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Third annual Galewoodstock music fest looks to build on last year’s success
Galewoodstock, Galewood neighborhood’s own music festival is back this Saturday with a bigger kids’ area, more food vendors and — the organizers hope — bigger crowds. The festival was originally...
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Kehrein celebrates Black youth with Barrett Keithley mural
Chicago artist Barrett Keithley stood with open arms before young elementary and middle school students from Austin-based Catalyst Circle Rock Wednesday morning. Behind him, glimpses of colorful...
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Garfield Park’s Shalom Parker selected for city arts & health program
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...
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New mural at BUILD showcases Austin youth’s passion and determination
When young people arrive at BUILD’s South Austin campus, they will see faces resembling theirs on the new mural at the northwest corner of its main building. “I wanted to put up youthful faces looking...
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Black musicians to take the Kehrein’s stage this week
At the end of this week, West Side residents can enjoy musical performances led by two prominent Black musicians at Austin’s Kehrein Center for the Arts. Afro-Cuban singer and composer Daymé Arocena...
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Murals are coming to North Avenue
The mural is seen off of North Avenue on Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022, in Oak Park, Ill. | ALEX ROGALS/Staff Photographer The North Avenue District and the Oak Park Area Arts Council are working to put up...
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HIV prevention campaign spreads awareness through art, social media, mural
Music, photo op with instant print, art, free food and a mini-ball. Loud and fun, that is how the social campaign PrEP4Teens launched to spread awareness about HIV/AIDS prevention. Teens, young...
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A look at the upcoming West Side Christmas events
This season, West Side is alive with the holiday spirit. This weekend alone features plenty of places where kids can pick up free toys, enjoy tasty treats and take pictures with Santa. There are also...
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BandWith finds a permanent home in East Garfield Park
BandWith, a free performing arts program, will be moving into a permanent home in a former East Garfield Park casket factory. The Glasser & Rosenthal families donated a 25,000-square-foot building...
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Life of activist Brenetta Howell Barrett on display at Austin library
A vast collection of documents and photographs reflecting the life and legacy of civil and human rights activist Brenetta Howell Barrett is on display at the Austin Branch Library as part of a...
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Austin writers feature blues musician Eddie Taylor in new film
Nearly a decade ago, Bonni McKeown, an Austin-based writer, decided to draft her first screenplay. Her script followed the life of Eddie Taylor Sr., a Chicago blues guitar legend in the 1950s, ‘60s...
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Old Town School of Folk Music expands programming on the West, South Sides
About eight years ago, Bau Graves, the former executive director of the Old Town School of Folk Music, expanded the school’s community ventures with Music Moves. Through grant-funded programming,...
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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...
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