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[email protected] VOLUME 24, NUMBER 6 APRIL 11 -17, 1997 12 GAvMEDIA Falwell Protests Ellen, Galindo Breaks the Ice .... by Bruce Williams 16 THEATRE Stages in Houston Presents Local Premiere of Dog Opera Reviewed by Gary Laird 30 FRESH BEATS "Folkabilly Queen" Nanci Griffith by Jimmy Smith 37 CURRENT EVENTS 45 LETTERSTO THE EDITOR 49 BACKSTAGE 27th Annual USA Film Festival Runs April 17-24 in Dallas 51 MOVIES Bette Midler Stars in That Old Feeling Reviewed by Mark Deaton 57 STARSCOPE Mercury Goes Retrograde, Sowing Confusion and Frustration 67 SPORTS Bowling Scores from Across the State 68 TEXAS NEWS Ninth Annual Houston AIDS Conference April 18 and 19 72 ON OUR COVER Tony Guillory of Houston photos by Exposure Prints/Tio 74 TEXAS TEA Babe Meyers' Miss Gay Fiesta This Sunday at The Saint in San Antonio 84 CLASSIFIEDS 92 OBITUARIES 93 GUIDE TWT (This Week in Texas) is published by Texas Weekly Times Newspaper Co" at 3300 Reagan Street in Dallas, Texas 75219 and 811 Westhelmer In Houston, Texas 77006. Opinions expressed by columnists are not necessarily those 01 TWTor of Its stoff.