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West Side musicians, activists and residents gathered last week to discuss how to promote blues tourism in Austin, North Lawndale and Garfield Park. The “West Side has got a worldwide reputation for blues,” Bonni McKeown, a longtime advocate and educator for the homegrown music, told about 20 people at Gone Again Travel &Tours last Wednesday to brainstorm ideas on how the West Side can capitalize on its music heritage to drive the economy and create jobs.
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The effort to enroll at least 100 freshmen at Frederick Douglass Academy High School for the upcoming school year is underway, says the school's principal. There are no plans to close the building, but the school is working hard to meet Chicago Public Schools' enrollment request - and then some, Principal Vanessa Dereef said.
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Austin teen Jaquan Weaver didn't call himself a chess player six weeks ago. But now, the 15-year-old high school student can identify all the chess pieces and know how to move each one on the board.
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More than 500 people are expected to rally and race Thursday evening in Downtown Chicago to raise money for organizations operating in the city's neighborhoods most affected by gun violence. Families, community workers, civic leaders, law enforcement professionals as well as gun-violence survivors will gather at Upper Hutchinson Field in the southern end of Grant Park at 5:30 p.m. June 1st, running or walking to bring attention to this important issue.
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Already the owner of four multi-unit buildings in Austin, Letrusia May is planning to purchase another property, this one on Chicago Avenue, for her jewelry boutique. The 41-year-old businesswoman, who was born and raised in Austin, said she made the decision soon after the city promised to cover 75 percent of the startup cost for businesses opened along Chicago Avenue, or the Soul City Corridor, as it's been dubbed.
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Austin resident Terrah White arrived at the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office Saturday tightly holding a folder. Inside were ID photos and police reports for her missing fiancé, Adarius James, 36.
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The 29th Ward alderman wants to shine a light on some of the community's success stories with a public event planned for this summer. Ald.
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More than 150 people from Austin, Oak Park and across Chicago gathered Tuesday night at Columbus Park Refectory, exchanging ideas about racial integration and discussing the challenges faced by the two communities separated by Austin Boulevard. This is the third year The Chicago Community Trust has organized the On The Table event in which about 5,800 "tables" participated throughout the Chicago area.
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By Michael Romain
Several years ago, a sudden, "catastrophic" diagnosis of end-stage renal disease forced Monica Fox to stop working. "I spent three years on dialysis — three days, four hours at a time," said Fox, who received a kidney transplant five months ago, a gift she attributed to the Affordable Care Act.
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Well over a hundred people participated in the annual charity walk against hunger that came through Austin Sunday. The CROP Walk began at Oak Park's Pilgrim Congregational Church, then traveled east along Lake Street with a rest stop at Third Unitarian Church, 301 N. Mayfield.
