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New charter opens in Austin

By T.J. Kremer III | August 25, 2015

Moving Everest Charter School welcomed 180 students to the dismay of some.

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West Side hip-hop artist writes about black families in new record

By Cara Ball | August 24, 2015

Ambrell “Bella Bahhs” Gambrell hopes to change the perception society has of African-American women.

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Bitoy’s Sweet Treats off to successful start after rally

By T.J. Kremer III | August 19, 2015

More than $2,000 in sales was recorded Saturday at the Austin African American Business Networking Association’s latest BEER event.

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Art imitating life: West Side youth create mural in response to violence

By T.J. Kremer III | August 16, 2015

The “Interrupt the Violence, Not Our Future” project was officially unveiled recently at Spencer Elementary Technology Academy.

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Shakespeare in the Park comes to Columbus Park for third year

By Cara Ball | August 12, 2015

Austin residents enjoyed the free performance by the Chicago Shakespeare Theater; a few shows remain this week elsewhere in the city.

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Austin schools brace for layoffs, cuts

By Tatiana Walk-Morris | August 4, 2015

See how your school could fare under CPS’ proposed budget for 2015-2016.

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Exhibit brings strangers together

By Sheryl Carter | August 1, 2015

Aug. 2 is the last day to see Richard Renaldi’s photographs at the Loyola University Museum of Art.

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Rally gets residents ready for 5K walk/run

By T.J. Kremer III | July 28, 2015

Early registration for the late September event ends Aug. 15.

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Summer program helps youth heal relationships with dads through writing

By Terry Dean | July 28, 2015

Dozens of Chicago area high school students participated with support from the Westside Branch of the NAACP.

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Uber launches initiative to create more jobs in Austin

By Cara Ball | July 26, 2015

The company, which competes with taxis, hopes to hire 10,000 drivers living in Chicago’s West and South underserved neighborhoods.

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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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