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Free jazz concert Friday at Austin Town Hall

By AustinTalks | February 15, 2016

Pianist Erwin Helfer will commemorate his 80th birthday in a two-hour performance Feb. 19th with several other musicians.

Chicago Park District

Free week of fitness

By AustinTalks | December 27, 2015

Sign up now to work out from Jan. 2 to 10 at any of the dozens of facilities in Austin and across the city.

Austin

It’s a beautiful day for a bike ride

By AustinTalks | October 18, 2015

Join Slow Roll Chicago today from 1 to 3 p.m. The free event begins at Columbus Park, 500 S. Central Ave.

Community

See a Shakespeare play in Austin

By AustinTalks | July 24, 2015

Come to Columbus Park at 4 p.m Sunday for the performance.

Community

See a movie in the park

By AustinTalks | June 26, 2015

“Step Up All In” will be shown at dusk June 27 in Columbus Park.

Community

Family fun at Columbus Park, Austin Town Hall

By AustinTalks | May 14, 2015

Swimming, stepping and more will take place Sunday, May 17 at both locations to help the Chicago Park District launch night out in the parks.

Community

See local actors this weekend at Austin Town Hall

By AustinTalks | March 26, 2015

See the play “Zooman and the Sign” 7 p.m. March 27 or 28.

Community

Work out for free at Chicago parks

By AustinTalks | December 30, 2014

Take a fitness class, swim laps or participate in other activities from Jan. 2-11.

Community

West Side youth to appear in Thanksgiving parade

By AustinTalks | November 26, 2014

Watch the Chicago West Community Music Center from 8 to 11 a.m. Thursday.

News

Summer program empowers West Side youth

By Keyanna Johnson | August 4, 2014

I Am We’s pilot program C.A.K.E (Communication, Accountability, Knowledge and Effectiveness) aims to promote leadership, deter violence and create unity among teen girls through storytelling.

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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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