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West Side youth build push karts

By AustinTalks | August 15, 2013

Austin teens participate in the Chicago Park District’s X-Stream summer camp.

Community

Sign up for this Saturday’s walk/run in Austin

By AustinTalks | August 15, 2013

Circle Family Health Care Network is teaming up with the Austin Weekly News, state Rep. La Shawn K. Ford and Austin Coming Together to hold the second annual West Side Heart & Sole Family 5k Run/2 Mile Walk.

Community

Free legal clinic set for this weekend

By AustinTalks | August 14, 2013

Consultations will be available from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Aug. 17.

Brach's

Former Brach’s candy plant to be demolished

By AustinTalks | August 10, 2013

Owners of the property plan to construct an industrial building they hope will make the site more attractive to tenants.

Community

Church to lead prayer and peace march tonight

By AustinTalks | August 7, 2013

Everyone is invited every Wednesday night in August to march and pray for the safety of the community.

Community

Take part in town hall on restorative justice

By AustinTalks | July 28, 2013

Rep. La Shawn K. Ford will chair Tuesday morning’s hearing, which will focus on recent reports of sexual abuse in state juvenile facilities.

News

College students return home to Austin

By AustinTalks | July 26, 2013

While it’s good to see family and friends, remaining safe can be a challenge, some tell the Chicago Tribune.

Community

Cultural night in Garfield Park’s Golden Dome

By AustinTalks | July 25, 2013

NAJWA Dance Corps is putting on the dance series, which runs through the end of the month.

Community

Local pastors promote national “justice for Trayvon” vigil

By AustinTalks | July 19, 2013

Ministers urge all Chicagoans to attend the event noon Saturday at the Dirksen Federal Building.

Community

Learn to dance at Austin Town Hall

By AustinTalks | July 15, 2013

The free events are July 24 and Aug. 21.

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News

  • 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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