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Celebrate the holidays with ACT

By AustinTalks | December 12, 2023

Austin Coming Together invites West Siders to a winter wonder blast celebration from 4 to 7 p.m. Dec. 12 at 557 N. Central Ave.

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West Side veterans invited to holiday party on Sunday

By AustinTalks | December 9, 2023

This free event is being held for vets and their families from 1 to 4 p.m. Dec. 10 at Columbus Park Refectory, 5701 W. Jackson Blvd. There will be food, music and more.

Community

Celebrate Kwanzaa this week

By AustinTalks | December 26, 2022

Celebrate Kwanzaa Tuesday at Malcolm X College’s annual celebration. All are welcome to the free event, which takes place from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m

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Chicago woman celebrates 100th birthday with West Side neighbors

By AustinTalks | September 22, 2022

The longtime Chicagoan who’s been like a mother to many turned 100 on Sept. 22.

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Happy 4th of July

By AustinTalks | July 4, 2021

AustinTalks wishes you and your family a happy and safe 4th of July.

Community

Valentine’s concert for kids Saturday

By AustinTalks | February 7, 2020

Fernando Jones will perform the show at 1 p.m. Feb. 8 in the community room of the 25th District Police Station at 5555 W. Grand Ave. Space is limited so organizers ask that you RSVP to the event.

Community

Celebrate Martin Luther King Day Monday in Austin

By Rep. La Shawn Ford | January 17, 2020

State Rep. La Shawn Ford and the Zeta Phi Beta sorority present the 14th annual family health challenge on Jan. 20 from 9 to 3 p.m. at George Leland School, 512 S. Lavergne St.

Community

West Side children invited to holiday party Sunday

By AustinTalks | December 6, 2018

The Chicago Community Alliance will hold the event from 2 to 4 p.m. Dec. 9th at the Garfield Park Golden Dome, 100 N. Central Park. Ald. Jason Ervin and state Rep. Melissa Conyears-Ervin are the hosts.

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Celebrate life, legacy of Nelson Mandela

By AustinTalks | July 18, 2018

All are welcome to participate in the event, which will be held from 12:30 to 2 p.m. July 18 at 5051 W. Chicago Ave.

Community

Kick off summer at Bethel New Life block party

By AustinTalks | May 11, 2017

All are welcome at the free event noon to 6 p.m. May 12 at 1140 N. Lamon.

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  • 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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