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Students prepare for UIC summer jazz academy
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Hear 12-year-old Austin resident Travis Feazell play and learn more about the program that starts today.
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Austin aldermen set goals for their new term
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Hear what Ald. Jason Ervin, Deborah Graham and Emma Mitts want to focus on over the next four years.
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Anti-violence forum just in time for spring break
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Parents and community members learn tips on how to keep youth safe when they’re out of school.
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Three Austin groups win grants for youth empowerment projects
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The Strawberry Girls, Essie Little Folks Daycare and Because I Care Inc. have been awarded Cricket Community Voices grants.
Community
West Side school performs first jazz band show
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Students from May Community Academy are leaving their musical mark. The school is one of six across the city involved in the Chicago Jazz Philharmonic’s jazz alive program.
Community
West Side music center shines in Chicago
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Musicians from the Chicago West Community Music Center performed earlier this month at a downtown hotel.
News
Bank kicks off investment on West Side
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U.S. Bank and The Coalition to Save Community Banking celebrated Friday reaching agreement over how to continue the work of now-closed Park National.
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U.S. Bank to unveil agreement with its West Side neighbors
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The West Side community is invited to a public reception 10 a.m. Friday, at Madison Street and Austin Boulevard.
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Author discusses her book set in 1970s Austin
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Hear Bernadette Jones read from the recently published “Choices.” And listen in on some of the discussion her work sparked at a recent reading.
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New report says high-interest lenders target communities of color
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The National People’s Union and other advocates want more regulation of quick-cash businesses like payday lenders.