ON THE COVER: Cover photography by Kent Kirkley
February 1981
Table of Contents
Features
Life Behind BarsZoos are fin for people, but they make animals go crackers. Oil Boom ‘81The glory days of the oil industry aren’t over; they’ve only just begun. New Oil: The Giddings GambleOil patch old-timers said to stay away from the Austin chalk. But a few feisty newcomers refused to listen and cashed in for millions. |
Old Oil: The Ranger RevivalRanger was the most romantic field in the early oil boom. Now a major company is risking its future to prove that romance still lives. Total FabricationsWhen machine-printed polyester or rayon won’t do, consider the work of Texas’ top textile artists. Crime Without PunishmentLock your doors. The police have given up trying to catch burglars. |
Columns
Behind the LinesIt’s time to stop taking care of the Arabs and start taking care of ourselves. PoliticsAn Ounce of PreventionThe doctors who police other doctors are hard on their errant peers-but are they finding all the offenders? Dining OutFrench ToastsTwo new restaurants in Dallas and Houston will save you a trip to Paris. ChurchShout If You Love JesusLocal Church members in Houston make sure God hears them; Trinity Baptist in San Antonio is confident it has God’s ear. |
TheaterMarty Martin, Marty MartinA young Austin playwright is making a name for himself by writing plays about famous people. BooksBlood LusterAztec is gripping buts so gory you may have to read it with you eyes closed; Darlin’ Billadds patina to the Wild Bill Hickok legend; as a major American writer, Thomas McGuane has An Outside Chance; Louise Gluck again proves her power as a poet. Classical MusicGoing for BaroqueDallas Civic Opera lured audiences back to the eighteenth century with its American premiere of Vivaldi’s Orlando Furioso. |
Reporter
ReporterTexas Monthly ReporterCultural triumph in San Antonio; mayoral high jinks in Matamoros; electoral tableau in Austin; political protest in Dallas. |
Miscellany
The Inside StoryAlphabet blocks. Roar of the CrowdThe rich and famous, the high and mighty, the beginning and the end. ToutsAll I want is loving you and music, music, music. |
PuzzleAnte Up! State SecretsRoughhouse on the Red River; the inside skinny on who’s In and Out; the Census Bureau giveth and the Census Bureau taketh away; circulatory ailments for Dallas newspapers; the last warpath. |
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