Marfa

Apr 17, 2012 — By Jason Cohen

The grumpy Texas literary legend rips the Texas art and music mecca in his review of a new book about Elizabeth Taylor, calling Marfa "as bleak a place as you'll find in America." 

Sep 30, 2011 — By Andy Langer

Tiny and remote Marfa is poised to be a rock-star magnet.

Mar 31, 2011 — By kirbyfwarnock

One Texan’s tribute to Liz.

Dec 3, 2009 — By Patricia Sharpe

Our stalwart and somewhat chilly Big Bend correspondent Fern McDougal writes, ” Far West Texas was hit with a soggy snowstorm Dec. 1, but diners at the Food Shark in Marfa were snug, warm and, I would think, rather amused. “The Food Shark Dining Bus, a rolling dining room, was…

Aug 31, 2009 — By Kristie Ramirez

1. THE THUNDERBIRD HOTEL Spare but chic sums up this refurbished motor court. A cowhide rug, a wood-and-metal table, and a single framed art poster is the extent of the interior decor, but you never feel deprived of accoutrements. After a day of sightseeing, take a splash in the pool…

Sep 30, 2008 — By Jordan Breal

Tut’s treasures; aural art; the poetry of Laurie Anderson.

May 31, 2006 — By Michael Hall

Spoiler alert: The mythic Marfa lights may not be real. But there’s no way to know for sure, and that’s why they’re cool.

Feb 1, 2006 — By John Spong

To hear John Poindexter tell it, he’s one of the good guys—a faithful steward of his West Texas land and therefore a worthy bidder for 46,000 acres of Big Bend Ranch State Park. But sometimes having your heart in the right place simply isn’t enough.

Aug 31, 2004 — By Michael Hall

A century after the cowboys and ranchers moved in on the local Apaches, Comanches, and Tejanos, the West Texas town is adjusting to a new breed of excitable invaders: Hollywood fashion arbiters, New York art- world youngsters, Houston superlawyers, and the like. Cappuccino, anyone?

Jun 30, 1999 — By Joe Nick Patoski

How the fight over a toxic waste dump has changed the lives of three West Texas activists.

Jun 30, 1999 — By Don Graham

Don Graham rereads The Gay Place.

Sep 30, 1997 — By Robert Draper

It’s still the best little town in Texas.

Apr 30, 1995 — By Skip Hollandsworth

Should Hollywood remake Giant? On the fortieeth anniversary of the filming of the Texas epic, we imagine Brad Pitt playing jett Rink’s grandson, Quentin Tarantino directing, and other scary scenarios.

May 31, 1977 — By Richard West

Out of the Texas melting pot comes a food hot enough to melt anything.