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Community

Don’t miss the harvest festival and trunk or treat event

By AustinTalks | October 19, 2023

The free community event will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Oct. 21 at 600 N. Lorel Ave. There will be a resource fair, giveaways, snacks and more.

Community

Take part in a community conversation about the 15th Police District strategic plan

By AustinTalks | October 17, 2023

To register for the conversation, which will be held at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 19 at BUILD Inc., 5100 Harrison St., scan the QR code or visit chicagopolice.org/convo.

Community

Several Austin sites featured in this weekend’s architecture tour

By AustinTalks | October 13, 2023

The nine Austin sites include Fraternite Notre Dame, the Kehrein Center for the Arts, BUILD and the North Austin Center. Admission is free.

Community

Attend Austin Eats’ chef showcase and movie night

By AustinTalks | October 8, 2023

There will be free dinner bites, a chef panel about starting a food business in Austin, a mac and cheese cook off and more! Space is limited for this Oct. 11 event, so RSVP now.

Community

Financial help still available for July flood victims

By AustinTalks | October 6, 2023

With the Oct. 16 deadline to apply for assistance approaching, a resource fair will be held Saturday at which West Side residents can get help with their applications.

News

Stop by Austin farmers market this week

By AustinTalks | October 3, 2023

The Austin Town Hall weekly city market continues on Thursdays from 1 to 6 p.m. through Oct 26.

Community

Share your thoughts on the future of Central Avenue

By AustinTalks | October 1, 2023

Austin Coming Together wants input from West Side residents and others who travel through Austin. The responses will be incorporated into an action plan as Central Avenue is re-envisioned.

Community

Stop by open house at the Peace Corner this weekend

By AustinTalks | September 29, 2023

The free event will be held from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 30 at the Peace Corner Youth Center, 5022 W. Madison St.

Community

Attend luncheon on Austin’s future

By AustinTalks | September 26, 2023

RSVP for the “future stakeholder” luncheon that will be held from 12 to 2 p.m. Sept. 27 at Columbus Park Refectory, 5701 W. Jackson Blvd.

Community

Free flu shot Tuesday at Bethel New Life

By AustinTalks | September 25, 2023

The shot is free with most health insurance. The clinic will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. at 1140 N. Lamon Ave.

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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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