Community
Enjoy a free meal with your neighbors on Saturday
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Friendship Baptist Church will hold the monthly meal from 1 to 4 p.m. at 5200 W. Jackson Blvd. All are welcome.
clean
Help clean Madison Street this weekend
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Volunteer for the clean and green day being held May 12 in Austin. Volunteers will meet at 9:30 a.m. at By The Hand Club, 415 N. Laramie Ave., and return at 1 p.m. Service learning hours are available, and breakfast will be served.
blues
Tell your story through the blues – with help from Larry Taylor
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Discover how to tell your story in your own three-line blues verse. Born of African-American poverty and struggle, blues music came to Chicago with the Great Migration. “Barrelhouse Bonni” McKeown, piano player, teaching artist, journalist, and Austin resident, will help everyone make up and sing our blues. Another West Side neighbor, legendary bluesman Larry Taylor, will stop by to sing a song, tell a bit about his blues life and music, and encourage us to learn more. All are welcome.
Community
West Side women invited to pre-Mother’s Day celebration
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The event – sponsored by Cook County Commissioner Richard Boykin, the Park District of Forest Park and Roman Morrow – will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. May 4th at 7501 W. Harrison St. in Forest Park.
Community
Free pill disposal Saturday in Austin
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Get rid of your unused prescription drugs April 28 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the 15th District Police District, 5701 W. Madison Ave.
Community
Meet other community members over dinner
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Several groups, including the Westside Health Authority, Democracy for America and Austin Coming Together, are sponsoring the event, which will be held from 5:30 to 7 p.m. April 27th at 600 N. Laramie.
Community
Austin residents invited to take part in quality-of-life plan
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Over the next several days, Austin Coming Together and LISC Chicago will be holding the last set of community meetings in a year-long process to develop the improvement plan.
Austin
Be a part of one of the biggest events of 2018
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The West Side Historical Society – in partnership with Ald. Jason Ervin, AustinTalks and other partners – will host this year’s Juneteenth festival and parade for peace June 22-24 in Garfield Park. Vendors are invited to contact organizers; VIP passes are also available.
Community
Don’t miss family night on Friday
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Doors open at 4 p.m. April 20 at the Austin Community Family Center, 501 N. Central Ave. Other groups sponsoring the free event – open to all in Austin – include BUILD, Communities Partnering 4Peace, Westside Health Authority and the Institute for Nonviolence Chicago.
Community
Share your thoughts about ‘Gang Girl’
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Austin Coming Together will host a free screening of the award-winning documentary at 5:30 p.m. April 13, followed by a discussion. It will be held in the Austin community hub at 5049 W. Harrison.