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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.

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One and all invited today to the 5th annual talent showcase at Westside Health Authority

By Xueer Zhang | August 25, 2017

Tonight’s event will feature dozens of West Side performers, including the Good Neighbor Girls – a new Austin dance group – from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Davis Play Lot, 5437 W. Division St.

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West Side artists, residents invited to perform in Chicago’s largest choir

By Xueer Zhang | August 23, 2017

Community meetings and rehearsals have been set in the 29th and 37th Wards for the citywide Crowd Out performance at Millennium Park Oct. 1. The program is sponsored and coordinated by Illinois Humanities.

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Seeking young people who want to sing in citywide group

By AustinTalks | January 24, 2017

Children in 3rd grade or older are invited to participate in the Chicago Children’s Choir; attend a special event 4:15 p.m. Jan. 25 at Austin Town Hall.

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See the Austin Neighborhood Choir perform this weekend

By AustinTalks | November 17, 2016

The performance will be 4 p.m. Nov. 19th at Westinghouse High School. Auditions will be held afterwards for those interested in joining the group.

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Don’t miss the West Side gospel choir competition

By AustinTalks | September 27, 2016

Admission is free to the Oct. 1 event, which begins at 4 p.m. and will be held at Greater Holy Temple Ministries at 5906-10 W. Chicago Ave.

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Labor Day sing at Third Unitarian Church

By AustinTalks | September 4, 2015

All are welcome at the free performance 11 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 6 at 301 N. Mayfield.

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West Side celebrates third annual Soul Food Pow-Wow

By AustinTalks | December 11, 2011

The Nov. 20 event at St. Paul Lutheran Church and School featured the Mkhonto Fellowship Choir from South Africa and Chicago musician T.L. Williams.

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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