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Produce grown at PCC Austin Farm goes on sale June 6

By AustinTalks | June 1, 2017

Locally grown vegetables will be sold every Tuesday from 12 to 5 p.m. and the third Saturday of each month from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. until October 25.

Community

Local residents will take stand against violence tonight

By AustinTalks | May 26, 2017

All are invited to participate from 7 to 9 p.m. May 26th outside Saint de Porres Church at LeClaire and Washington.

Community

Community, poverty discussed last week at PCC’s Austin farm

By AustinTalks | May 25, 2017

The Chicago Police Department, New Moms and Communities First Association participated in the conversation May 16th, part of The Chicago Community Trust’s third annual event that brought together thousands across the Chicago area.

resource fair

What can government do for you?

By AustinTalks | May 16, 2017

Cook County Commissioner Richard Boykin invites residents, other stakeholders to a resource fair May 20 at Austin Town Hall.

Community

Kick off summer at Bethel New Life block party

By AustinTalks | May 11, 2017

All are welcome at the free event noon to 6 p.m. May 12 at 1140 N. Lamon.

Opinion

Elected official meets with Facebook to discuss ways to stop violence acts from being livestreamed

By Commissioner Richard Boykin | May 11, 2017

Cook County Commissioner Richard Boykin urges the social media giant to hire West Siders to monitor images and videos posted.

Austin

Austin, Oak Park residents invited to participate in “on the table” discussion

By AustinTalks | May 9, 2017

Participants will discuss multiracial coalitions and racial integration at the free dinner May 16th at the Columbus Park Refectory.

brunch

Check out free Mother’s Day events

By AustinTalks | May 8, 2017

Cook County Commissioner Richard Boykin will host a luncheon May 12, while state Rep. La Shawn Ford will host a brunch May 14.

Community

After School Matters applications being accepted for summer

By AustinTalks | May 4, 2017

There are 12,000 slots available for Chicago teens to work an apprenticeship or internship through the program started by Maggie Daley.

Austin Orchestrates

One and all invited to celebration of music

By AustinTalks | May 2, 2017

The Chicago Sinfonietta, Circle Urban Ministries and Catalyst Circle Rock will kick off a series of events May 4 in Austin.

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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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