young & free press in Ontario's Southwest!
Think of all the restaurants, cafés, galleries, music venues, theatres and street art situated in cities, towns, and rural areas around Ontario’s Southwest – there are so many interesting spots animated and activated by individuals with unique stories to tell. Our team at young & free press loves to discover all of these places and meet as many people as possible along the way!
During summer 2019, we collaborated with Southwest Ontario Tourism to deliver a series of Instagram posts called The Teenager’s Guide to Ontario’s Southwest, throwing the spotlight on cool things for young people to do in various cities, towns and villages. For 2020, the focus will be a bit different. Our teenage journalists – Maddie King, Hayden Miller-Cluckie, Alex Popen and Emily Stage – will be appearing in three recurring social media segments.
In ‘Plates & Paints’, we will highlight neat spots for breakfast, lunch or dinner, and then connect these experiences to places nearby to check out the visual arts, particularly existing or new pieces of street art. Another series titled ‘For the Record’ will emphasize local music scenes, including record stores, concert venues, and emerging artists. We are excited as well to focus on the film industry in the region through posts called ‘Lights, Camera, Teenagers!’ that will revolve around promoting small theatres, conducting interviews with Film Festival personnel and young filmmakers, as well as reviewing independent films and even the occasional blockbuster movie. Simply put, we’re going to have a lot of fun!
Follow along on our Instagram page, or connect with our owner & editor Andrew Gunn at andrew@youngandfreepress.ca if you have recommendations for what we should check out in our travels. We love hearing from business owners and event-makers around the region!
Photo: Maddie King and Andrew Gunn stand on Dundas Place in downtown London to point out the distinctive mural by artist James Kirkpatrick recently installed at 158 Dundas Street.
