Music
September 30, 2011
The Big Bend Theory
Tiny and remote Marfa is poised to be a rock-star magnet.
Marfa
Eat My Words
December 3, 2009
Shark Attack!!! (The good kind)
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
Street Smarts
August 31, 2009
Marfa
1. The Thunderbird HotelSpare 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 or
In the Chute
September 30, 2008
Return of the King
Tut’s treasures; aural art; the poetry of Laurie Anderson.
Feature
May 31, 2006
The Truth Is Out There
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.
Art
August 31, 2004
“The Buzz About Marfa Is Just Crazy”
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?
News & Politics
June 30, 1999
The Johnson Treatment
Don Graham rereads The Gay Place.
Reporter
June 30, 1999
Clean Living
How the fight over a toxic waste dump has changed the lives of three West Texas activists.
Art
July 1, 1994
His Own Private Marfa
In the wide-open spaces of Marfa, late sculptor Donald Judd’s immense legacy beckons West Texas travelers.