News
Check out some upcoming summer camps, programs for Austin youth
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Space is still available in many West Side programs offering arts, crafts, sports, field trips and other daily activities.
Community
“So You Think You Can’t Dance” at St. Martin’s Episcopal Church Sunday
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Tomorrow’s free event, from 1:30 to 4 p.m., will feature Alana Hodges Smith (Wallace), disability advocate, multi-award winner, and founder and artistic director of Chicago’s Dance>Detour.
Community
West Siders travel to Brazil for cultural exchange
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Chicago West Community Music Center teachers and students participated in a series of musical performances and art projects with Santo Andre residents of low-income housing complexes.
News
Between the Bars brings blogging to prisons
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The site allows inmates to share their talents with the world by uploading their handwritten letters, artwork, stories and poems.
News
Art student creates Sweet Homes Chicago design competition poster
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The Illinois Institute of Art junior’s creation depicts communities working together to address foreclosure for the program that focuses on Austin as a model for change.
News
Manufacturing job program; arts district coming to Austin
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Both projects are being developed by the group Austin Coming Together with help from the city and other local organizations.
Community
Organizers call artist for a day a success
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The Oct. 15 event brought West Siders together to celebrate community through arts and crafts.
News
Austin resident uses arts and crafts to spread hope
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With simple needlepoint crosses, Charlotta Pritchett aims to inspire youth by encouraging a spiritual foundation.
News
Austin dance group to compete in Las Vegas if it can raise enough money
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The troupe has to raise $4,000 in less than two weeks to participate in the 10th annual Hip-Hop International Dance Competition.
