Lawn Boy

Here’s how to achieve inner peace, perfect serenity, spiritual calm, and a nice, neat lawn.

by Stephen Harrigan

Spit and Polish

If throwing a spitball is an art, Gaylord Perry is Michelangelo.

by Larry Wright

What Do These Rugged Texas He-Men Have in Common?

They are the latest arrivals on the sexual frontier: the New Gay Macho Men.

by Michael Ennis

An Insider’s Guide to San Antonio

There’s more for the traveler in San Antonio than meets the Alamo.

by Richard West

Who Owns Texas?

The biggest landholders in the state, acre by acre.

by Jim Chiles

Stepping Out

Three’s Company

Not even a freak April snow could keep the glittering multitude from the Y.O. Ranch’s one-hundredth birthday party.

Michael Ennis

Behind the Lines

None of the old clichés about voluntarism are true except this one: it works.

by William Broyles

Politics

The Bean Squawk

A lot of farmers and gardeners think Congressman Kika de la Garza is a pest.

by John Bloom

Country Notes

Whose Woods Are These?

As more and more city dwellers tread on the landscape, farmers and ranchers are less inclined to forgive those who trespass against them.

by John Graves

Church

Two Roads to Calvary

On Palm Sunday Episcopalians at St. David’s in Austin rekindled their faith in the life and teachings of Jesus. At nearby Greater Mt. Zion on Easter, Baptists relived the miracles of His resurrection.

by William Martin

Film

CIA Sins, Top Tappers, and Philly’s Story

What’s up, documentaries?

by George Morris

Dining Out

Stir-fried and Refried

You can find the spice of your life at Uncle Tai’s in Houston; you don’t have a choice at Joe T. Garcia’s in Fort Worth - except good, reliable Tex-Mex.

by W. L. Taitte

Theater

Once More With Fonda

When NBC televised The Oldest Living Graduate, it broadcast the flaws of live TV drama. Theatre Three’s Second Stage Festival deserved a larger viewing audience.

by W. L. Taitte

Classical Music

The Little Symphony That Could

The Texas Little Symphony’s April concert was no whistle-stop - it was Carnegie Hall. Two chamber groups, Voices of Change and Syzygy, take the Twentieth Century Limited.

by W. L. Taitte

Popular Music

Wax Works

The beat goes on in Texas music - from Christopher Cross’s pop ‘n’ roll to the ever-rich rhythm and blues of the Fabulous Thunderbirds.

by Joe Nick Patoski

Reporter

Texas Monthly Reporter

Exploding the myth of the long-haul trucker; half a million Texas students get snookered; beating the IRS - maybe; praise the Lord and pass the ballot.

by Gene Lyons

The Inside Story

Party hearty.

by Gregory Curtis

Roar of the Crowd

Light at the end of the tunnel, frost on the top of the mountain, brass knucks in the lunchbox.

Touts

Face the music and dance.

by Patricia Sharpe

Puzzle

Fowl language.

State Secrets

A controversial nuclear plant moves to Texas; Clements costs us $11 million; making census out of Houston; the Senate moves toward the center.

Edited by Paul Burka