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Movie about West Side school to air June 7

By Nicholaus Garcia | June 6, 2016

The documentary Derek Grace made about Spencer Elementary Technology Academy’s annual College Week can be seen on America ReFramed.

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West Siders invited to audition tonight for citywide summer festival

By AustinTalks | May 25, 2016

The city of Chicago is looking for performers who can dance, act or read poetry. Tryouts will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. May 25 at La Follette Park, 1333 N. Laramie.

Community

Job interviews set for Thursday on the West Side

By AustinTalks | May 9, 2016

Visit the Garfield Park Workforce Center, 10 S. Kedzie, today through Wednesday to talk to employers on May 12 at Homan Square Park, 3517 W. Arthington St.

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Donate blood Wednesday in Austin

By AustinTalks | April 26, 2016

Walk-ins are accepted from 12 to 6 p.m. April 27 at the Chicago Police Department’s 15 District headquarters,

Community

Is Chicago’s drinking water safe?

By AustinTalks | March 3, 2016

The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District and city officials will be making presentations at the March 10 event, sponsored by Ald. Chris Taliaferro and Cook County Commissioner Richard Boykin.

Chicago

Youth, leaders offer solutions to violence

By Ramona Meadors | February 22, 2016

About 50 students and community leaders from across Chicago gathered Saturday in Austin to discuss ways to make their neighborhoods safer.

Community

Sign up next week for Chicago’s sidewalk program

By AustinTalks | January 8, 2016

Spots will fill up quickly for the chance to share repair costs with the city.

Community

Lawmakers to discuss whether CPS should have an elected school board

By AustinTalks | November 5, 2015

The Chicago Westside branch of the NAACP is hosting the event Nov. 7 from 9:30 a.m. to noon at the University of Illinois-Chicago.

News

Austin celebrates one-year anniversary of Mandela Road designation

By Terry Dean | July 20, 2015

More than 100 attended the July 18 street party outside Westside Health Authority’s offices.

Community

Celebrate Nelson Mandela’s birthday Saturday

By AustinTalks | July 15, 2015

There will be music, dancing, food and more at Chicago and Cicero avenues starting at 10 a.m. July 18.

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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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