Books
July 31, 1980
The Crime and the Pity
Michael Mewshaw reopens the case of a boyhood friend who murdered his parents’ Rober Shattuck reexamines the story of the Wild Boy.
Columns
Travel & Outdoors
June 30, 1980
And Now, On Your Left…
Have you ever wondered what Houston and Dallas look like to tourists? A Gray Line Bus is the perfect way to find out.
Music
June 30, 1980
The Ballad of Dan Del Santo
He came to Austin, Texas, with a guitar on his knee.
Great Outdoors
June 30, 1980
Falls Alarm
The Guadalupe River is beautiful, inviting, and treacherous.
Film
June 30, 1980
City Kicker
Urban Cowboy falls off its horse; The Shining is Stanley Kubrick’s horror odyssey; The Empire Strikes Back, but it’s no coup; Alfred Hitchcock takes the fortieth step.
Dining Out
June 30, 1980
Grape Days Coming
Move over, Jett Rink. The West Texas wildcatter may give way to a new breed: the West Texas vintner.
Classical Music
June 30, 1980
Magic Wands
Two guest conductors in Texas are wizards at their work; three Houston Grand Opera productions are enchanting.
Church
June 30, 1980
Jehovah’s Brigade, Midland’s Regulars
Jehovah’s Witnesses in Dallas have their Kingdom on earth; Presbyterians in Midland have taken root on the dusty plain.
Politics & Policy
June 30, 1980
Behind the Lines
Once again our presidential candidates are promising to get the government under control. Here’s why they won’t.
Art
June 30, 1980
Got My Jomo Workin’
Dallas’s David McManaway is an artist of many charms.
Theater
May 31, 1980
Once More With Fonda
When NBC televised The Oldest Living Graduate, it broadcast the flaws of live TV drama. Theatre Three’s Second Stage Festival deserved a larger viewing audience.
Travel & Outdoors
May 31, 1980
Three’s Company
Not even a freak April snow could keep the glittering multitude from the Y.O. Ranch’s one-hundredth birthday party.
Music
May 31, 1980
Wax Works
The beat goes on in Texas music - from Christopher Cross’s pop ‘n’ roll to the ever-rich rhythm and blues of the Fabulous Thunderbirds.
Politics & Policy
May 31, 1980
The Bean Squawk
A lot of farmers and gardeners think Congressman Kika de la Garza is a pest.
Film
May 31, 1980
CIA Sins, Top Tappers, and Philly’s Story
What’s up, documentaries?
Dining Out
May 31, 1980
Stir-fried and Refried
You can find the spice of your life at Uncle Tai’s in Houston; you don’t have a choice at Joe T. Garcia’s in Fort Worth - except good, reliable Tex-Mex.
Country Notes
May 31, 1980
Whose Woods Are These?
As more and more city dwellers tread on the landscape, farmers and ranchers are less inclined to forgive those who trespass against them.
Classical Music
May 31, 1980
The Little Symphony That Could
The Texas Little Symphony’s April concert was no whistle-stop - it was Carnegie Hall. Two chamber groups, Voices of Change and Syzygy, take the Twentieth Century Limited.
Church
May 31, 1980
Two Roads to Calvary
On Palm Sunday Episcopalians at St. David’s in Austin rekindled their faith in the life and teachings of Jesus. At nearby Greater Mt. Zion on Easter, Baptists relived the miracles of His resurrection.
Politics & Policy
May 31, 1980
Behind the Lines
None of the old clichés about voluntarism are true except this one: it works.
Theater
April 30, 1980
Striking the Set
The Alley mourns the passing of Nina Vance; outlanders rustle a Texas-trained playwright; in Houston, Stages spends a Night on Bare Mountain and Hank Williams appears at the Tower.
Travel & Outdoors
April 30, 1980
The Women Who Came to Dinner
Bringing the world’s most controversial feminist sculpture to Texas turned out to be no picnic - but a rare feast for connoisseurs of the outrageous.
Politics & Policy
April 30, 1980
The Star-Crossed Palm of Billy Clayton
This is the question: is it a crime to be politically inept?
Film
April 30, 1980
Southern Discomfort
John Huston makes the sinners and saviors of Flannery O’Connor’s fiction eerily real in Wise Blood; Little Miss Marker falls short; Nijinsky falls flat.
Classical Music
April 30, 1980
Chief of Staff
A Dallas composer is reviving medieval music in a modern context, while two new classical groups attempt a chamber music renaissance.
Cityview
April 30, 1980
The Late Reign of Francois Huybrechts
When the San Antonio Symphony fired its brilliant and popular young conductor, it produced a cacophony of artistic and political discord.
Church
April 30, 1980
Foreign Service
In France you can commune with the angels at Chartres or mingle with the home folks at the American Church in Paris.
Politics & Policy
April 30, 1980
Behind the Lines
Democracy in America
Books
April 30, 1980
Angle of Reflection
Wallace Stegner’s love of the West and respect for its history make his works as distinctive as the region that inspired them.
Art
April 30, 1980
Animal Magnetism
Horses of different colors leapt from the bright, bold palette of German abstractionist Franz Marc.
Travel & Outdoors
April 1, 1980
I Want to be a Star
You do? There are some people right off Dallas’s Central Expressway waiting to help.
Music
April 1, 1980
Let the Good Times Roll
Filmmaker Les Blank focuses on foot-tapping music, down-home cooking, and the vanishing art of having a good time.
Jazz
April 1, 1980
Jazz Salad
Some old greats forged ahead in 1979, but young musicians kept up.
Health
April 1, 1980
The Finish Line
As a doctor, Tony Seidenberg has become accustomed to death. Only this time it is different: he is the one who is dying.
Film
April 1, 1980
Lode Star
Coal Miner’s Daughter hits true and false notes; Cruising goes sadly astray.
Dining Out
April 1, 1980
All Show and No Souffle
While the Pyramid Room in Dallas relies on pomp, two of its rivals in French dining are putting foot before pretension.
Classical Music
April 1, 1980
Putting On the Don
One man’s lifelong quest for the perfect recording of Mozart’s masterpiece.
Church
April 1, 1980
Cross Examinations
Adventurous Methodists try the case against the Church; pallid Seventh-day Adventists try the worshiper’s patience.
Politics & Policy
April 1, 1980
Behind the Lines
Forgetting free trade, scrapping our factories, and other modest solutions to our economic troubles.
Books
April 1, 1980
Gonna Take a Sedimentary Journey
Roadside Geology of Texas makes traveling a rocky road fun. In the Shining Mountains finds nature tarnished, but The Spawning Run shows it unspoiled.
Theater
March 1, 1980
Theater in a Suitcase
On its Houston stop, the Acting Company unpacked performances for Texas theaters to live up to. Austin’s Center Stage is in the know but lacks the how.
Travel & Outdoors
March 1, 1980
Alias Miss Moonlight
For Maxine, Texas’ leading gossip, life is all work and no playcation.
Film
March 1, 1980
Brains, Beauty, and Braun
The Marriage of Maria Braun marks a second honeymoon for the New German Cinema; it’s hard to see your way through The Fog; this American Gigolo is overpriced and underwhelming.
Country Notes
March 1, 1980
One Man’s Music
Harmony begins at home.
Cityview
March 1, 1980
The Egg War
Getting a memorial for Austin’s Viet Nam War dead began as a noble venture but ended in a trivial skirmish.
Church
March 1, 1980
Amens and Imams
Pentecostal revivalists bask in the Spirit of the Holy Ghost; Muslims find solace in the will of Allah.
Politics & Policy
March 1, 1980
Behind the Lines
No news is bad news.
Books
March 1, 1980
The Secret Life of Chester Seltzer
Gordon Baxter’s Village Creek is just barely navigable. Amado Muro was a bohemian before it was fashionable.
Art
March 1, 1980
Russian Orthodox
The USSR today wouldn’t tolerate the radical art that was nurtured during the Russian Revolution.
Travel & Outdoors
February 1, 1980
Flipping Out
When big-time gymnastics came to Fort Worth, half the contestants were steely-eyed little girls with the bodies of children and the wills of fanatics.