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Lesbian couple beaten in Austin

By AustinTalks | July 12, 2013

An Austin man has been arrested in connection with the attack, which police are calling a hate crime.

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Garfield Park Community Worship Center hosts community fair

By AustinTalks | July 2, 2013

The West Side church is hosting the free event from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. July 13 to make the public aware of various city and social services.

Community

Join the Austin Community Walk Club

By AustinTalks | June 25, 2013

Informational meeting tonight at the Austin Community Resource Center (the former YMCA). Walks and workshops held each week over nearly four-month program.

Community

Enjoy a cook-out tonight with neighbors, police

By AustinTalks | June 19, 2013

The 25th District CAPS office invites West Side residents to a free smoke-out at Leclaire Avenue and Concord Place.

Community

Softball helps keeps youth safe

By AustinTalks | June 19, 2013

Opening day for the peace league is tonight at Moore Park.

Community

Learn your HIV status

By AustinTalks | June 17, 2013

The Austin Planned Parenthood office, at 5937 W. Chicago Ave., is offering free testing.

Community

Hot air balloon presentation at Austin elementary school

By AustinTalks | June 10, 2013

RE/MAX offers program to Ella Flagg Elementary students.

Community

Violence forever alters the lives of two West Side moms

By AustinTalks | June 7, 2013

The grief continues for Austin women whose children were killed in the last year.

Community

Get fresh, healthy food in Austin

By AustinTalks | June 5, 2013

PCC Community Wellness Center begins its annual produce market June 7th. The summer market will be held on Fridays from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 5425 W. Lake St.

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Local teens showcase their talents

By AustinTalks | May 29, 2013

Nearly 400 students participated in last week’s After School Matters’ end-of-the year performance.

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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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