December 1980

Dec 1, 1980 — By Paul Burka

The Astros were going to the World Series. But—

Dec 1, 1980 — By Lawrence Wright

Better not shout, cry, or pout, ‘cause we’re telling you why, after all these years, Santa Claus is still coming to town.

Dec 1, 1980 — By Victoria Loe

We’ve got inadequate airports, jam-packed airspace, and antiquated traffic control system, and inept federal overseers. Is air safety just pie in the sky?

Dec 1, 1980 — By Michael Patrick

You can drink coffee out of them, plant ivy in them, or put them on a pedestal. The only thing you can’t do with these realist ceramic boots is wear them.

Dec 1, 1980 — By Richard West

Welcome to Highland Park, a small town right in the middle of Dallas where the living is easy and time stands still.

Dec 1, 1980 — By Patricia Sharpe

Stamp collecting a metal perfecting.

Dec 1, 1980 — By Paul Burka

What’s in store for ‘88; riding Reagan’s coattails; welcome to the great El Paso gold rush; Yankee lawyers invade Dallas.

Dec 1, 1980 — By Texas Monthly

Big wind, high tide, New Wave.

Dec 1, 1980 — By Texas Monthly

The end of the line.

Dec 1, 1980 — By Gregory Curtis

Fan tales.

Dec 1, 1980 — By W. L. Taitte

Beef is king at Cattlemen’s in Fort Worth; food fit for a rajah is yours at Houston’s Taj Mahal.

Dec 1, 1980 — By W. L. Taitte

An Alley Theatre world premiere, To Grandmother’s House We Go was a play about family foibles that really hit home.

Dec 1, 1980 — By W. L. Taitte

These recordings of Christmas carols and cantatas will help ye rest merry.

Dec 1, 1980 — By Michael Ennis

From pig pancreas pills to pyramid power ice trays, the cure-alls of these unorthodox healers are aimed at getting you back on the right wavelength.

Dec 1, 1980 — By William Martin

Century-old Antioch Baptist shouts its message over the sky-high rooftops of downtown Houston. St. Mary’s in Galveston is Texas’ only basilica.

Dec 1, 1980 — By William Broyles

Enter Ronald Reagan—the liberals’ true friend.

Dec 1, 1980 — By Stephen Harrigan

Laura Furman handles The Glass House with a little too much care; Elmer Kelton’s novels take you way out West; a new filed guide digs into Texas’ past; Hearts will win yours.

Dec 1, 1980 — By Michael Ennis

Dissident Russian artists paint a grim picture of life behind the Iron Curtain.

Dec 1, 1980 — By Prudence Mackintosh

What is a man to his boys? Fiend, antagonist, taskmaster, hugger, educator, realist—put them all together, they spell “father.”

Dec 1, 1980 — By Doug Ramsey

Houston’s first jazz festival turned Miller Theatre into a hothouse of sound.

Dec 1, 1980 — By George Morris

Sword-wielding samurai clash in Kagemusha, Akira Kurosawa’s rousing saga of clan wars in sixteenth-century Japan. The Stunt Man goes out on a limb—and falls off. It’s My Turn is a feminist film that’s funny.

Dec 1, 1980 — By John Bloom

Cable TV has Dallas in its coils; acupuncture has its day in court; sex education has parents up in arms.