• DONATE
  • ADVERTISE
  • News
    • Business & Development
    • Education
    • Police & Fire
  • Opinion
    • Letters to the Editor
  • Community
  • Crossing Austin Blvd.
  • Austin Eats
  • Classifieds
  • Public Notices
  • Pitch Us A Story
  • Contact Us
  • Newsletter Subscription
  • Where to find Austin Weekly News
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram

Menu

  • Advertise With Us
  • Contact Us
  • Growing Community Media’s Team
  • Letter to the Editor Submission
  • Newsletter
  • Pitch Us A Story
  • Print Edition
  • Public Notices
  • What is GCM?
  • Work with us
Skip to content
  • Contact Us
  • Newsletter Subscription
  • Where to find Austin Weekly News
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
Austin Weekly News

Austin Weekly News

A news site committed to in-depth reporting on issues concerning the Austin neighborhood located on the West Side of Chicago, Illinois.

  • DONATE
  • ADVERTISE
  • News
    • Business & Development
    • Education
    • Police & Fire
  • Opinion
    • Letters to the Editor
  • Community
  • Crossing Austin Blvd.
  • Austin Eats
  • Classifieds
  • Public Notices
  • Pitch Us A Story
  • Growing Community Media
  • What is GCM?
  • Forest Park Review
  • Riverside-Brookfield Landmark
  • Wednesday Journal

Tag: dcase

Posted inArt Beat

Garfield Park’s Shalom Parker selected for city arts & health program 

Avatar photo by Francia Garcia Hernandez September 15, 2023September 18, 2023

A Garfield Park-based artist started playing with clay when she was three or four years old in her native Nebraska. Now a professional ceramics artist, Shalom Parker recalls making clay storyboards for the county fair.   Twelve years ago, her interest in arts brought her to the city of Chicago to pursue a career in studio […]

Posted inCommunity

Soul City Corridor gateway designs take shape

Avatar photo by Igor Studenkov August 7, 2023August 15, 2023
Posted inNews

Austin poet named Chicago’s first poet laureate

Avatar photo by Francia Garcia Hernandez April 24, 2023April 24, 2023
Posted inNews

City plans gateway arch to mark ‘Soul City Corridor’

Avatar photo by Igor Studenkov January 30, 2023January 31, 2023
Posted inCommunity

Work on Austin’s ‘Soul City Corridor’ begins

by Francia Garcia Hernandez/AustinTalks November 22, 2022November 22, 2022
Posted inCommunity

City seeks input from residents about public permanent art

by Francia Garcia Hernandez/AustinTalks November 8, 2022November 8, 2022
Posted inNews

Taste of Chicago brings Austin together

Avatar photo by Igor Studenkov June 13, 2022November 3, 2022
Posted inNews

West Side regional library gets its own in-house artist

by Samantha Callender March 28, 2022March 29, 2022
Posted inSponsored Content

Chicago Made brings film and TV production opportunities to residents

by Matt Simonette/Chicago Reader March 15, 2022March 15, 2022

Processing…
Success! You're on the list.
Whoops! There was an error and we couldn't process your subscription. Please reload the page and try again.

Recent Posts

  • Print Edition: September 20, 2023
  • Solar energy program pilots in West Garfield Park
  • FEMA aid appears to be coming up short, West Side advocates say
  • Garfield Park’s Shalom Parker selected for city arts & health program 
  • Activists demand West Side Amazon increase hiring, wages

Pages

  • Advertise With Us
  • Community
  • Contact Us
  • Growing Community Media’s Team
  • Letter to the Editor Submission
  • Newsletter
  • Pitch Us A Story
  • Print Edition
  • What is GCM?
  • Work with us
© 2023 Growing Community Media, NFP. Proudly powered by Newspack by Automattic
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram