In print and online, Indy Week is the free weekly newspaper for the Triangle area. Formerly the…read moreIndependent Weekly but no more since 2012, it's a tabloid-format newspaper for Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill and Cary. Available for pickup at more than 500 locations in the Raleigh Durham area, the circulation runs at around 200,000 according to the website. News, arts, music, food, events, this paper is plugged in to what's happening locally. I can't recall where I found my copy but I did manage to enjoy it. Interesting news about the area, specifically the "death-positivity movement" was an amusing read. And they have a crossword. That's awesome. Letters to the editor, classifieds, and a guide to the best of the Triangle. I'm a fan! [Review 12277 overall, 2061 of 2019.]

The Independent is about halfway between the News & Observer and the Carrboro Citizen in terms of…read moretone... They're independent, sure, but that doesn't mean everything they report on involves hemp. I like the Independent because it's thoroughly useful. There really isn't a page in the thing that doesn't have some sort of relevant report on what's going on around me, particularly in regards to concerts and other entertainment. Any time I've said in another review to keep your eye on something, this is a good tool for doing just that, they're extremely well connected. The one exception to this are their reviews, which I often take issue with... Unless you have strong past experience to go on, don't trust their opinions on movies and shows, chances are you'll disagree.

I talked to Alice today and she helped me so much I had a great experience and everyone was nice…read more Even helped me with my car outside in the heat. Highly recommended

Came in to print some documents. Was in and out in probably less than 3 min. The lady that helped…read moreme was very sweet. Highly recommend

Constantly delivers my paper and tossing it under my car. I'm 76 yo and have a hard time getting…read moreunder car. It's getting too consistent lately

Dishonest billing practices. I called to say I wasn't to to renew (at a 50% increase) and they…read morecancelled my subscription despite the fact that i had month left on the previous subscription.

My first visit to Bull City Arts Collaborative (BCAC) was a little disappointed. Steve A. and I…read morestumbled upon the shop during our first Third Friday experience, where the doors were open but no one was interacting with patrons. Not a deal breaker, but there were also no refreshments or beverages offered like most of the Third Friday participants. I really felt no reason to return in the future. HOWEVER, fast forward to a spontaneous visit during a Saturday Farmers Market and my opinion of the studio has gone up. Although there was still no one to interact with us while viewing the small gallery at the front of the shop, I enjoyed the artwork and information available to visitors. BCAC is an "arts and creative professional alliance comprised of three studios." A documentary film and video production studio called The Groove Productions; a graphic design, fine press publishing, and letterpress printing shop called Horse & Buggy Press; and a fine art and portrait photography studio called Marthanna Yater. These three studios offer commissioned work and retail artworks in their own variety of media. They also regularly have rotating artists in the "Upfront Gallery" in the space, open to the public Thursday and Friday afternoons and Saturday mornings as well as every Third Friday from 6-9pm. The exhibits change every month and are comprise of everything from photography, sculpture and pottery to letterpress work and even custom pillows and bags. I recommend stopping by if you're in the area, but I wouldn't go out of the way to visit. Also, since it's a little out of the way of most of the Third Friday vendors, I wouldn't put it on my "must hit" list.

This is a complaint regarding severe internal data security failures, unauthorized third-party…read moremetadata leaks, and paid commercial service non-delivery within Lulu Press, Inc. I am escalating this matter directly to the executive suite because front-line support staff and standard customer experience channels lack the technical security clearance to audit the severe system vulnerabilities exposed below. I am a commercial publisher managing a rapidly growing relationship guide portfolio that currently stands at 138 total ebooks. Let it be explicitly noted for the record that as of today, every single technical issue remains completely unfixed, and Lulu has taken absolutely zero real-world action to resolve these backend infrastructure defects. While Lulu has accepted and collected my upfront distribution and content review fees in full, the platform has completely failed to deliver paid services. A massive block of my passed inventory has been left stagnant for nearly two months inside an internal server transmission void, while automated software filters have been permitted to paralyze my files under false, repetitive "Copyright Infringement" flags. Lulu accepts upfront, non-refundable fees but freezes review services and distribution in complete silence.I am an independent author with a current portfolio of 122 ebooks published through Lulu Press. For every single title submitted, Lulu charges a mandatory, non-refundable $4.99 distribution review fee [64000255463-mandatory-ebook-distribution-requirements]. I have invested over $600 in upfront fees with this company, plus additional retirement fees.Despite collecting these non-refundable funds, Lulu has completely frozen operations and fragmented my portfolio across three distinct failures:The First Batch (55 Books): Distributed 5 weeks ago, and they successfully went live all around the world within 3 days. However, Apple Books is still missing 5 of them (stuck at 50), and Amazon USA is missing 39 of them (stuck at 16).The Second Batch (18 Books): Officially approved and marked "Distributed" on June 5th. It has now been 20 full days, and unlike the first batch that took 3 days, these 18 titles are completely invisible and show up NOWHERE on earth.The 30-Day Manual Review Freeze: Lulu has completely halted the mandatory manual review phase for all of my upcoming manuscript uploads. Exactly 49 of my paid books are sitting completely stagnant in a digital dead zone for over a month while my fees remain collected.Refusal to Escalate: When I requested that customer service representative "Michael" escalate this complete operational freeze to higher management, he blocked the request, went silent, and recycled generic excuses.It is an absolute violation of standard merchant rules to accept upfront, non-refundable service fees from a client and then place their account into a silent administrative hold without formal notice. I demand an executive supervisor bypass the standard help desk, manually review my account layer, and unfreeze my review queue immediately.

Books.by uses Lulu Durham to print its books. I have now gotten two sets of books that are useless…read more(the original set and the replacement set). There are missing chapters, highlighting where no highlight exists, and the cover has my name and title cut off. Keep in mind, these SAME FILES used for Books.by were also used for IngramSpark and KDP. There were no issues with the proofs from KDP or IS. *ONLY* the books printed out of Lulu's for Books.by have been problematic. No one can tell me why, and no one can figure out how to fix it. Books.by doesn't have real people for support, so you can only talk to bots, and Lulu's phone number goes to nowhere, ensuring that they never have to take responsibility for their shit work. DO NOT USE THEM. Ever. For any reason. I did a video review that's too large for Yelp. You can find it here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1L-NfwL-ypohOnCu4Nt1smrP-DIcsXk7H/view?usp=drive_link

As far as local newspapers go I'm pretty devoted to Raleigh's News & Observer, but the Herald-Sun…read moreis a decent fallback. Chapel Hill isn't exactly a bustling metropolis, but the Herald-Sun seems like a newspaper from a much smaller town. There's a heavy focus on community happenings, plus quite a bit of local business/development news. As far as length goes it's not very substantial, especially considering that it focuses on news from Orange, Durham, Alamance, Person, Chatham, and Wake counties. I'd probably visit the Herald-Sun website more often if I didn't have to register to read the stories, but at least it's fairly easy to navigate. I can't say that I read the Herald-Sun often enough to have a favorite feature and I certainly wouldn't pay for a subscription, but I'll definitely pick it up and read it if I find one laying around.

I personally enjoy Dan Way's editorials, it's the main reason I buy the paper…read more Randy

When I first moved to Durham, I had some extra AA miles left and wanted to support the local news…read more I bought a year-long subscription to the Durham Herald Sun through my airline miles account. A year later, I received a notice from the Herald Sun that my subscription had expired as well as a request to renew. I chose not to, because I was bogged down with work and just didn't have time to read the newspaper. Months later, the Herald Sun sent a debt collector after me claiming unpaid fees because of their auto-renewal system, fees that I was not aware I was even accumulating. I called customer service, who mentioned that they distinguished between "expiration" and "cancellation" of their services, and that this was written in the fine print in the account details, but at the same time, acknowledged that I didn't have an account since I subscribed through an airline points system. They offered to reduce the fees. UPDATE: I spoke to a second customer service representative, Bella, who was very helpful in sorting this out for me.

After cancelling I received yet another bill and was held hostage "you can't cancel unless you pay…read moreyour bill". After paying it still wasn't cancelled so I stopped paying. Now I have been sent to collections Don't subscribe you can never escape! As the other reviewer said, the news coverage is fine but circulation is a disaster. I've wasted so much time trying to cancel service unsuccessfully. Edit: I'm not sure why Yelp says this is from CA, I live in Durham.

There seems to art galleries and spaces popping up everywhere in Durham these days - Supergraphic…read moreis one of them. This place is an art gallery and workshop all in one located in the downtown area that provides work space and equipment for artists in the back as well as a mini gallery space in the front for print related art. I had the pleasure of attending a showing of an artist here last weekend. It was a small, low key affair, but the owner (former Duke grad and current UNC art professor) as well as the artist and several people who worked at Supergraphic were here. I got a neat little tour of the place and saw some works in progress as well as completed works in the back room where the work space is. The rental rates to use the space seemed very reasonable: $10/hour for the space and $10/session for screen rental. They also offer print making classes.

From the owner: Supergraphic is a Durham, North Carolina based print lab that specializes in fine art and digital…read moreprinting. We offer a number of distinct printing services, including pigment (or Giclée) printing, lithography and screen printing.