Baltimore's Indypendent Reader has two amazing reasons to celebrate. Firstly, we are releasing our first national issue. This issue documents The City from Below Conference. The conference took place right here in Baltimore during the weekend of March 27-29, 2009. As sponsors, we were much more than simply delighted when The City from Below Conference turned out to be an incredible success! The editors of The Indypendent Reader were honored to come together with the organizers of City from Below to put together an extended issue. We're very proud of this issue and entirely excited to have it circulate the country. The Indypendent Reader editors and the conference organizers find it absolutely necessary that we celebrate the release of our first national and extended issue that revels in covering the groundbreaking City from Below Conference.
There is a second reason we're throwing a party. We're now celebrating our three-year anniversary. The Indypendent Reader has been very proud to have been a part of your lives for these past three years. As a progressive, independent newspaper we have tried to create a space and a forum for readers, activists, editors, Baltimoreans, and people of all stripes and persuasions to “become the media”. We hope that you will come kick up your heels and celebrate the past three years with us.
At our release/anniversary party we will have refreshments, a cash bar, and radical games. Live music will be provided by Baltimore's very own beans!
Overall, we would love you to come out and enjoy the evening with us. There is no door fee though we greatly appreciate donations. We are still an independently funded and operated project that greatly relies on generous donations in order to exist. Your donations will help our next three years be even better and continue to allow us to sponsor important events like The City from Below Conference.
So, come out and have a drink with us! Relax and listen to the tunes of beans . We can envision a better world together and enjoy one another's company.