AustinTalks - News and information covering Chicago's Austin neighborhood on the West Side

AustinTalks (http://austintalks.org/tag/dinner/)

  • Home
  • About
  • Community
  • News
  • Opinion
  • Events
  • Donate
  • Global Navigation
Subscribe

dinner

Community

Thanksgiving dinner available Thursday

By AustinTalks | November 23, 2022

The free hot meals are available from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov. 24 at 5323 W. Lake St.

Community

Thanksgiving food drive, celebrations, turkey giveaways happening this week

By AustinTalks | November 14, 2022

Events are being held Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday on the West Side.

Community

West side residents invited to holiday dinner Thursday

By AustinTalks | December 19, 2018

The free event will be held from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 20 at Columbus Park, 500 S. Central Ave. Congressman Danny Davis is hosting the event along with several other elected officials and local groups.

Community

West Siders invited Wednesday to Thanksgiving dinner

By AustinTalks | November 12, 2018

Dinner will be served from 5 to 9 p.m. Nov. 14 at George Leland School, 512 S. Lavergne. The event is free and open to the community.

Assumption Greek Orthodox Church

West Side residents invited to community dinner

By AustinTalks | October 5, 2018

The free event will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. Oct. 6 at Plato School Hall, 5545 W. Harrison St. The dinner is being sponsored by the Assumption Greek Orthodox and Saint Martin de Porres Churches.

Community

Austin residents affected by violence invited to dinner

By AustinTalks | September 14, 2018

Anyone who has lost a loved one to violence is invited Monday night to this free event, which has been organized by state Rep. La Shawn Ford.

celebration

West Siders invited to holiday dinner party

By AustinTalks | December 20, 2017

There will be entertainment, food and socializing from 6 to 9 p.m. Dec. 21 at Columbus Park Field House, 500 S. Central Ave. Congressman Danny Davis along with several other officials are putting on the free event.

Community

Take part tonight in annual fathers and families Thanksgiving

By AustinTalks | November 9, 2016

All are welcome at the free event Nov. 9th at George Leland School, 512 S. Lavergne.

Community

Community Thanksgiving dinner Sunday

By AustinTalks | November 20, 2015

Ald. Emma Mitts invites 37th Ward residents to the event from 2 to 5 p.m. Nov. 22 at Beth-Ann Place.

Community

Free early Thanksgiving dinner this Thursday

By AustinTalks | November 18, 2014

The event, sponsored by several West Side groups and elected officials, begins at 4:30 p.m. Nov. 20 and will be held at George Leland Elementary School, 512 S. Lavergne.

Load more posts

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

Like Us on FacebookFollow Us on TwitterSubscribe via RSS

Search This Site

Browse Archives

© Copyright 2025, AustinTalks

Built with the Largo WordPress Theme from the Institute for Nonprofit News.

Back to top ↑