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Youth summit set for Saturday

By AustinTalks | December 9, 2015

Young people and their parents are invited to the free event, which will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. Dec. 12 at 5101 W. Harrison St.

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Free dental care in Austin this week

By AustinTalks | December 8, 2015

Cleanings, extractions and other services will be provided free of charge on a first-come, first served basis from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Dec. 11 at The Oak Park Dental Group at 7034 W. North Ave.

Community

29th Ward residents invited to weigh in on capital spending

By AustinTalks | December 2, 2015

The first of Ald. Chris Taliaferro’s two meetings about participatory budgeting will be 6 to 8 p.m. Dec. 3.

Community

Special holiday celebration set for Wednesday night

By AustinTalks | November 29, 2015

The Austin Chamber of Commerce will holds it 11th annual tree lighting from 6 to 8 p.m. Dec. 2nd at the 15th District Police station, 5701 W. Madison. All are welcome!

Community

Community Thanksgiving dinner Sunday

By AustinTalks | November 20, 2015

Ald. Emma Mitts invites 37th Ward residents to the event from 2 to 5 p.m. Nov. 22 at Beth-Ann Place.

Community

Community forum on violence, neighborhood safety

By AustinTalks | November 18, 2015

The Greater Austin Independent Political Organization invites residents to discuss solutions Nov. 19th.

Community

Job seekers invited to free event Thursday

By AustinTalks | November 17, 2015

Ald. Chris Taliaferro is sponsoring the Nov. 19th job fair from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Columbus Park Refectory.

News

Database of complaints against police made public

By AustinTalks | November 12, 2015

After years of litigation, the Invisible Institute has been allowed to make the information available to everyday Chicagoans.

Community

State lawmakers holding meetings on public education

By AustinTalks | November 10, 2015

Rep. Camille Lilly will be at Austin Town Hall Nov. 19th.

Community

Learn how to eat healthy this holiday season

By AustinTalks | November 9, 2015

BUILD will host a free food sampling seminar Nov. 11 at 5100 W. Harrison St.

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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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