ATX Television Festival: Playing House

Jessica St. Clair and Lennon Parham find the comedy in cancer

"...and Lennon Parham debuted the first episode of Playing House’s upcoming third season at the ATX Television Festival on..."

June 10, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Whose House? Texies' House

Texecutioners send a message with victory over Cincinnati

"...Cincinnati Black Sheep, they proved this is really their house now...."

April 19, 2011 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

2000 Kids Summer Fun Guide

Listings

"...weekly in June and July, featuring a variety of fun and educational programs. Activities include animal encounters, nature hikes,..."

May 5, 2000 Features Feature

Go Off the Grid for Unofficial Queer Fun During SXSW

Austin offers tourists and locals alike queer parties outside the Festival mainframe

"...scenery. Individual day tickets run $10 each, with no refunds as weather will not stop this event. Yeehaw for..."

March 7, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Making the House of Torment a Home

After a shuttered year, Austin's oldest haunted attraction reunites the family

"...is the smell of home. But not in the House of Torment, Austin's oldest and most beloved haunted Halloween..."

Oct. 8, 2021 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Fun Fun Fun Fest Live Shot: Tenacious D

Jack Black and Kyle Gass whip out their ‘Kielbasa’

"...either the most musically inclined comedy duo or the funniest rockers a sweaty tent has ever seen or heard...."

Nov. 10, 2013 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Zoé Tong Is Making Dinner Fun

Modern Chinese restaurant brings to Zilker big flavors, sincere hospitality, and a ballsy refusal to be boxed in

"...don’t mean that the chefs are careless or the front-of-house staff is negligent. Quite the opposite, in fact. But..."

April 5, 2024 Food Feature by Taylor Tobin

Public Notice: Fun Is Where You Find It

Some things to look forward to(?) this summer

"...Okay, this is sad but, when they said "Sum­mer Fun issue" in the editorial meeting, my mind immediately went..."

May 19, 2017 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Fun Fun Fun Fest Live Shot: Daniel Johnston

True love will find you in the end

"...you’re going to die,” offered Johnston before launching into “Funeral Home.” The final round of “Devil Town,” sung a..."

Nov. 11, 2013 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Fun Fun Fun Fest Live Shot: Snoop Dogg

More canine than lion and Doggfather still

"...was happy to simply bask in the Doggfather’s hazy G-funk aura...."

Nov. 9, 2013 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Fun Fun Fun Fest Interview: Flag

First Black Flag singer Keith Morris dishes

"...turn this punk Rubik’s Cube, it’s Flag that plays Fun Fun Fun Fest Friday on the Black stage. Morris..."

Nov. 6, 2013 Music Post by Tim Stegall

Fun With Carole, Rick, and Greg

The budget standoff provides a snapshot of the new Texas politics.

"...Who ever thought Republicans could be so much fun?..."

June 27, 2003 News Column by Michael King

Summer Fun: Cold, Dark Holes to Crawl Into

Escape the Texas sun in these underground getaways

"...the Cellar features a barrel room where their own in-house, seasonal microbrews are produced, perfect for sitting and drinking..."

May 20, 2017 Chronolog Post by Tucker Whatley

Fun Fun Fun Live Shot: Wiz Khalifa

Trust your mofo MC

"...into a more somber tone, Khalifa marveled at his “House in the Hills.”..."

Nov. 10, 2014 Music Post by Nina Hernandez

Fun Fun Fun Live Shot: Deafheaven

Blasting heartstrings so as to moot questions of authenticity

"...into the power chord majesty/blast beat hell of “Dream House.”..."

Nov. 10, 2014 Music Post by Michael Toland

Fun Fun Fun Live Shot: Sun Kil Moon

Red House Painter nurtures hip-hop feuds?

"...the late Nineties during the recording of his Red House Painters’ swan song, Old Ramon, and a threesome with..."

Nov. 8, 2014 Music Post by Neph Basedow

'The Hundred-Year House'

Author Rebecca Makkai teases the real and the unreal in this 'Austin Chronicle' Book Club selection

"...Rebecca Makkai's The Hundred-Year House is a sly, funny, literary mystery, a meet-cute romantic..."

Aug. 22, 2014 Arts Feature by Amy Gentry

Fun Fun Fun Fest Sunday Picks

Blurbing Fun Fun Fun Fest one act at a time

"...Girl," the Beats emphasize the kind of relentless, jerk-happy fun you would've had at the enchanted Hollywood version of..."

Nov. 7, 2008 Music Feature

Fun Fun Fun Fest Preview

"...set of the first day? That's not a very fun fun fun time slot for a band in its..."

Nov. 2, 2007 Music Feature

The Fall of the House of Usher

"...Pictures in the early Sixties, The Fall of the House of Usher takes the author's gloriously claustrophobic tale of..."

Oct. 25, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Summer Fun

Oh, Galveston

"...is sort of the Dog & Duck or Draught House of Galveston. High praise, really as Molly's embodies the..."

May 14, 2004 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

Jeanne Thornton’s Summer Fun Will Help You Fall into Winter’s Icy Bed of Thorns

Life’s a beach, and then you scry

"...Why did they never release their rumored album, Summer Fun? And so she writes letters to B—, letters that..."

Oct. 5, 2021 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Glen “Spot” Lockett, In-House SST Records Producer and Former Austinite, Has Died

American punk innovator also explored Celtic and bluegrass

"...Panic, which would evolve into Black Flag. As the in-house producer and engineer for Long Beach-launched SST Records, Spot..."

March 5, 2023 Music Post by Chad Swiatecki

X Frontman John Doe Has More Fun in the New World

Living quietly in Austin for two years now – and only for hours at a time!

"...to suit him. Into that fray add in More Fun in the New World: The Unmaking and Legacy of..."

June 28, 2019 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Fun Fun Fun Fest: Future Islands

Ursine wrestling of the mind

"...played an afternoon slot on the main stage at Fun Fun Fun Fest. They returned to Auditorium Shores on..."

Nov. 9, 2015 Music Post by Alejandra Ramirez

Fun Fun Fun Fest: Afrika Bambaataa

Minds were blown, booties shaken by day-one mixologist

"...Donovan in the South Bronx 58 years ago took Fun Fun Fun Fest’s Blue stage mid-afternoon, he made new..."

Nov. 9, 2015 Music Post by Tim Stegall

Saturday Fun Fun Fun Fest Blurbs

Saturday's top FFF picks

"...word on its latest LP, 2014's Rooms of the House. A perfect bridge between Nineties kids-turned-adults and modern emo..."

Nov. 6, 2015 Music Feature

Fun Fun Fun Fest 2014 Friday Listings

FFF Friday by the blurb

"...that belies his notorious combativeness. Though the onetime Red House Painter's February album Benji arrived breathtakingly bare bones, the..."

Nov. 7, 2014 Music Feature

Courtney Barnett

"...Courtney BarnettThe Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas (House Anxiety/Marathon Artists)..."

Nov. 7, 2014 Music Feature by Scott Schinder

Fun Fun Fun Fest 2014 Sunday Reviews

"...could pass as a deep cut from the Animal House soundtrack – another soul homage created by tubby white..."

Nov. 7, 2014 Music Feature by Richard Whittaker

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