Free theater tickets available!

As a member of the Westside Ministers Coalition, AustinTalks has been offered two free tickets to the Nov. 18 performance of Romeo and Juliet at the University of Illinois-Chicago.

Meeting set for tonight to discuss CPS

A coalition of West Side groups that includes the NAACP, Westside Ministers Coalition and South Austin Coalition Community Council will share its recommendations about Chicago Public Schools’ selective enrollment/magnet school policy.

Some Austin teens set for summer work

Dozens of West Side youth spent spring break attending a week-long youth empowerment and job readiness program. They’re guaranteed jobs this summer, and community leaders hope that means fewer juvenile arrests.