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Arts and Culture

25-year-old opens dance studio on Chicago’s West Side with goals to promote community

Erica Jones, May 22, 2025May 27, 2025

A new dance studio, Ashley J’s Dance Center, recently opened in Austin. Owned by the…

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Editor's Choice

Former Gov brings term limit referendum campaign to West Side

Chicago Talks, July 14, 2016

    Former Governor Pat Quinn brought his referendum campaign to term limit the mayor…

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Biking

Tour Austin by Bike

Chicago Talks, April 25, 2015

Join Lee Diamond on one his interesting neighborhood tours on  April 25, 2015 from 11…

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Community

Austin Community Garden Will Provide Community With Easier Access To Fresh Produce

Chicago Talks, November 4, 2014

The lot across from Velda Brunner’s home on the 300 block of North Lotus Avenue…

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Austin Talks Reporters Win Lisagor Journalism Awards

Chicago Talks, May 4, 2013

Society for Professional Journalistslocal chapter, the Headline Club, held the annual Lisagor dinner where journalists…

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Community

Austin Residents Struggle as Businesses Leave the Community

Chicago Talks, November 9, 2012

Just a few banking options are scattered across the city’s most-populated community area, and after…

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Community

Timeline of Missing Austin Resident Yasmin Acree

Chicago Talks, October 26, 2012

Family and friends gathered Oct. 25 to honor the missing West Side girl’s 20th birthday. The award for information about her whereabouts has been raised to $10,000. Her family is still looking for answers.

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Rebuild Chicago Plans To Turn Empty Homes Into Rental Properties

Chicago Talks, October 21, 2012

The initiative by the group Action Now aims to help relieve neighborhoods hit hard by foreclosure of crime often associated with the vacant buildings. West Siders can attend an Oct. 25 meeting to learn more about the program.

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Opinion

  • Chicago’s influential music scene doesn’t get the respect it deserves 
    by Zoey Hill-Hernandez
  • Lost in translation: ‘I would see everyone else writing while I just stared blankly at my paper’
    by Cynthia Alaniz
  • ‘It felt like something was gnawing at my heart’; Columbia student copes with illness of a lifetime
    by Morgan Bruner
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Arts and Culture

  • 23 years later, Mazzy Star’s masterpiece album still casts a spell
    by Triniti Waxman
  • Queer Chicago designer finds niche dressing drag performers
    by Seng Xiong
  • From dorm room to mainstage, Phat Dragon built a comedy cult following 
    by Ava Simone Forster
  • Great Ideas of Humanity exhibit showcases famous quotes made visual 
    by Sh'Mara Chism
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Feature

  • Hairstylist helps clients embrace their own beauty, rather than copy someone else’s 
  • Care for Real food pantry serves North Siders as need grows 
  • Cuddle Bunny: Where visitors can chill out with a furry friend 
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