Snapshot: Balloons Over Horseshoe Bay Resort

Annual hot air balloon festival is an uplifting tradition

"...30-year hot air balloon pilot with Bixby, Okla.-based Ultramagic Balloons and a fourth-year participant in Horseshoe Bay Resort's annual..."

April 6, 2018 Arts Column by David Brendan Hall

Balloons Do It Better

Balloon animals promote safe sex. Those animals.

Jan. 16, 2009 Design Post by Andy Campbell

If You Have Ghosts

Nothing's rotten in Denmark for Danny Malone

"...integral role in all stages of his third album, Balloons, out this week...."

June 7, 2013 Music Feature by Abby Johnston

Danny Deckchair

Aussie import is sweet but as emotionally ethereal as a Splenda meringue.

"...an inebriated backyard party, ties a bunch of helium balloons to his aluminum deck chair and sails into the..."

Aug. 27, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Slingshot

"...steals condoms from the store to create toys -- “balloons with knobs” and condom slingshots -- he can sell..."

Aug. 19, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Spike & Mike's 1992 Festival of Animation

"...her beloved red balloon (what is it with red balloons anyway?), and the absolutely wicked Evil Clown who comes..."

Aug. 21, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Snapshot: Balloon Art Power Couple Stacy “Pineapple” Wheeler and Nate “The Great” Culpepper

It’s not just about twisting balloons into dog shapes, you know

"...artists, they imagine entertainers at children's birthday parties bending balloons into animals, hats, and swords. But one couple, Stacy..."

March 9, 2018 Arts Column by David Brendan Hall

Water Balloon Tech: Burst or Bust?

New stretches in water balloon technology hit the market but not the mark

"...quite the splash with his latest, Zorbz Self-Sealing Water Balloons, at this year's Toy Fair held annually in New..."

May 15, 2015 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

Hey, Austin: It's Bloody Balloon Battle 2012!

Get your dextrous splatter on, deep in the heart of Texas

"...particular mission involves fake blood – approximately 5,000 handsized balloons' worth of it...."

Nov. 2, 2012 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Day Trips & Beyond: May Events Roundup

Get ready for baby sea turtles, balloon launches, and more

"...The silver balloons launched from the Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility in Palestine..."

April 30, 2019 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Polishing Elephants

On Finishing a Dance

"...so I get them, then I see these little balloons. I brought the balloons to rehearsal, and we did..."

April 28, 1995 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Danny Malone

"...Danny MaloneBalloons..."

June 28, 2013 Music Review by Abby Johnston

First Night Schedule

"...with muppets that play music, dance, and hand out balloons and Popsicles. 3:30-4pm. 4pmConspirare Children's Choir – Hello and..."

Dec. 29, 2006 Arts Feature

Day Trips & Beyond: October Events Roundup

The weather’s ideal to learn about Bob Dylan or see hot air balloons

"...station promotion 50 years ago with 13 hot air balloons has grown to welcome more than 500 balloons from..."

Sept. 30, 2022 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Summer Fun: 10 Uses for an Inflatable Pool

The kiddie pool makes a comeback

"...sharp blades of grass have popped half of your balloons, thus cutting your precious fight-time in half? Well, you..."

July 16, 2015 Chronolog Post by Alexa Harrington

Day Trips

Up, up and away, my beautiful balloon!

"...the scores of colorful and oddly shaped hot air balloons glowing across the New Mexico sky is nothing short..."

Oct. 4, 2013 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Danny Malone in Denmark

Not everyone saw the haunted Castle concert

"...southwest Denmark, the site where he recorded third LP Balloons. He scheduled a Stageit show, an online venture where..."

Sept. 12, 2013 Music Post by Abby Johnston

365 Days/365 Plays: Over the river, but in the River of Spirit

The local launch of the 365 Days/365 Plays project saw hundreds of people, including playwright Suzan-Lori Parks, crowd onto the Pfluger Pedestrian Bridge for a dramatic spectacular

"...If you'd counted all the white balloons tied to the rail of the Pfluger Pedestrian Bridge..."

Nov. 24, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

I'd Like to Be Under the Sea

Artist Hana Hillerova explains how she grew her 'Octopus's Garden'

"...it happen from nothing, from cardboard and bags and balloons...."

Dec. 31, 2004 Arts Feature by Jacqueline May

Private History of a Campaign that Failed

Stand-up comic Eddie Gossling is not your president today, and he has a lot of people to blame for it. Here is his first-hand account of his weeklong campaign for the White House.

"...pundits the perfect solution to all our defense problems: Balloons, and plenty of 'em. Who's our biggest enemy in..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Arts Feature by Eddie Gossling

Freud's Last Session

Fictional meeting between Freud and CS Lewis makes no breakthrough

"...from the War to End All Wars. Anti-aircraft barrage balloons hover above the emptying English capital, while air raid..."

Jan. 19, 2024 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Devon Walker Brings Lone Star State Laughs to SNL and Moontower Just for Laughs

Walker, Texas Comic

"...a charming grin while holding a set of red balloons as longtime announcer (and former cast member) Darryl Hammond..."

April 14, 2023 Arts Feature by Valerie Lopez

2023 Oscar-Nominated Short Films – Live Action

Good intentions by voters don't lead to a great selection

"...live-action re-creation of the Up montage, complete with multicolored balloons tied to an urn to lift it up toward..."

Feb. 17, 2023 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Austin ISD Leans in to Win Back Families, Boost Enrollment

Every student counts

"...Balloons in blue and gold – the colors, of course,..."

Aug. 13, 2021 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

Qmmunity: Longing for Our Queer QTs

"...bust out all manner of rainbows – flags, lights, balloons – and decorate your front yard, window, balcony, cheeky..."

Aug. 7, 2020 Column by Beth Sullivan

OUTsider Fest Review: Christeene With Bed Tundee

Austin provocateur brings her signature “fiery stank” home

"...stuck a butt plug tied to a bouquet of balloons – where butt plugs are meant to, uh, be..."

Feb. 20, 2020 Qmmunity Post by A. Micah Mills

It Chapter Two

Back to Derry as the Losers Club takes on Pennywise again

"...recent memory. As Krusty might say, “Hey heeeey! Free balloons for everyone!”..."

Sept. 6, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Midsommar Madness

The obsessions of Ari Aster illuminated in his folk horror hit

"...things, which can also be tough, because the budget balloons, and because these are low-budget films the budget can't..."

July 12, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...They used to make balloons from dried animal intestines. The rubber balloon was invented..."

March 1, 2019 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Ben Is Back

The opioid crisis invades a family Christmas in this timely drama

"...noticed a more humane portrayal of the addict (6 Balloons, Beautiful Boy, The Haunting of Hill House), though it’s..."

Dec. 21, 2018 Movie Review by Danielle White

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