December 1979
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Features
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My Life and Hard Times in the Junior League
“In the League, you’ll run into a little tradition, some nobles oblige, and a lot of talk about diets, dyslexia, designer dresses, and divorce.”
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Columns
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Why the Alley?
For the sake of the audience, it’s a question that needs to be asked. College productions of A Doll’s House show why actors go to school. Fort Worth has good actors and good producers—but not, alas, in the same theater.
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The Long Nights of Preston Jones
A remembrance of the late Texas playwright who spent his days and nights pondering imponderables.
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Zandra and the Laughing Elk
Al Neiman’s Fortnight the attractions varied between eccentric Americans and somnambulant British.
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Tune into the Eighties
New stars in sight are big and bright—deep in the heart of Texas.
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The Vampire Killer
Werner Herzog reverently remade the classic 1921 version of Nosferatu. He should have left scary enough alone.
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The Ultimate Croissant
With open arms—that is, mouths—Texas welcome a new breed of bakery.
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The Big Loser
A young Russian defector blows his chance to win the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition and goes on to find fame and fortune.
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Go-Getters and Holders-On
The difference between jogging with the Lord and just walking along behind.
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Behind the Lines
If the eighties are here, where did the seventies go.
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Memoir of the Soil
A.C. Greene’s singular, exquisite vision of West Texas; a thriller that’s better than it should be; and a historical novel with too much history.
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The Thin Man
Albert Giacometti’s sculptured figures, now at the Dallas Museum of Fine Art, are tall, emaciated, uncomprehending—and breathtaking.
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Reporter
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Texas Monthly Reporter
Whose blonde, curly scalp are the farmers after how do the rich and powerful run? Why, pray tell, does Houston need parks?
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Miscellany
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Touts
Heart warmers, house warmers, and nose warmers.
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State Secrets
Will the feds hijack out power? Will Akers slip off to LSU?
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The Inside Story
Wee people.
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