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Shakespeare being performed at Columbus Park tonight

By AustinTalks | August 7, 2018

A Midsummer Night’s Dream begins at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 7. The free event is being sponsored by the Chicago Park District and Boeing.

Community

3,000 people turn out for last week’s “Summer of Opportunity”

By AustinTalks | June 29, 2017

The June 23rd event at Columbus Park, organized by BUILD, celebrated the end of school and provided a practical way for young people to connect to positive activities and stay safe.

15th District Police

Liquor stores, gas stations put on notice to rid their areas of criminal activity

By Terry Dean | August 31, 2016

15th District Commander Dwayne Betts has been meeting with local businesses and community groups to make Austin safer.

Community

See Shakespeare in Austin tonight

By AustinTalks | August 9, 2016

“Twelfth Night” will be performed 6:30 p.m. Aug. 9 at Columbus Park.

health

City-operated farmers markets up and running in Austin

By AustinTalks | July 4, 2016

From 2 to 7 p.m. stop by Columbus Park (Tuesdays), La Follette Park (Wednesdays) and Austin Town Hall (Thursdays).

Community

Run or walk Saturday at Columbus Park Refectory

By AustinTalks | June 2, 2016

Austin P.O.W.E.R (People Organizing Wealth & Economic Resources) of Life is hosting the 5k. Rain or shine, the race will start at 8 a.m.

Aretha Franklin

Summer concerts in Austin start Friday evening

By AustinTalks | May 24, 2016

The songs of Aretha Franklin will be performed 7 p.m. May 27 at Columbus Park Refectory, 5701 W. Jackson. Four other shows will be held throughout the summer.

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.

News

Shakespeare in the Park comes to Columbus Park for third year

By Cara Ball | August 12, 2015

Austin residents enjoyed the free performance by the Chicago Shakespeare Theater; a few shows remain this week elsewhere in the city.

Community

See a Shakespeare play in Austin

By AustinTalks | July 24, 2015

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

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News

  • 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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