In mid-September, the Fall Scene Issue of Young, Foxy & Free was published by Candy—on September 21, the Fall Equinox, the first official day of fall.The issue was welcomed into the world with a fun party at 283 Bar, featuring Dan Donahue and Page Campbell as DJ's, and attended by many YFF contributors, advertisers, subjects, and readers.
The concept behind the fall issue is inspired by what many other publications do in Athens in the fall—it's a "welcome back students" and/or Guide to Athens kinda idea—but done with the full-on Young, Foxy & Free treatment. First of all, our issue came out 4-5 weeks into the academic year, after the flush of moving-in, getting oriented, and getting bombarded by other publications and their special fall issues—packed full of text book ads and pizza coupons—had receded. So, from YFF comes the inside dope on Athens.
Then, we told the story of Athens as a physical place, as a culturally active place, and provided a sense of orientation through use of images and design. We started with a photo of the burning Georgia Theatre (something that may have happened "while you were gone"), and also had old Polaroids by Chris Bilheimer with the original Grit location on fire. The music and party scene was rendered with photos by then-art student Eddie Whelan. We showed cycling as a mode of transportation and sport with bicycle messenger and athlete Zak Noles. Two art projects presented unique takes on Athens, as well as photographer Daniel Fell with his moody landscapes. More Athens bands were photo'd just for this issue, and two local models and our mayor posed in key Athens landmark locations.
Glued inside the issue, and also made available at the Athens Welcome Center, is our own Athens On A Postcard—a guide to the best of Athens local businesses, the ones who also support Young, Foxy & Free with their ads.
Young, Foxy & Free is rooted in Athens, dependent on its creative people, the businesses that partner with us, with printing by Athens Printing Company. We try to give back to all of these through our printed page and also our various online assets, including our blog, Google Calendar and Map, Facebook page and Twitter posts. You can find any of them and see the last two issues by starting at our website, youngfoxyfree.com. Join us at these locations, comment, contact us, follow us. Come be Young, Foxy & Free!







