Are we having fun yet? For some of us, fun is, well, not that fun, you know. What is it that Jack Torrance in "The Shining" said? All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. And maybe we take fun too ...

Enrollment is now open for United Way of Santa Barbara County’s Fun in the Sun, a free six-week summer learning program that provides academic and reading practice, hands-on STEAM activities, field ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. Santa Barbara, CA, June 17, 2024 – Over 500 children are back on campus this summer for United Way of Santa Barbara County’s ...

Youth sports has an attrition problem. "We do a tremendous job at getting kids involved," sport scientist Amanda Visek says. "We do a terrible job at keeping them." The absence of "fun" is often cited ...

In the corpus of the science of fun, there is a type of enjoyment that goes against the grain of seeking comfort and ease: “Type II Fun” (academically more often referred to as “hard fun”). Although ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. Santa Barbara, CA, June 24, 2025 – Over 300 children are back on campus this summer forUnited Way of Santa Barbara County’s ...

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Opening day at Worlds of Fun in Kansas City is just weeks away. The Kansas City amusement park plans to open for its 50th season on Saturday, April 8. New this year, Worlds of Fun ...

NPR's Andrew Limbong speaks with Catherine Price, author of The Power of Fun, about why it can be so difficult for adults to have fun and how people can find ways to incorporate fun into their life.