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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.

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.

Church World Service

CROP walk fundraiser against hunger returns to Austin

By Terry Dean | May 6, 2017

Third Unitarian Church will be among the rest stops for the annual charity event May 7th.

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.

art contest

Deadline approaching for youth to enter essay, art contest

By AustinTalks | April 26, 2017

Prizes will be awarded to the winning 3rd through 12th grade participants. The deadline to enter is April 28th.

Community

Celebrate Earth Day in Austin

By AustinTalks | April 20, 2017

Join state Rep. La Shawn Ford and others from 1 to 3 p.m. April 22 at Central and Austin.

helath care

Town hall set for Thursday night

By AustinTalks | April 19, 2017

State lawmakers La Shawn Ford, Camille Lilly and Don Harmon want to know what you think about access to health care and other issues facing the state.

Business

West side businesses invited to networking event

By AustinTalks | April 18, 2017

The Austin African American Business Networking Association will host the event April 20 from 6 to 9 p.m. at 5924 W. Chicago Ave.

Community

Youth sought for “Mizz Behavin” production

By AustinTalks | April 13, 2017

Auditions being held April 13 at the Austin Town Hall for 6- to 12-year-olds and April 14 for 13- to 18-year-olds.

Community

One and all invited to Easter egg hunt

By AustinTalks | April 12, 2017

Rep. La Shawn Ford and the Westside Health Authority have organized the event, which will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. April 14.

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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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