Community
Local group partners with Berklee College of Music
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The Chicago West Community Music Center held auditions for Boston-based Berklee last week and will hold them again in mid-February.
News
Green cleaning this week
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Join students from Austin Business and Entrepreneurship Academy Dec. 15th as they help clean the streets of Austin.
Community
Youth will be shooting hoops in January at Austin Town Hall
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Youth 11 to 14 years old can register now for a new three-month community basketball program. Austin Safety Net Works is sponsoring the league as well as one for younger kids.
News
Apply now to be 28th Ward alderman
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Candidates have until Dec. 6 to let Mayor Daley know they’re interested in replacing Ed Smith for the final few months of his term, which ends in mid-May.
News
One day left to apply for FEMA assistance
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Homeowners, renters and businesses affected during this summer’s floods have until 10 p.m. Nov. 17th to seek help.
Opinion
The West Side is all over the news
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Longtime organizer Bob Vondrasek will be honored this weekend for his three decades of work in Austin. And Chicago Sun-Times columnist Mary Mitchell wonders why people won’t rally behind U.S. Rep. Danny Davis for mayor.
News
Free theater tickets available!
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As a member of the Westside Ministers Coalition, AustinTalks has been offered two free tickets to the Nov. 18 performance of Romeo and Juliet at the University of Illinois-Chicago.
News
Coalition picks Congressman Danny Davis as “consensus” candidate
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The 7th District congressman who easily won reelection Nov. 2nd received the backing of the recently created Chicago Coalition for Mayor Saturday after private meetings and much back and forth.
News
Future of Austin YMCA in question
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Y officials tell The Chicago Tribune there are plans to tear down the building, sell it or close the facility at 501 N. Central Ave., but they stopped short of making any blanket assurances. This news comes after the non-profit’s executive director, Cyril Nichols, left his position and a housing program for the mentally ill was shut down.
News
Safe at home?
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Many anonymous calls made from Austin to the state’s abuse hotline were not deemed valid. In its new issue, The Chicago Reporter also finds that black families are more likely to be investigated by the state for sexual child abuse – yet the allegations are less likely to be found valid.