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Community

Valentine’s concert for kids Saturday

By AustinTalks | February 7, 2020

Fernando Jones will perform the show at 1 p.m. Feb. 8 in the community room of the 25th District Police Station at 5555 W. Grand Ave. Space is limited so organizers ask that you RSVP to the event.

Community

Don’t miss Austin Christmas concert on Saturday

By AustinTalks | December 19, 2019

Tickets for the Dec. 21 concert are free. Doors open at the Kehrein Center, 5628 W. Washington Blvd. at 5 p.m. The performance is from 6 to 8 p.m. and features Rachel Washington.

Community

Talent contest to be held Saturday

By AustinTalks | June 13, 2019

The free show – presented by the 15th Police District and DJ Phantom Inc. – will be held June 15 at the Kehrein Center for the Arts, 5608 W. Washington Blvd. Doors open at 10 a.m.

Community

Community orchestra performs tonight in Austin

By AustinTalks | June 7, 2019

The Chicago West Community Music Center’s orchestra free performance will held at 7 p.m. June 7 at the Columbus Park Refectory, 5701 W. Jackson Blvd. This is the group’s first Chicago concert after performing in China and France.

Community

Come hear blues and soul by Larry Taylor

By AustinTalks | May 29, 2019

A free concert will be held from 6 to 8:30 p.m. May 29th at Columbus Park Refectory, 5701 W. Jackson.

Community

Austin Neighborhood Choir to perform Wednesday

By AustinTalks | May 14, 2019

The choir will be joined by several in-school choirs as they present a free community concert at 7 p.m. May 15 at Michele Clark High School, 5101 W. Harrison St.

the arts

Austin native Randy Duncan leaves mark on dance world

By Nick Forsythe | March 12, 2019

A well-respected professional dancer, Duncan began teaching at The Chicago Academy for the Arts in 1994 and has been a staple of the program ever since.

poetry

Poetry block party comes to Austin

By Connor S. Carynski | August 8, 2018

Residents participated in last month’s event, as did more than 20 people who came to Chicago for workshops put on by the Poetry Foundation.

Columbus Park

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

Austin neighborhood choir to perform Wednesday

By AustinTalks | May 28, 2018

The spring concert will be held at 7 p.m. May 30 at Austin Town Hall, 5610 W. Lake St. Free tickets are available an hour before 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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