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Celebrate the work of Austin elementary students

By AustinTalks | May 22, 2014

John Hay Community Academy will unveil public art projects Friday night at a reception.

Community

Tribute concert set for Friday night

By AustinTalks | May 20, 2014

Chicago West Community Music Center presents the event at Columbus Park Refectory.

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Business owners support one of their own

By AustinTalks | May 16, 2014

Customers flocked to Lake Street and Pulaski Road last weekend to support the owners of a Subway shop that opened in November.

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Another West Sider running for mayor

By AustinTalks | May 15, 2014

Longtime police officer Frederick Collins is challenging Rahm Emanuel in the February 2015 municipal election.

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Questions being raised about new charter in Austin

By AustinTalks | May 13, 2014

Americans United for Separation of Church and State sent a letter to CPS asking that final approval be denied to Chicago Education Partnership and By the Hand Club for Kids.

Community

Night of the arts showcase this weekend

By AustinTalks | May 12, 2014

The event, hosted by St. Joseph Services, will be held Friday from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at St. Angela School, 1332 N. Massasoit Ave.

Community

Take part in this year’s Juneteenth celebration

By AustinTalks | May 8, 2014

A planning meeting will be held 6 p.m. May 8 at Sankofa Cultural Arts & Business Center.

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Nursing homes push for legislative proposal

By AustinTalks | May 5, 2014

The Health Care Council of Illinois held an event Sunday at Jackson Square Nursing Center.

Community

Free gospel concert Saturday

By AustinTalks | May 2, 2014

Admission is free, but donations will be accepted for scholarships the Tea Rose Educational Foundation awards.

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West Side alderman in the spotlight

By AustinTalks | April 29, 2014

The Daily Whale web site recently sat down with Ald. Deborah Graham (29th) to discuss her tenure on the Chicago City Council.

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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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