Playback: Don't Fence Me In

The Fun Fun Fun Fest schedule arrives, Flesh Lights return from touring with the Hives, and Tim O'Connor lives to fight another day

"...adjusting: "There's so much room that you want to run, but then I'd realize I'm supposed to sing and..."

July 13, 2012 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

'An Independent Person'

A Conversation With Randi Shade

"...the race for Place 3, in the June 18 run-off with Kathie Tovo. At her announcement, Shade said she..."

June 3, 2011 News Feature by Michael King

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...impossible not to be swept away by the sheer fun of this movie. When Noxeema and Vida tie for..."

Sept. 8, 1995 News Feature

Sex, Lies, and Katie Folger

The Austin artist on her new show, Getting in Bed With the Pizza Man

"...one-woman show, Getting in Bed With the Pizza Man, running through May 13 at the Crashbox @ Bolm Studios..."

May 11, 2023 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Brandon Cash Says He's a Clown. His Critics Say He's a Bigot. Will His Customers Keep Coming Back?

The show must (?) go on

"...and headhunts for the city's best bartenders – outgoing, fun, with large groups of regulars...."

Aug. 14, 2020 News Feature by Lee Ackerley

Playback – Omnibus: Destination Unknown

Vetting City Hall's recommendations to Mayor Adler's arts Omnibus and unveiling Sound on Sound Fest's Renaissance location and debut lineup

"...The epic rundown, which can be read in full at ATXmusic.org, touches..."

July 1, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Summer Camp Guide

"...without a curling iron – who knew they could run on batteries? The details are different, but the story's..."

April 28, 2006 Features Feature by Nora Ankrum

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...caused Terrell County to be responsible for all cost overruns on the project and to keep the depot open..."

April 4, 2003 Column

Chapter 2: Biweekly and Proud

September 1982-August 1988

"...- week) - with - a - print - run - of - 20,000 - distributed - at -hundreds..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...windswept Texas soil. Rarely have I had so much fun watching people talk. The conventional framing gives a serene,..."

Oct. 20, 1995 News Feature

Film

Film Reviews

"...crime from Rodney Little (Lindo), a local merchant who runs a drug ring out of his corner grocery. When..."

Sept. 15, 1995 News Feature

Uncancel the Olympics With a DIY Decathlon

How one man became the world's greatest athlete* (of his backyard)

"...April, some friends and I recorded footage of us running the 40-yard dash as if we were pro prospects..."

May 29, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Sound on Sound Gets Medieval

Sound on Sound’s über headliner: 23 acres of Sherwood Forest

"...the bloody battlefield of Austin concert promotions. Last spring, Fun Fun Fun Fest organizers Transmission Events split with business..."

Nov. 4, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Hip-Hop on the Verge

Austin finally cemented a scene, but who will break out nationally?

"...acts, and you've got the West Coast. Everybody I run into is doing something different."..."

Jan. 16, 2015 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...presence? Kudos also should go to costume designer Beatrix Aruna Pasztor who has regularly worked with Van Sant (as..."

Oct. 6, 1995 News Feature

Venom: The Last Dance

One last pas de deux between Tom Hardy's reporter and the hellraising symbiote he plays bodily host to

"...in their own universe. They’re hungover and on the run from the cops, the alien-hunters of Area 51 led..."

Oct. 25, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Austin FC Season Kickoff, Black History Month, and More Community Events

Get out and about in Austin while the weather's good

"...as a slang term for gayness that carried into less-fun phrasing like the Lavender Scare and the Lavender Menace...."

Feb. 23, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore

Sloppy scripting breaks the spell of this bloated sequel

"...films have come a long way, story-wise, since the “funny adventures with adorable magical creatures with the vague threat..."

April 15, 2022 Movie Review by Melanie Haupt

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

Jake Gyllenhaal stars in this nearly bloodless, family-friendly throwback to a cinematic age when Persian palace intrigue, winsome princesses, and ambitious princes ruled the back lots.

"...What is Brit director Newell (Four Weddings and a Funeral) doing helming an epic, CGI-intensive, scimitar-propelled riff on 1001..."

May 28, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Toronto International Film Festival

A first-timer's diary

"...The Toronto International Film Festival is awe-inspiring, well-run, and stocked with enough films to program an arthouse..."

Dec. 12, 2003 Screens Feature by Louis Black

2002 Summer Camps

"...Afternoon pick-up is between 5-6pm in Oak Hill. Sessions run May 28-Aug 2. 892-2224. www.wetwildcamp.com...."

May 10, 2002 Features Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Postmarks

First, the good news ...

"...of hoodlums" on New Year's Eve, you chose to run a photo, the focal point of which is a..."

Nov. 5, 1999 Column

Public Notice

Castle & Keep

"...out of our league. Oh well. The tours will run through the last weekend in September and are $5..."

June 11, 1999 Column by Kate X Messer

The Basement Tapes

The Netherworld of Iconoclastic Music

"...really about the music. I play music that makes fun of people, and for most people, their idea of..."

March 28, 1997 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...in a drink) that helps make this a genuinely fun bit of zany nonsense. 3.0 stars (J.O.) Hogg..."

Oct. 13, 1995 News Feature

Knights of the Zodiac

Overstuffed adaptation of smash manga Saint Seiya

"...Saint Seiya by Masami Kurumada, knows how to have fun sometimes, but ultimately struggles to strike a balance between..."

May 19, 2023 Movie Review by Alejandra Martinez

Johnette Napolitano, No Holds Barred

Author, DIY adopter, tattooist, ghost buster, you name it

"...Halloween 2012. We were in Austin, Dallas – that run. It was brutal. We did Good Morning Dallas at..."

May 23, 2014 Music Post by Nina Hernandez

Pick Your Team: The Hotrod Honeys

Captain of the 2010 champions Shank talks about building beyond '11

"...The thing about the Hotrods is that it's a fun, fun team, and that's always been our shtick. Go..."

Feb. 19, 2011 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Nothing Less Than Magical

Veterans of the Zilker Summer Musical recall enchantment on the hillside

"...produced on the Zilker Hillside stage for five decades running. The tradition was launched in 1959 when theatrical options..."

July 4, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Chapter 3: Crazy Weekly

September 1988-August 1991

"...But some of it was just great. Marion Winik's funny, heartbreaking, and bizarrely self-indulgent essays about the unbearable lightness..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

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