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Austin’s annual Christmas celebration this week

By AustinTalks | December 1, 2013

The parade kicks off at 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 5th at Madison and Cicero, and the tree lighting will be at 7:15 p.m. in front of the 15th District Police headquarters.

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Happy Thanksgiving

By AustinTalks | November 28, 2013

Christ Resurrection MB Church will serve a free community dinner today from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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Learn how to appeal your Cook County taxes

By AustinTalks | November 26, 2013

Cook County Commissioner Larry Rogers Jr. will host a free forum 6:30 p.m. Dec. 2 at Sankofa Cultural Arts & Business Center, 5820 W. Chicago Ave.

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Community peace camp set for Saturday

By AustinTalks | November 22, 2013

The free event will be held at Ella Flagg Young School, 1434 N. Parkside, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. It targets teen boys and men from 14 to 30.

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Free community dinner Sunday

By Roman Morrow | November 20, 2013

The meal will be held Nov. 24 from 4 to 8 p.m. in the St. Paul Lutheran gymnasium, 846 N. Menard St.

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Emergency meeting set for tonight on wildlife at Columbus Park

By AustinTalks | November 20, 2013

Animal control officials and other experts will attend and answer questions.

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United Methodist Church to hold panel Saturday

By AustinTalks | November 15, 2013

Several public officials have been invited to the urban strategy community safety event at Michele Clark Academic Preparatory High School.

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Free performances at local parks

By AustinTalks | November 15, 2013

Indian music will be featured tonight at Garfield Park Conservatory and Dec. 12 and 14 at Austin Town Hall.

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Free mammograms available for uninsured women

By AustinTalks | November 13, 2013

Sign up now as part of the Metropolitan Chicago Breast Cancer Task Force’s “Beyond October!” campaign.

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Residents urged to attend town hall meetings on education

By AustinTalks | November 12, 2013

School performance, funding issues and other topics will be discussed Nov. 18, 23 and 25 at a West Side church.

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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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