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First of its kind art fair engages Austin

By Connor S. Carynski | August 2, 2018

“If I would have had this when I was 9 or 10 years old, it would have changed everything,” Antonia Ruppert said at last week’s event.

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Cleanslate brings $300,000 beautification investment to 29th Ward

By Connor S. Carynski | May 21, 2018

The initiative, funded by six sponsor families, will employ individuals to improve city areas with work like litter abatement, landscaping, graffiti removal and more over the next three years.

Community

Crime Scene Chicago comes to West Side

By AustinTalks | May 17, 2013

A sequel to the popular Collaboraction Theatre Chicago performance on violence in the city will be held at Austin Town Hall.

Community

Health awareness program targets West Side

By AustinTalks | March 19, 2013

Every WoMan Counts program offers free mammograms and clinical breast exams for Austin area women.

Community

Park District’s get fit for free week

By AustinTalks | December 31, 2012

Work out for free at any of the Chicago Park District’s gyms, fitness classes and lap swim Jan. 7-13.

Community

Shakespeare at Austin Town Hall Park Wednesday

By AustinTalks | July 31, 2012

The free performance of “The Taming of the Shrew” is one of many stops by the theater parks tour running through Aug. 19.

News

West Side free public pools open

By Ellyn Fortino | June 19, 2012

The Chicago Park District locations have schedules – some changing daily – posted from June 25 to Aug. 5.

News

Student art displayed at “Found in Austin” exhibit

By Ellyn Fortino | June 14, 2012

The June 8 showing revealed work produced by children at neighborhood schools inspired by the help of local artists.

Community

Join the cultural conversation at the Austin Town Hall Park

By AustinTalks | March 9, 2012

The March 15 meeting is a series of events being held throughout the city to share stories and ideas about arts and culture in Chicago neighborhoods.

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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