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Come out – rain or shine – 8:30 Aug. 12 at LaFollette Park, 1333 N. Laramie Ave. For more information, call Sankofa Cultural Arts Center at (773) 626-4497 or Helping Our People Excel at (773) 921-2243.
All are welcome July 8 and 9 at the GlennArt Pasture in the 400 block of North Waller Avenue. See Austin from a different perspective.
Light of Liberty Church, at 2 Washington Blvd. in Oak Park, will serve free lunch through Aug. 18, while New Life Ministries, 634 N. Austin Blvd., will provide both breakfast and lunch from July 10 through Aug. 18.
Locally grown vegetables will be sold every Tuesday from 12 to 5 p.m. and the third Saturday of each month from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. until October 25.
The first “Lunch & Learn” session will be held from 12 to 1:30 p.m. March 23 at the PCC Community Wellness Center, 5425 W. Lake St.
The event, which includes free screenings, will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. March 21 at Loretto Hospital, 645 S. Central.
Dietetic interns from Dominican University will provide tips at sessions that start March 13 and run through the end of the month at the Austin facility.
From Jan. 9-15th, check out the Chicago Park District’s 73 fitness centers, hundreds of classes and more than 20 park pools that offer lap swim.
The Chicago Department of Public Health is holding special clinics in the next few weeks in the 24th Ward, and the 11th and 25th police districts.
More than 200 people participated in last weekend’s Austin P.O.W.E.R. event, which celebrated the West Side and all it has to offer.