Spotlighting the many West Side community news and happenings
New mural at Austin Health Center celebrates healthcare workers
The Cook County Health Austin Health Center is getting a new mural in its main waiting room to celebrate healthcare workers. Full-time artist Robert Valadez is painting the mural, which will be completed June 12. “I wanted to tell a story about how important healthcare workers are to everyone’s daily life,” Valadez said. The Cook…
‘Girl Get Up’ debuts at May event in Garfield Park
Hundreds of locals will gather in Garfield Park later this month at the corner of West Madison Street and Central Park Avenue for the first get-together of the year hosted by the community outreach nonprofit To Walk in My Shoes. They will dance to music played by DJ Chillins and Tyrone, and shop with local…
Big Week | May 1-8
Apollo Chorus Spring Concert: A French Festival! Sunday, May 3 7 p.m., Kehrein Center The Apollo Chorus invites you to revel in the artistry of composers who shaped the French musical landscape. Guest conductor Pierre-Fabien Roubaty leads the chorus. The program includes Poulenc’s Gloria, with its blend of exuberance, introspection and French flair; motets by…
Big Week | April 24 – May 1
Uniting Voices Chicago Saturday, April 27, 3 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., Kehrein Center for the Arts This seasonal showcase brings to life the sounds of Chicago’s Austin neighborhood through a concert featuring original music, exciting choreography and multimedia presentations. It features the Austin Neighborhood Choir. Tickets are $10* per person, available for purchase at the…
West Side organizations launch resource program for parents, babies
At age 15, Aisha Oliver visited the emergency room to remove an ovarian cyst and, after the procedure, was told she’d be unable to conceive. But Oliver, an Austin Weekly News columnist and community engagement specialist for Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, became pregnant with her son her junior year at Columbia College Chicago. “There…
Garfield Park Little League steps up to plate for 17th season
Garfield Park Little League teaches baseball and responsibility to both young fanatics and those new to the sport. League cofounders Frank Brim and Jerry Mack started the Garfield Park Little League in 2008 after they noticed a lack of baseball teams in the area. It’s the only sanctioned little league from Austin Boulevard to Kedzie Avenue, Brim…
Big Week | April 17-24
Earth Day: Austin community clean-up April 20, 9 a.m.-12 p.m., Build Sign up and join One Earth Collective, Build, Field Museum, Openlands, NCH2, Friends of the Parks, Oak Park Climate Action Network, and other partners in an Earth Day clean-up of Columbus Park.Two Locations: Meet at pavilion / shelter house north of Columbus Park Field…
Message from gun violence march is clear: ‘No kids die in the Chi’
Austin and the greater West Side community marched down Madison Street and gathered for a prayer vigil in Columbus Park Saturday to address gun violence on the West Side. “We demand a better way to live,” community members shouted during the march. “No kids die in the Chi!” Although the vigil happens annually, and the…
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