It Still Lives: Season 1, Episode 1
“It Still Lives, Part 1” Hosts Kami Ahrens and TJ Smith take you on a journey through Southern Appalachia heritage using stories, songs, and more from the Foxfire archives. This pilot...
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Foxfire Magazine Fellowship 2019
It’s that time again! We are now accepting applications for our summer magazine program! The Foxfire Fellowship is an eight-week, intensive fellowship for up 10 high-school-aged students...
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“We Will Remember Them”: In Honor of the World War I Centennial
On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eighteen… The first World War finally came to a close. November 11, 2018...
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Frightening Foxfire Folklore: Tales for a Haunted Halloween
In the spirit of Halloween, we thought we’d share a few spooky tales from our archives. Foxfire 2 is full of ghost stories, or ‘haint’ tales as they were more commonly known. While some are quite...
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Summer Intern: Amelia Golcheski
Packing for the summer, I had no idea what adventures were waiting for me in Mountain City. I’m happy to report that this summer was filled with meaningful research, writing, and lots of “other...
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Shape Note Music in the Chapel
The image of a local church nestled deep within the Appalachian Mountains, beloved by those in the community and serving as a site of local music and worship, is one of the most iconic...
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Foxfire Museum in the Digital Age
The winter weather may be keeping us indoors, but it’s given us the opportunity to try out some new things! Over the past few weeks, we’ve been trying out some 3D modelling of artifacts. As...
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“I’m more interested in music than anything else.”
Nearly a year ago, we discovered this image of Hattie Hicks Presnell playing the fiddle and her mother Buna Vesta Hicks. Striking for both its composition and characters, the viewer is immediately...
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