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Redmoon holds event in Austin

By Tatiana Walk-Morris | August 28, 2013

The theatre collaborated with several other groups to put on a performance at Columbus Park. The citywide series ends Sept. 7 in Humboldt Park.

Community

Thousands of spots available for teens in after-school programs

By AustinTalks | August 26, 2013

Applications are due soon; the programs begin Oct. 1.

Community

West Side youth build push karts

By AustinTalks | August 15, 2013

Austin teens participate in the Chicago Park District’s X-Stream summer camp.

News

Program brings classical music to kids

By Tatiana Walk-Morris | July 30, 2013

More than 100 children have participated in this summer’s day camp at Columbus Park.

Community

Free basketball clinics being held this summer

By AustinTalks | July 5, 2013

Several West Side parks will host the park district-organized events.

Community

Celebrate Black History Month at West Side parks

By AustinTalks | February 7, 2013

The Chicago Park District is hosting a variety of programs and activities in February for people of all ages.

News

A spooky Halloween celebration in Austin

By Corina Ferrer-Marcano | October 31, 2012

The Oct. 25 event was held at the Austin Town Hall Park. More fun is yet to be had on the West Side. Read more to learn where you can celebrate Halloween tonight.

News

Austin Town Hall hosts Dance in the Parks

By Ashlee Rezin | August 2, 2012

The free event featured professionals, as well as student performers from the Chicago Park District day camp program.

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.

Community

Shakespeare at Austin Town Hall Park Wednesday

By AustinTalks | July 31, 2012

The free Aug. 1 event will present a 3:30 p.m. performance of “The Taming of the Shrew,” one of many stops by the theater parks tour running through Aug. 19.

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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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