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Get CPS students ready for the first day of classes at event today

By AustinTalks | August 29, 2016

The back-to-school celebration runs from 2 to 7 p.m. Aug. 29th at 5701 W. Madison. There will be giveaways, physicals and haircuts, food and more.

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Celebrate going back to school this weekend

By AustinTalks | August 23, 2016

The parade starts at 10 a.m. Saturday Aug. 27th at Bloomingdale and Central, followed by a picnic at 1 p.m. at Columbus Park. Tp participate in the annual event sponsored by Congressman Danny K. Davis, call (773) 626-8481.

Community

Back-to-school community health fair this weekend

By AustinTalks | August 14, 2016

Free screenings and educational resources will be available at the free event, held at BUILD’s headquarters. It begins with registration at 9 a.m. Aug. 20th and ends that day at 4 p.m.

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One and all invited to back-to-school celebration this weekend

By AustinTalks | July 25, 2016

Sen. Kimberly Lightford hosts the July 31st event at Brookfield Zoo. Registration from 1 to 2 p.m.

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CPS students go back to class Tuesday

By AustinTalks | September 8, 2015

Some West Side high schools will be starting the day an hour later.

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Back to school event at Brookfield Zoo

By AustinTalks | July 26, 2015

Sen. Kimberly Lightford hosts her annual gathering Sunday, July 26.

Community

Back-to-school fun fest Saturday

By AustinTalks | August 28, 2014

The 4th annual event will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Loretto Hospital.

Community

Reading initiative kicks off Thursday

By AustinTalks | August 13, 2014

Books will be given away at Congressman Danny Davis’ annual back-to-school picnic Saturday at Columbus Park.

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Health fair offers check-ups, back-to-school shots

By Sarah Ostman | September 9, 2010

The free event will be held Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Prosser Career Academy.

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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