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Embrace the Space heats up St. Martin’s Episcopal with mixed-ability dance workshop

By AustinTalks | May 5, 2012

The program, which aims to offer opportunities to individuals with disabilities, will be closing the series May 20 with “Images of Disability in Films for Kids.”

Community

Healing Temple Head Start “Say No to Violence!” march Thursday

By AustinTalks | April 25, 2012

You can join the group at 10 a.m. tomorrow to show young people and the community your support to end violence.

News

Low enrollment at Nash Elementary “No. 1 issue” for next elected LSC

By Ellyn Fortino | April 13, 2012

The current LSC coordinator says members elected next week will have the challenge of recruiting new students for the school that currently has just 390 enrolled and a capacity of 1,600.

News

Education activists call Emmet Elementary’s play yard, field house a safety hazard

By Ellyn Fortino | March 22, 2012

They gathered outside the building March 16 to discuss requests for CPS to repair large potholes in the parking lot and renovate or demolish the field house.

News

Austin preschoolers read, play at Dr. Seuss Day

By Darryl Holliday | March 13, 2012

This is the third year Jumpstart, a program that pairs college students with three to six-year-olds, has hosted the event.

News

School-reform activists urge community members to run for LSC postions

By Ellyn Fortino | February 22, 2012

They say the job is important to improve the quality of education for students who attend Chicago Public Schools.

News

Austin and Garfield Park team up for Little League

By Ellyn Fortino | February 13, 2012

The merger increases baseball diamonds from one to eight for Austin kids, and players will receive free tutoring, mentoring and ACT prep classes.

News

The Rev. Ira Acree calls for restoration of law that would help report black missing children

By Chinta Strausberg | January 30, 2012

The Minority Tax Certificate program fostered diversity in media by providing incentives that increased black ownership of radio and TV stations.

Opinion

Parents can perpetuate bullying

By Rasheena Fountain | December 22, 2011

Commentator Rasheena Fountain urges readers to do a better job of protecting children, especially from homophobia.

Community

Westside Instructional String and Harp students charm guests at holiday event

By AustinTalks | December 16, 2011

The musicians, ages 4 to 16, played violin, cello and guitar at The Foundation for Homan Square staff party Dec. 8.

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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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