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Foxfire Films: Milissa Ellison Dewey

Foxfire Films: Milissa Ellison Dewey

June 12, 2017

As part of our efforts to enhance Foxfire’s connection to the public, We have been working with filmmaker Danielle McClennan on creating short documentary videos for the museum and its related...
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Medicine, Mules, & Moonshine Stills

Medicine, Mules, & Moonshine Stills

June 9, 2017

What a week! What a rewarding, enriching, and fun-filled week! Foxfire has been alive with so much activity, I can hardly focus my memory to catch it all. This marked the first week of Summer...
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Foxfire Today Released!

Foxfire Today Released!

May 8, 2017

Last year, Joy Phillips, a Foxfire alumnus and language arts teacher at Rabun County Elementary School, and M’ryanne Peacock, a math and science teacher also at RCES, worked with gifted and...
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Foxfire Heritage Day Sneak Peek!

Foxfire Heritage Day Sneak Peek!

May 4, 2017

We are just about a week away from our Foxfire Heritage Day event and are busily running all over this mountain getting everything ready. Barry and Dave (aka Dexter, Handyman Extraordinaire) have...
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Planting by the signs

Planting by the signs

April 26, 2017

At the time when many of the crops planted in the spring were gathered in and preserved for the winter to come, our attention was turned to a phenomenon that had fascinated us for some time – that...
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University Honors: Foxfire Celebrated at UGA

University Honors: Foxfire Celebrated at UGA

April 20, 2017

In October of 2016, the University of Georgia honored The Foxfire Magazine Program by celebrating our 50th anniversary. The staff at the university created an outstanding display that was dedicated...
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The Great Hook Test

The Great Hook Test

April 10, 2017

Every year the Foxfire class goes to the Foxfire Museum and Heritage Center to take the tour with Barry through the museum. It introduces new Foxfire students to the history behind what we do and...
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