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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.

All That Litters

Trash collectors are not necessarily garbage men.

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.

In the Beginning

We gather together to ask the Lord’s blessing; we chasten and hasten to tell you all about it.

Behind the Lines

On winning the National Magazine Award.

Teachers’ Threat

A professional educator flunks the test. He asks all the wrong questions and gives the wrong answers.

The Vienna Goods

Austrian artists entered the twentieth century a few years early.

What They Do All Day

Doctors are busy every minute. But what exactly are they up to ?

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.

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

Doctors, dixieland, and double-deckers.

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

The F-16 bombs out; John White drops one on the Democrats.

Roar of the Crowd

Flying men and super horses.

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

There’s no character like a Chinese character.

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.

The Firing Line

The first shot in Clements’ campaign to cut 25,000 state employees fells 68 casualties.

The Inside Story

Out of production.

Lonesome Cowboys

When You Comin’ Back, Red Ryder? was already a bad play before it became a terrible movie.

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.

If You Knew Sushi

Good-bye, tacos. Hello, sukiyaki. A few restaurants are showing Texans the art of Japanese cooking.

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.

Sold American

China wants to drill for oil—and guess who knows how.

Behind the Lines

The medical miasma.

The Dark at the End of the Tunnel

Houston’s Museum of Fine Art resurrects the genius of Mark Rothko. James Surls tries to answer the tricky question: what is Texas art? Amarillo hosts five pioneers of American photography.

Have Guns, Will Travel

Do you want a rare antique muzzle-loader or a holdup pistol that can’t be traced? You can find them both at a gun show.

Psst . . . Have I Got a Deal for You!

Oil is a slippery business.

Sisters

An album of female kinship.

A Tale of Two Coasts

The best thing about a trip to Florida is coming back to Padre Island.

Touts

The birds and the knees.

See No Evil

Dallas Theater Center welcomes Nazis to its stage. Houston’s Theatre Under the Stars turns Dickens into a funky musical.

State Secrets

Why doctors don’t like nurses anymore; where is the tax revolt?

Roar of the Crowd

Something old, something new, something barred, something true.

Texas Monthly Reporter

A Texas train on the right track; Houston annexations derailed.

Puzzle

The name’s the game.

Climbing Rocky Hill

Houston guitarist Rocky Hill is a rising star; catch him if you can.

The Inside Story

A few trusted friends.

Ready, Aim…Click

You’ve Come a Long Way, Biscuits

The breads that won the West aren’t getting older, they’re getting better.

Who Needs Jones Hall?

Austin and Corpus Christi like their symphony orchestras just fine, thank you. Texas Opera Theater tries to break the language barrier.

The Ice Cometh, Man

Trees came crashing down, power lines writhed on the ground, the lights went out, and the heat went off. It was Dallas’ trial by ice.

Heavenly Hosts

Forget the church, forget the steeple, turn on the tube to see all the people.

Behind the Lines

A farewell to celebrities and to arms.

Barthelme the Scribbler

Barthelme is a humane writer, but in Great Days he erased al his humans. Also, a look at two novels of the Texas hinterlands.

Golden Oldies

Look, but don’t touch-three museums with glittering antiques from Pompeii, India, and Peru.

Hotel Detective

He knows the secrets behind closed doors.

Touts

Wok ‘n’ roll.

No Means for the End

Theatre Three in Dallas went out on a limb with their production of Happy End. Oops.

State Secrets

Working on the Railroad Commissioner; romance on the range; another guild nipped at the Post; should Bill Clements be for sale?