Indy Week
Indy Week, formerly known as the Independent Weekly and originally the North Carolina Independent, is a tabloid-format alternative weekly newspaper published in Durham, North Carolina, United States, and distributed throughout the Research Triangle area (Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, and Cary) and counties (Wake County, Durham County, Orange County, and Chatham County). Its first issue was published in April 1983. Indy Week is a member of the Association of Alternative Newsmedia and has a progressive, liberal political perspective. The Columbia Journalism Review has cited the newspaper for its "spine of steel."[citation needed] The print edition is published on Wednesdays.
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That question was the central theme at a local birthday party last month. The party, held at the Durham County Library, was for historian Jean Bradley Anderson, who turned 100 this summer. With a panel of historians, a crowd of around 70 admirers, and plenty of cake, the occasion marked not only an impressive birthday but the celebration of an impressive career in studying Durham’s past. The celebration was supposed to end with an audience Q&A. But instead of asking questions, most of the audience members who took the mic...