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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.

News

Where to get a free meal in Austin

By Ellyn Fortino | July 30, 2012

There are many pantries, soup kitchens and mobile produce marts for those in need of food on the West Side.

News

West Side engineers honored

By Ellyn Fortino | July 30, 2012

The students and recent graduates received cash awards from the Chicago Engineers’ Foundation of the Union League of Chicago.

News

Monday Brazilian night at the Garfield Park Conservatory

By Ellyn Fortino | July 27, 2012

The 6 p.m. July 30 free event will feature performers from the Chicago West Community Music Center’s cultural exchange program.

Community

Rep. Ford addresses Chicagoans about Colorado massacre and violence at home

By AustinTalks | July 27, 2012

The state lawmaker said it’s a time to ask why senseless acts of violence keep happening and what can be done to prevent crime.

News

Austin celebrates with block party, health and wellness fair

By Ashlee Rezin | July 26, 2012

The event, aimed at uniting the community, was put on by the Central Austin Neighborhood Association and the Third Unitarian Church.

News

Austin businesses suffer from crime, violence in community

By AustinTalks | July 25, 2012

Crain’s Chicago Business talks to owners about the financial toll and fear resulting from the rash of thefts and homicides in the West Side community.

News

Austin homicides climb to 20 so far this year

By Ellyn Fortino | July 24, 2012

Arrests have been made in just two of the West Side Chicago community’s cases, with gunshots being the number one cause of the violent deaths.

Opinion
John W. Fountain III.

Summer cycle of death continues

By John W. Fountain III | July 20, 2012

Columnist John Fountain III writes about the deeper issues behind the violence plaguing the city.

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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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