Puzzle
May 31, 1979
Puzzle
What every secretary knows.
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The Inside Story
May 31, 1979
The Inside Story
The Inside Story Nuns and guns.
Film
May 31, 1979
U.$.A. Film Fe$tival
Filmmakers hoped to be money-makers by the end of the ninth annual U.S.A. Film Festival in Dallas.
Politics & Policy
May 31, 1979
Ben Barnes is Still Running
The former boy wonder of Texas politics has found a new career. Still, old habits die hard.
Dining In
May 31, 1979
Soup On Ice
Summer and gazpatcho—you shouldn’t have one without the other.
Dance
May 31, 1979
Missing the Pointe
At the Southwestern Regional Ballet Festival in pre-tornado Wichita Falls, the politics were hotter than the dancing.
Classical Music
May 31, 1979
Boys Will be Sopranos
And, if they’re the Texas Boys Choir, pretty good ones at that. San Antonio opera gets an overhaul.
Cityview
May 31, 1979
An Ill Wind
April is the cruelest month, and tornado-struck Wichita Falls knows why.
Church
May 31, 1979
Count Your Blessings
Will the Episcopalians inherit the Methodists and Baptists? Will the Pentecostals inherit some tact?
Books
May 31, 1979
A New Old West
Two novels with novel views of frontier days. And, Howard Hughes revisited by two reporters who leave no stone of his rocky history unturned.
Art
May 31, 1979
The Camera Knows
Photographer Harry Callahan gets the picture. Painter Robert Levers gets his message across loud and clear.
Style & Design
May 1, 1979
Making It
Six Texas artisans are busy putting the craft back in craftsmanship.
Touts
April 30, 1979
Touts
Bull, bucks, and candle.
Theater
April 30, 1979
This Little Play Goes to Market
Dallas Theater Center’s third Playmarket offers a crop of fresh plays. Plus, short musings on other Texas treasures.
State Secrets
April 30, 1979
State Secrets
Teeing off women; Texas gets gassed again.
Roar of the Crowd
April 30, 1979
Roar of the Crowd
The Devil and the deep blue sea.
Reporter
April 30, 1979
Texas Monthly Reporter
Playing chicken on the Houston Ship Channel; jousting with 700-year-old knights; will John Hill run for governor again?
Religion
April 30, 1979
Persecution Complex?
Sherman’s First United Pentecostal Church believes persecution is good for the soul.
Puzzle
April 30, 1979
Puzzle
Star quality.
Music
April 30, 1979
Say Uncle
You may have to bar hop to find Austin’s best-kept musical secret-Uncle Walt’s Band. And, presenting the annual Buddy magazine music awards, sealed with a kiss.
Lifestyle
April 30, 1979
Cooks Tour de Force
Who cares about the food when the cook is Truman Capote?
The Inside Story
April 30, 1979
The Inside Story
The better half.
Film
April 30, 1979
Adults Only
The Innocent isn’t really for innocents. Hair isn’t really for anybody.
True Crime
April 30, 1979
How Cullen Davis Beat the Rap
It wasn’t easy and it wasn’t cheap. But was it justice?
Music
April 30, 1979
Running Wild with Jerry Jeff
His friends say the king of country rock is getting mellow. The question is, mellow compared to what?
True Crime
April 30, 1979
Never Love a Bandido
Someone was gunning down members of the state’s toughest motorcycle gang one at a time. Doe hoped her man wouldn’t be next.
Country Notes
April 30, 1979
All That Litters
Trash collectors are not necessarily garbage men.
Classical Music
April 30, 1979
A Fright At The Opera
Houston Grand Opera took the sugar out of La Traviata. Fort Worth Symphony’s John Giordano does modern music Rite.
Church
April 30, 1979
In the Beginning
We gather together to ask the Lord’s blessing; we chasten and hasten to tell you all about it.
Politics & Policy
April 30, 1979
Behind the Lines
On winning the National Magazine Award.
Books
April 30, 1979
Teachers’ Threat
A professional educator flunks the test. He asks all the wrong questions and gives the wrong answers.
Art
April 30, 1979
The Vienna Goods
Austrian artists entered the twentieth century a few years early.
Health
April 1, 1979
What They Do All Day
Doctors are busy every minute. But what exactly are they up to ?
Business
April 1, 1979
The Hot Pink Empire of Mary Kay Ash
She learned the truth about selling cosmetics. Her customers didn’t want to buy products, they wanted to buy dreams.
Texas History
April 1, 1979
Fiesta!
Whether you drink champagne or beer, wear diamonds or rhinestones, one thing about Fiesta San Antonio is the same for everyone: it’s fun.
Touts
April 1, 1979
Touts
Doctors, dixieland, and double-deckers.
Theater
April 1, 1979
Artichoke Season
The Alley turns Artichoke into candy. Whorehouse comes to Texas, where it belongs. The audience talks back to Women and Men.
State Secrets
April 1, 1979
State Secrets
The F-16 bombs out; John White drops one on the Democrats.
Roar of the Crowd
April 1, 1979
Roar of the Crowd
Flying men and super horses.
Reporter
April 1, 1979
Texas Monthly Reporter
Striking the right chord with the Fort Worth Symphony and the wrong one with Mexico; grounding Wayland Baptist’s Flying Queens.
Puzzle
April 1, 1979
Puzzle
There’s no character like a Chinese character.
Music
April 1, 1979
Taking It to the Limits
Austin City Limits makes pop music on television worth watching-and listening to. Also, musings on the superiority of Metroplex radio.
Politics & Policy
April 1, 1979
The Firing Line
The first shot in Clements’ campaign to cut 25,000 state employees fells 68 casualties.
The Inside Story
April 1, 1979
The Inside Story
Out of production.
Film
April 1, 1979
Lonesome Cowboys
When You Comin’ Back, Red Ryder? was already a bad play before it became a terrible movie.
Health
April 1, 1979
Super Medicine
At the Texas Medical Center the best hospitals, doctors, researchers, and medical technology anywhere in the world have combined to transform doctors from healers into superstars.
Dining Out
April 1, 1979
If You Knew Sushi
Good-bye, tacos. Hello, sukiyaki. A few restaurants are showing Texans the art of Japanese cooking.
Classical Music
April 1, 1979
Pitched on Bach
J. S. Bach thrives in San Antonio and Fort Worth. Austin’s Dickran Atamian proves he’s a better pianist than entrepreneur.
Business
April 1, 1979
Sold American
China wants to drill for oil—and guess who knows how.
Politics & Policy
April 1, 1979
Behind the Lines
The medical miasma.