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Free classical music concert in Austin

By AustinTalks | October 14, 2023

Vivaldi will be the featured composer at the Oct. 17 concert, which will be held at the Kehrein Center for the Arts. Register in advance for the performance.

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Women’s choral group to perform Sunday in Austin

By AustinTalks | June 9, 2023

The C21 Women’s Ensemble, in its sixth season, will be performing Sunday at the Columbus Park Refectory.

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CSO musicians to perform free concert on West Side

By AustinTalks | May 18, 2023

Reserve your free tickets for Sunday afternoon’s concert at the Kehrein Center for the Arts, 5628 W. Washington Blvd.

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Celebrate Black History Month with a jazz performance in Austin this weekend

By Michelle Meyer | January 31, 2023

The Chicago Jazz Philharmonic will perform their final concert of the season at the Kehrein Center for the Arts. Tickets for Saturday night’s performance cost just $1.

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Free Christmas concert in Austin on Sunday

By AustinTalks | December 10, 2022

The City Lights Orchestra will perform at the 6 p.m. concert, which will be held at the Kehrein Denter for the Arts, 5628 W. Washington Blvd.

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Grammy-nominated singer Reginald Mobley performs this week in Austin

By AustinTalks | November 15, 2022

Free tickets to Thursday’s performance at the Kehrein Center for the Arts are available. Register now for the concert, which will include a conversation with musicians.

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West Siders invited to nearly free concert in Austin

By Michelle Meyer | September 21, 2022

For $1, West Siders can see the Chicago Jazz Philharmonic play “Havana Blue” this Saturday. This weekend’s performance will blend African and Cuban music.

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West Siders invited to Miles Davis tribute concert in Austin

By Michelle Meyer | June 9, 2022

The Chicago Jazz Philharmonic performs Sunday in Austin for the first time as the start of a three-concert series being held at the Kehrein Center for the Arts.

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Tickets still available for Friday night blues performance in Austin

By AustinTalks | April 14, 2022

Musician Fernando Jones will be performing Friday, April 22 at the Kehrein Center for the Arts, 5628 W. Washingon Blvd.

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Free concert Saturday in Austin

By AustinTalks | November 19, 2021

The Chicago Children’s Choir will perform Saturday at Catalyst Circle Rock’s Kehrein Center for the Arts, 5628 W. Washington Blvd.

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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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