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Ald. Jason Ervin warns seniors of scams on West Side

By AustinTalks | May 3, 2012

Victims can contact the Illinois Attorney General Senior Citizens Consumer Fraud Hotline.

Community

“So You Think You Can’t Dance” at St. Martin’s Episcopal Church Sunday

By AustinTalks | April 28, 2012

Tomorrow’s free event, from 1:30 to 4 p.m., will feature Alana Hodges Smith (Wallace), disability advocate, multi-award winner, and founder and artistic director of Chicago’s Dance>Detour.

Community

Healing Temple Head Start “Say No to Violence!” march Thursday

By AustinTalks | April 25, 2012

You can join the group at 10 a.m. tomorrow to show young people and the community your support to end violence.

Community

Rep. Ford leads firearm awareness task force, seeks facts about “conceal and carry”

By AustinTalks | April 20, 2012

The group, which met Monday and has future meetings planned, looks at both sides of the right to bear arms debate and how concealed weapons permits would affect those living in Illinois.

Community

West Siders travel to Brazil for cultural exchange

By AustinTalks | April 19, 2012

Chicago West Community Music Center teachers and students participated in a series of musical performances and art projects with Santo Andre residents of low-income housing complexes.

News

Voting for Local School Council begins today

By AustinTalks | April 18, 2012

Elections for all CPS elementary schools will be held today from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. and the same time tomorrow at all high schools.

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Candidate statements for Ronald E. McNair Elementary

By AustinTalks | April 17, 2012

See who submitted the optional statements for tomorrow’s Local School Council election.

News

Candidate statements for Leslie Lewis Elementary

By AustinTalks | April 17, 2012

See who submitted the optional statements for tomorrow’s Local School Council election.

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CPS announces “Who’s Running For My LSC” app

By AustinTalks | April 16, 2012

The interactive map allows users to see candidates who will appear on the ballots Wednesday and Thursday.

Community

Theodis R. Leonard, 78, retired principal, activist dies

By AustinTalks | April 12, 2012

Funeral services by Leak and Sons are scheduled for Saturday, April 14, at Carey Tercentenary AME Church, 1448 South Homan Ave. from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., following the wake from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.

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  • Expungement, record sealing event helps West Siders get jobs after leaving prison

    Austin resident Anthony Jefferson has been working over the past six years to expunge his criminal record. With help from the Monroe Foundation, he's moving toward the clean slate he wants to achieve to secure employment.

  • Get free groceries, other help from these Austin groups

    On a recent Thursday, volunteers from What About Us Charitable Enterprises spent the morning filling dozens of grocery bags with fresh food and staples that soon filled the arms of West Side residents in need. Dorin “Pastor Mac” McIntyre, executive director and co-founder of What About Us Charitable Enterprises and pastor of Mount Olivet Missionary Baptist Church, is one of many helping Austin residents struggling with food insecurity.

  • 29th Ward residents invited to holiday events on Tuesday

  • 29th Ward residents invited to propose how to spend $450,000

    Austin residents are invited to participate in this year's participatory budgeting cycle. The annual process lets ward residents ages 14 and up decide how to spend a portion of the aldermanic menu money.

  • Forty Acres Fresh Market marks important moment this week in bringing store to Austin

    Austin moves one step closer this week to getting a new grocery store with the groundbreaking of Forty Acres Fresh Market in the heart of the Soul City Corridor. Another effort to expand food offerings on the West Side continues with the Austin Community Food Co-op, which held a virtual info session last week on its efforts to bring a grocery store to the area.

  • Healing in nature workshop set for Saturday

    The Westside Cultural Alliance continues its "See, Feel and Heal" nature series Saturday at Garfield Park Nature Area, 100 N. Central Park with a workshop on making memory boxes. The workshop sessions focus on art and nature as vehicles of healing through art therapy, which provides wholistic healing for the body, mind and spirit.

  • Illinois residents can apply for help with paying gas, electric bills

    Applications are now open for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) for qualified residential customers who are over the age of 60, have a disability or have children under the age of 6 to receive financial assistance to pay their energy bills. LIHEAP is a federally funded bill payment assistance program that helps low- and fixed-income families pay their utility during the winter heating season.

  • West Siders turn out for chili cook off in Austin’s Soul City

    Over a dozen local chefs competed in the second annual "It’s Getting Chili in Soul City" event on Saturday. A team of five who make up the Austin African American Business Networking Association board – Malcolm Crawford, Shirley Fields, Sharmine Rickett, Ronald Smith and Marshawn Felton – created the chili contest last year.

  • Chicago Marathon runner raises money for West Side girls

    Over the last 20 years, Ashley Graham has run 56 marathons - including the Chicago Marathon five times. Several of those marathons she raised money for charity - and this year was no different.

  • Stop by Austin farmers market this week

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