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Celebrate Martin Luther King Sunday at 3 p.m.

By AustinTalks | January 18, 2014

Discuss how to continue Rev. King’s Poor People’s campaign at Sankofa Cultural Arts Center, 5820 W. Chicago Ave.

Community

Student artwork for sale at ABC Bank

By AustinTalks | January 15, 2014

The pieces are being sold to benefit several social ventures at Orr Academy High School.

Community

College scholarship deadline approaching

By AustinTalks | January 9, 2014

The application for the Gates Millenium Scholars program is due Jan. 14. Other scholarship information also is available online.

Community

Several West Siders honored at Kwanzaa celebration

By AustinTalks | January 4, 2014

Nearly 200 people attended the sold-out event last weekend.

Community

Hundreds turn out for Austin Dream Makers tournament

By AustinTalks | January 3, 2014

The Rising Sun team beat Greater Saint John in the final game.

Community

Get 11 days of work outs for free

By AustinTalks | January 1, 2014

The Chicago Park District’s annual event starts Jan. 2 and ends Jan. 12.

Community

Apply now for help in fixing your house

By AustinTalks | December 30, 2013

Open enrollment for the city’s roof and porch repair program begins 9 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 2.

Community

Hoops competition this weekend in Austin

By AustinTalks | December 26, 2013

The single-elimination tournament will be held at noon Saturday, Dec. 28th at Rising Sun Baptist Church. It’s sponsored by the Austin Dream Makers mentoring program, a collaboration of six West Side churches.

Community

Deadline nearing to apply for health coverage

By AustinTalks | December 20, 2013

Consumers must enroll in the Illinois Marketplace program by Monday, Dec. 23 and pay their premiums by Dec. 31 to be covered starting Jan. 1.

News

New speed camera near Columbus Park starts issuing tickets this week

By AustinTalks | December 18, 2013

Warnings had been issued during the first month for those caught driving too fast in the 5800 block of West Jackson Boulevard.

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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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