Sisters

If she’s your brother’s mother’s other female child, who is she?

by Janice Rubin

Hey Kid, Shape Up

And Prairie View A&M will ship you out of the ghetto straight into the middle class.

by John Bloom

Psst . . . Have I Got a Deal for You!

Oil is a slippery business.

by Paul Burka

The Texan and His Gun

In frontier Texas, guns helped bring civilization out of chaos; today they’re creating chaos out of civilization.

by Jan Reid

Have Guns, Will Travel

Do you want a rare antique muzzle-loader or a holdup pistol that can’t be traced? You can find them both at a gun show.

by Jan Reid

Behind the Lines

A farewell to celebrities and to arms.

by William Broyles

Business

Heavenly Hosts

Forget the church, forget the steeple, turn on the tube to see all the people.

by William Martin

Film

Ready, Aim...Click

by George Morris

Art

Golden Oldies

Look, but don’t touch-three museums with glittering antiques from Pompeii, India, and Peru.

by Michael Ennis

Books

Barthelme the Scribbler

Barthelme is a humane writer, but in Great Days he erased al his humans. Also, a look at two novels of the Texas hinterlands.

by Raymond Carver and Gregory Curtis

Travel

A Tale of Two Coasts

The best thing about a trip to Florida is coming back to Padre Island.

by Stephen Harrigan

Dining In

You’ve Come a Long Way, Biscuits

The breads that won the West aren’t getting older, they’re getting better.

by Martha Shulman

Theater

See No Evil

Dallas Theater Center welcomes Nazis to its stage. Houston’s Theatre Under the Stars turns Dickens into a funky musical.

by W. L. Taitte

Popular Music

Climbing Rocky Hill

Houston guitarist Rocky Hill is a rising star; catch him if you can.

by Joe Nick Patoski

Classical Music

Who Needs Jones Hall?

Austin and Corpus Christi like their symphony orchestras just fine, thank you. Texas Opera Theater tries to break the language barrier.

by W. L. Taitte

Cityview

The Ice Cometh, Man

Trees came crashing down, power lines writhed on the ground, the lights went out, and the heat went off. It was Dallas’ trial by ice.

by Prudence Mackintosh

Reporter

Texas Monthly Reporter

A Texas train on the right track; Houston annexations derailed.

Roar of the Crowd

Something old, something new, something barred, something true.

The Inside Story

A few trusted friends.

by Gregory Curtis

State Secrets

Why doctors don’t like nurses anymore; where is the tax revolt?

Edited by Paul Burka

Touts

The birds and the knees.

by Patricia Sharpe

Puzzle

The name’s the game.