Lifestyle
September 30, 1978
Gifts from My Father
All his life, the son learned from the father, but the most important lesson came at the end.
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The Inside Story
September 30, 1978
The Inside Story
No contest.
Film
September 30, 1978
Ms. Loves Company
“Make new friends, keep the old.” It’s not as easy as it sounds.
Dining In
September 30, 1978
Lettuce Entertain You
With feasts from the garden.
Contest
September 30, 1978
Contest
R.I.P.
Classical Music
September 30, 1978
A Knight at the Opera
A look at Dallas Civic Opera’s Plato Karayanis, a man with a noble cause who’s selling tickets to a dream.
Citywise
September 30, 1978
There’s No Fuel like an Old Fuel
All you need to heat your home is a stove, firewood, and a match.
Books
September 30, 1978
Dixie Drag
Sexual secrets in the Piney Woods.
Art
September 30, 1978
Rainbow County
From China, with kid gloves.
Lifestyle
August 31, 1978
Love Thy Neighborhood
Soon it will be too late; the days of block parties and neighborhood stores are vanishing.
Touts
August 31, 1978
Touts
Get our kicks and take your licks.
Theater
August 31, 1978
A Couple of Swells
Theatrical families find a foster home at the Dallas Theater Center.
Science
August 31, 1978
Laser Days
Lasers have been heralded as the greatest discovery since the computer, but they may be hazardous to your health.
Roar of the Crowd
August 31, 1978
Roar of the Crowd
Reading, riding, and religion.
Reporter
August 31, 1978
Texas Monthly Reporter
Welcoming danger with open arms, horse trading over tax relief, picking juries by their faces, and searching after the perfect twirl.
Music
August 31, 1978
I Heard It at the Grapevine
At the Grapevine Opry the neighbors sing country music, and even your granny can have fun.
Politics & Policy
August 31, 1978
The Enemy Within
Remember the great campaign against drugs? Dueling enforcement agencies have turned it into a civil war.
Jazz
August 31, 1978
Quarter Time
How to lose you not-enough-jazz-in-Texas blues.
The Inside Story
August 31, 1978
The Inside Story
Over the transom.
Film
August 31, 1978
California Schemin’
Who’ll Stop the Rain is like a stormy day—good for sleeping through.
Feature
August 31, 1978
The Ten Worst Freeways
Avoid them if you can; if you can’t, take something along to pass the time.
Dining Out
August 31, 1978
Without a Trout
If you live in Texas, here’s one fish story you can believe.
Contest
August 31, 1978
Contest
Four Score!
Politics & Policy
August 31, 1978
Behind the Lines
Bringing it all back home.
Books
August 31, 1978
Baker’s Dozen
Bobby Baker tells all and then some.
Art
August 31, 1978
Of Mice and Mini
The large art of the very small.
Music
July 31, 1978
Notes from the Ground
Most pop festivals have moved into stadiums, but this summer two Texas musical events blossomed in the great outdoors.
Touts
July 31, 1978
Touts
My kingdom for a horse.
Theater
July 31, 1978
In Praise Follies
A motley crew of actors, writers, and musicians are creating the most talked-about theater in Austin.
Roar of the Crowd
July 31, 1978
Roar of the Crowd
In the name of Justice.
Reporter
July 31, 1978
Texas Monthly Reporter
Plainview puts a lid on deviate sex; billions of animals sleep in a freezer; oil spills are coming and we're not ready.
Lifestyle
July 31, 1978
Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow
If you’re going bald, their’s only thing to do: blame mother.
The Inside Story
July 31, 1978
The Inside Story
The truth, the whole truth.
Film
July 31, 1978
Grand Unction
Grease is about appealing as its name implies.
True Crime
July 31, 1978
Death of a Ranger
Bob Doherty was a Texas ranger who believed in the myth of the Old West; Greg Ott was a college dope dealer, a child of the sixties. When they met, it destroyed both their lives.
Classical Music
July 31, 1978
The Hills are Alive
Once a year in Fayette County sauerkraut and sausage give way to classical music.
Politics & Policy
July 31, 1978
Behind the Lines
Stalking elusive birds and energy czars.
Books
July 31, 1978
Apple Encore
Max Apple’s oddball touches make a zany and endearing novel.
Architecture
July 31, 1978
The Shape of Things to Come
The future’s over, and the past has just begun
Reporter
June 30, 1978
Texas Monthly Reporter
Psychiatrists send men to death row; Texas’ loop coasters give up-side-down joyride; Diablos play baseball with Kleenex and kazoos.
Touts
June 30, 1978
Touts
Frock and roll.
Theater
June 30, 1978
A Little Spring Madness
Maybe There’s no cure for insanity, but two new plays offer some provocative treatments.
Roar of the Crowd
June 30, 1978
Roar of the Crowd
The rich and the powerless.
Music
June 30, 1978
Fiddler on the Loose
Back in the forties Gatemouth Brown took Texas blues uptown,. Now he’s taking C&W to New Orleans.
Lifestyle
June 30, 1978
Just Baby and Me
A mother’s job offers no vacations, no holidays, and lousy pay, but it’s a noble profession.
The Inside Story
June 30, 1978
The Inside Story
Horsefeathers and other plumage.
Food & Drink
June 30, 1978
Tots and Pans
So your kids struck out in baseball, tripped up in tap, and camp won’t take them back this summer? Try teaching them to cook.
Dealing
June 30, 1978
Asset Hound
When rusty Rose talks, people with money listen.
Dance
June 30, 1978
Hullabaloo In Ragtime
Mix together Scott Joplin, modern history, and the Prodigal Son and what do you get? A mess of pottage.
Country Notes
June 30, 1978
Building Fever
It’s a chicken coop. I built it myself.