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Chicago Park District

See Shakespeare in the park

By AustinTalks | July 21, 2022

The Chicago Park District’s annual Shakespeare in the park comes to Austin at 6:30 p.m. July 21. Stop by Columbus Park, 500 S. Central Ave., for the free performance.

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New nature play garden to be unveiled in Austin this weekend

By AustinTalks | September 14, 2021

The former vacant lot at 1114 S. Mason Ave. has been transformed into a public space for community members to gather and children to play. The grand opening will be held from noon to 4 p.m. Sept. 19, with a short program and ribbon cutting taking place at 2 p.m.

Community

Shakespeare performance to be held in Austin Thursday night

By AustinTalks | August 25, 2021

Bring your chairs and blankets to Columbus Park Thursday, Aug. 26 to see a free performance of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” The performance starts at 6 p.m.

Community

Summer fun at Westside Health Authority

By AustinTalks | June 26, 2019

The annual community play streets event will be held from 3 to 6 p.m. Friday, June 28 from 5400 W. Division to 1130 N. Long. There will be a bounce house, basketball, fresh produce sale, food and more.

Community

Wells Fargo, Kids Express volunteers build new playground in Austin

By AustinTalks | June 10, 2019

More than 200 volunteers helped transform an empty lot on Saturday into a playground that was designed by the local kids who will get to use it.

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

Don’t miss your chance to perform alongside the pros

By AustinTalks | June 23, 2017

The Chicago Philharmonic will be performing at 6 p.m. Saturday, June 24 at Columbus Park Refectory. The rehearsal for the side-by-side performance will be at 3:30 p.m.

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Anti-violence theater productions coming to West Side this spring

By Terry Dean | December 13, 2016

Sisters Larryann and Pearlie Aaron plan to put on the productions from March to August 2017.

Community

Recital this weekend in Austin

By AustinTalks | May 20, 2016

Students from the Chicago West Community Music Center will perform May 21 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Columbus Park Refectory, 5701 W. Jackson Blvd.

Chicago Park District

Civil rights-era play being performed this weekend in Austin

By AustinTalks | March 17, 2016

Tickets are $5 for the show, which is being staged March 17 and 18 at the Austin Town Hall.

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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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