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City Clerk Anna Valencia’s office has some reminders for West Side residents who will be stopping by 29th Ward Ald. Chris Taliaferro’s office, 6272 W. North Ave., on May 16 between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m.
CPS officials released school-by-school budgets in April, three months earlier than last year.
Friendship Baptist Church will hold the monthly meal from 1 to 4 p.m. at 5200 W. Jackson Blvd. All are welcome.
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.
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.
Officials results from last month’s two-day election won’t be available until June, CPS officials say.
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.
Johnson spoke to members of the Austin African American Business Networking Association at their monthly meeting. The former teacher and union organizer defeated the incumbent, Cook County Commissioner Richard Boykin, in the March 20 Democratic primary
A resolution to rename parts of North Avenue after the former slave who became one of the most famous “conductors” on the Underground Railroad is pending in the Illinois House, according to our partners at the Austin Weekly News.
The good neighbor campaign will host the free events every two weeks in partnership with the Westside Health Authority and the Institute for Nonviolence Chicago.