reimagined: The George Masa Story
DESCRIPTION:A Life Reimagined: The George Masa Story\nDate: Wednesday\, October 29\, 2025Time: 4:00 PMLocation: Lewis Hall\, 160 Frank Allen Road\, Cashiers\, NCAdmission: Free and open to the public \nIn 1915\, a young\, charismatic Japanese man with a mysterious past entered the Appalachian culture of Asheville\, North Carolina. Suspected of being a spy and targeted by the Ku Klux Klan\, he persevered with a passion for photography and for the mountains he adopted—bringing to life the landscapes that would become the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the Appalachian Trail. \nA Life Reimagined: The George Masa Story dives deep into the life of the man known as George Masa through groundbreaking genealogical and historical research. The film reveals how and why Masa left Japan\, his stormy period in the Pacific Northwest\, and his journey to the Southern Appalachian Mountains\, where he reinvented himself as a talented and influential photographer\, filmmaker\, businessman\, mapmaker\, hiker\, and friend to many. \nTold through a cinema verité style and featuring passionate researchers\, archivists\, historians\, and activists in both the United States and Japan\, the film blends anime-style imagery with hundreds of Masa’s own photographs to illustrate his extraordinary story and the timeless beauty of the region. \nUltimately\, A Life Reimagined: The George Masa Story celebrates how one inspired man from Japan overcame fear\, intimidation\, and loneliness to capture images of another culture and landscape that became personally redemptive and deeply influential in shaping the conservation legacy of the Southern Appalachians. \nHosted and sponsored by:Cashiers Historical SocietyAlbert Carlton–Cashiers Community LibraryHighlands Biological FoundationHighlands-Cashiers Land TrustHighlands Historical Society
URL:https://highlandsbiological.org/event/a-life-reimagined-the-george-masa-story/
LOCATION:Lewis Hall\, 160 Frank Allen Road\, Cashiers\, NC\, 28717\, United States
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://highlandsbiological.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Masa-Doc-Horizontal.jpeg
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR