The Phoenix held its 40th-anniversary party at Avalon last night, and if this were a party column, I could go on for a few sentences with boldface names. I’ll spare you, but it was great to run into former colleagues and friends, some of whom I hadn’t seen for years.
Publisher Stephen Mindich, retiring president Barry Morris and incoming president Brad Mindich all spoke. The food was good and the bands were loud.
The paper’s 40th-anniversary supplement is online here. Of course, you can also grab one out of a big red box.
Congratulations.
More: Jon Keller, not surprisingly, puts it much better than I did. I endorse everything he says, especially with respect to Stephen and editor Peter Kadzis. Jon and I are certified old farts, but if he could get to know the current staff members, I know he’d agree that they’re every bit as good as, if not better than, we were back in the day.
Ron Newman
If Boston After Dark started in March 1966, and the Cambridge Phoenix started in October 1969, then … what exactly is this week the 40th anniversary of? I read through the whole special issue without finding an answer to this question.
MeTheSheeple
Names, shmames. You guys would probably have had more fun if you invited a couple years’ worth of ID Check people.
Dan Kennedy
Ron: The 40th anniversary of the founding of the Boston Phoenix, originally named Boston After Dark — as in 1966-2006. I suppose they could have had the party in March, but they didn’t.