AUGUST, 10 - AUGUST 12, 2019
Desert Encrypts
ROB MAZUREK, KRIS DAVIS, INGEBRIGT HAKER FLATEN and CHAD TAYLOR FILE UNDER: CREATIVE MUSIC / JAZZ / GRAPHIC SCORES Multidisciplinary artist, musician, composer, and improviser, Rob Mazurek, brings three of the world’s finest creative musicians to Marfa, TX from August 10-12, 2018 for a series solo performances and the premiere of Mazurek’s two-part suite Desert […]
TUESDAY JULY 24, 2019
DANCE RANCH MARFA PERFORMANCE with Lower Left
PRESENTED BY: MARFA LIVE ARTS AND LOWER LEFT
ADMISSION: FREE
DANCE RANCH MARFA is a rigorous investigation of the relationship between the self and the group in an art-making context. The lab is intended to provide dedicated spaces for collective/individual learning and exploration. We use this time in Marfa to work, investigate, and collectively widen compositional, sensorial, and performance skills. Crowley Theater at 8 pm | Free […]
TUESDAY JUNE 26, 2019
RBG (film)
PRESENTED BY: IN FRONT OF US AND MARFA LIVE ARTS
ADMISSION: FREE
in front of us presents RBG: An intimate portrait of an unlikely rock star: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. With unprecedented access, the filmmakers explore how her early legal battles changed the world for women. Film screening at 7:30. Free.
SUNDAY, JUNE 24, 2019
Stephen Motika (Poetry) reading
PRESENTED BY: LANNAN FOUNDATION
Lannan Foundation poetry reading by Stephen Motika from 6-7 pm. Crowley Theater, 98 S Austin St, Marfa, TX Free.
APRIL 6, 2018
Marfa Public Radio Event All or Nothing: stories of taking big risks
PRESENTED BY: MARFA PUBLIC RADIO
ADMISSION: FREE + DONATIONS
Join us for a Marfa Public Radio story telling series “All or Nothing: stories of taking risks.” This program is part of their spring membership drive and is not to be missed! 7 pm.
APRIL 26, 2018
7th Annual One-Act Play Performance
PRESENTED BY: MARFA LIVE ARTS
ADMISSION: FREE + DONATIONS
Co-presented by Marfa Live Arts and Marfa Independent School District: This electrifying, standing room only night of theater is the culminating event to our weeklong 7th Annual Playwriting Workshops with the Marfa High School held in April. We will present four award-winning student one-act plays written by students with our 2018 playwright in residence Diana Burbano. […]
Tuesday, April 10 7 pm – 8PM
Guy de Cointet Talk by Marie de Bruggerolle
ADMISSION: FREE
Marie de Brugerolle is art historian, curator, artist and dramatist. She is professor at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, France. Since the exhibition” Hors Limites: l’art et la vie” at MNAM Centre Pompidou in 1994 that she co curated, she questions the status of performance since its origins (happenings, events) to its end. […]
SUNDAY, APRIL 22
Lannan Foundation: Lesley Stern Reading
ADMISSION: FREE
Join us for an essay reading by Lannan Foundation’s writer in residence Lesley Stern at 6 pm. Lesley Stern is the author of Dead and Alive: The Body as Cinematic Thing, The Smoking Book (which, as Publishers Weekly puts it, “links more than 50 often stunning and always intriguing pieces in a mélange of genres, including fiction, memoir, history […]
SATURDAY, APRIL 21
Vilis Inde Book Launch
Join us at Crowley Theater for a Vilis Inde Book Launch from 5 pm – 6:30 pm. Vilis co owns the Inde / Jacobs gallery in Marfa TX focussing on art by Chinati Foundation related artists and minimalist and reductive artists. Inventory includes prints by Donald Judd, Dan Flavin, Roni Horn, Richard Long, John Chamberlain, Richard Serra, […]
FRIDAY, APRIL 20
Wilderman Album Release Party
Join us for local artist Rob Gungor’s album release of “Artifice,” at 8 pm. “Rob Gungor’s new Wilderman record deals with the increasing rift between lived experience and its digital approximation.” TALKHOUSE 12/2017 – SINGLE PREMIERE / ARTICLE
APRIL, 17, 2018
Marfa Live Arts presents: Reading with Playwright Diana Burbano
PRESENTED BY: MARFA LIVE ARTS
ADMISSION: DONATIONS
Diana Burbano, playwright & Colombian immigrant presents a reading of selected works for students and community. Topics to include: influential women in history & DACA. Open to the public.
TUESDAY APRIL 10, 7 pm – 8PM
CDRI Lecture Series at Crowley Theater
FRIDAY MARCH, 30
Lonn Taylor “Marfa for the Perplexed” Book Release Party
PRESENTED BY: MARFA BOOK CO.
ADMISSION: FREE
Lonn Taylor’s “Marfa for the Perplexed” a book of essays concerning some of the most memorable people and events in the history of Marfa, Texas, Presidio County, and the surrounding area. Taylor, a native of Texas, worked as an historian at the Smithsonian in Washington D.C. for almost twenty years. He is widely-admired for his incredible […]
MONDAY, MARCH 19
Judd Foundation & MBCo Present: Alex Kitnick
PRESENTED BY: JUDD FOUNDATION AND MARFA BOOK CO.
ADMISSION: FREE
Please join Judd Foundation and Marfa Book Co. for a discussion with art historian Alex Kitnick. Kitnick will discuss Donald Judd’s early paintings installed in the Cobb House and Whyte Building, as well as the works from 1959-1961 that will be on display in “Donald Judd: Paintings” at the ICA Miami April 5-Jul 15, 2018. […]
THURSDAY, MARCH 29
In front of us: Fat Girl
PRESENTED BY: IN FRONT OF US
ADMISSION: FREE
in front of us presents a screening of critically Fat Girl at 7:30 pm. Thank you to Marfa Live Arts for supporting this film series.
JANUARY 3, 2018
Book Talk: Peter McMahon
PRESENTED BY: MARFA BOOK CO.
ADMISSION: FREE
Peter MacMahon, author of Cape Cod Modern, will be talking about the legacy of Bauhaus and Bauhaus-inspired architecture in Cape Cod. Reviewing the book in the New York Times, Dana Jennings called it, “an eye-opening history of an overlooked moment in modern architecture”. 6 pm.
JANUARY 4, 2018
Talk: Gato Negro Ediciones
PRESENTED BY: MARFA BOOK CO.
ADMISSION: FREE OR DONATION
Gato Negro Ediciones showcase and conversation at 6 pm. “Gato Negro Ediciones is an independent project that emerged in 2013. With publications covering the context in which they are found, authors seeking to explain the current chaos in which we live and small, simple but attractive editions, the editorial seeks to position emerging writers. Most […]
JANUARY 5, 2018
Reading: Jonathon Lethem
PRESENTED BY: MARFA BOOK CO.
ADMISSION: FREE OR DONATION
Jonathan Lethem, acclaimed author of Chronic City, Motherless Brooklyn, and Fortress of Solitude, among others, will be in town to give the first public reading of his forthcoming novel, The Feral Detective. 9 pm.
JANUARY 11, 2018
Screening: Lady bird
PRESENTED BY: IN FRONT OF US
ADMISSION: FREE OR DONATION
in front of us presents a screening of critically acclaimed film Lady Bird at 7:30 pm. Thank you to Marfa Live Arts for supporting this film series.
DECEMBER 12, 2017 AT 7:30PM
Winter Theater Showcase
PRESENTED BY: MARFA LIVE ARTS
ADMISSION: FREE
Marfa Live Arts will teach a week long monologue/playwriting workshop to Marfa Junior High the week before this event. Selected student written pieces will then be performed by local actors and community leaders, bringing the kid’s words to life on stage at the Crowley Theater for the entire community to enjoy.
DECEMBER, 9, 2017
Transom Storytelling Workshop Listening Party
PRESENTED BY: MARFA PUBLIC RADIO
ADMISSION: FREE OR DONATION
For one week, students from around the country traveled to Marfa to learn the craft of radio storytelling. They were part of the Transom Traveling Workshop, hosted by Marfa Public Radio. Free and open to the public from 6-8 pm.
NOVEMBER 18, 2017 10AM - 8PM
Artists’ Film International 2017 — Denise Ferreira da Silva and Arjuna Neuman
PRESENTED BY: BALLROOM MARFA
ADMISSION: FREE
Ballroom Marfa is proud to present “Serpent Rain”, a collaboration between Denise Ferreira da Silva and Arjuna Neuman. This film is Ballroom Mara’s selection fro Artists’ Film International 2017. AFI is an international collaboration organized by Whitechapel Gallery, London, that showcases emerging artists working in video and animation. “Serpent Rain” is as much an experiment […]
NOVEMBER 2, 2017
in front of us Presents: Faces Places by Agnès Varda
in front of us screening of Faces Places, the most recent film by Agnès Varda at the Crowley Theater this Thursday at 7:30 pm. The film, which Varda co-directed with the French photography and muralist, JR, was awarded the Golden Eye award for Best Documentary at Cannes Film Festival this year. The screening is free […]
OCTOBER 27, 2017 AT 7:30PM
Judd Foundation Presents Films by Yayoi Kusama
PRESENTED BY: JUDD FOUNDATION
ADMISSION: FREE
In conjunction with an exhibition of works by Yayoi Kusama at 101 Spring Street, Judd Foundation presents three films by the artist, which are to be shown as a joint program in both New York and Marfa, Texas. More information to come.
OCTOBER 29, 2017 AT 6PM
Marfa Book Company Presents Anne Waldman
PRESENTED BY: MBCO.
ADMISSION: FREE
Marfa Book Company presents a reading by poet and Lannan Resident Anne Waldman. Waldman is an American poet. Since the 1960s, Waldman has been an active member of the Outrider experimental poetry community as a writer, performer, collaborator, professor, editor, scholar, and cultural/political activist.
OCTOBER 11, 2017 AT 7PM
Marfa Public Radio — Should I Stay or Should I Go: A Live Storytelling Event
PRESENTED BY: MARFA PUBLIC RADIO
ADMISSION: FREE
Marfa Public Radio’s next live storytelling event: Should I Stay or Should I Go: True stories of loving and/or leaving West Texas.
OCTOBER 10, 2017 DOORS AT 630P PROGRAM AT 7PM
CDRI’s Conant Distinguished Guest Lecturer Series — Andy Sansom
PRESENTED BY: CHIHUAHUAN DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE
ADMISSION: FREE
The biannual CDRI Conant Lecture Series features guest lecturers who discuss timely topics relevant to the region. Andy Sansom, Executive Director of the River Systems Institute at Texas State University – San Marcos, will discuss water issues and concerns as they relate to the far west Texas region. A reception will follow. Andrew Sansom is […]
OCTOBER 9, 2017
Thundering Hooves — Equus Film Festival Tour Stop
PRESENTED BY: THUNDERING HOOVES
ADMISSION: FREE
This special event, focused on the beauty of the horse, will educate the public while offering free entertainment through independent films, documentaries, music videos and children’s art projects. Doors open at 9a. Films begin at 10a throughout the day until 11:30pm. Please copy and paste this link into your browser to see detailed schedule: http://nebula.wsimg.com/eb4858f397ed12e15467f8dbdb2471ef?AccessKeyId=8D3373E05A6D33D4B706&disposition=0&alloworigin=
OCTOBER 7 AND 8, 2017 AT 3:30PM AND 2PM
Chinati Weekend
PRESENTED BY: CHINATI FOUNDATION
ADMISSION: FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Approximately 1,000 people will travel to the small town of Marfa to enjoy a full, festive weekend of free and open viewing of the museum’s collection, the opening of Chinati’s annual special exhibition, free lectures and a film screening about Chinati’s special exhibition artist, Bridget Riley. Saturday October 7 — Talk from 3:30 – 4:30 […]
OCTOBER 3, 2017 DOORS AT 8P SHOW AT 830P
Father John Misty
PRESENTED BY: HOTEL SAINT GEORGE
ADMISSION: FREE
Father John Misty joins us for a special solo, acoustic set. The performance is free, and Marfa Public Radio will be on hand accepting donations at the door in advance of their Fall Membership Drive. Sold out.
SEPTEMBER 30 + OCTOBER 1, 2017 NOON - 5PM
Marfa Open Art Festival
PRESENTED BY: MARFA OPEN ART FESTIVAL
ADMISSION: FREE
Marfa Open Art Festival is an open, encouraging local, national and international artists to participate in artistic expression.
SEPTEMBER 19, 2017 AT 7:30PM
in front of us film series presents “Sherpa” by Jennifer Peedom
PRESENTED BY: IN FRONT OF US FILM SERIES
ADMISSION: FREE
Sherpa focuses on Phurba Tashi, a Sherpa who has made 21 Mount Everest ascents and leads the team for New Zealander Russell Brice’s expedition company, Himex. Tashi’s wife and family in Khumjung do not want him to keep risking his life climbing just for the money. The film explores some of the Sherpa culture and […]
SEPTEMBER 18, 2017 AT 8:30PM
Marfa Book Co. presents Zachary Schomburg
PRESENTED BY: MARFA BOOK CO.
ADMISSION: FREE
Marfa Book Co. presents Zachary Schomburg, author of the acclaimed books, Scary, No Scary and The Man Suit will be reading. Schomburg will be joined by Travis Klunick and Brandi Katherine Herrera. Schomburg was born in Omaha, Nebraska, and raised in Iowa. He earned a BA from the College of the Ozarks and a PhD […]
SEPTEMBER 12, 2017 AT 7:30PM
in front of us film series presents “Whose Streets” by Sabaah Folayan and Damon Davis
PRESENTED BY: IN FRONT OF US FILM SERIES
ADMISSION: FREE
Told by the activists and leaders who live and breathe this movement for justice, Whose Streets? is an unflinching look at the Ferguson uprising. When unarmed teenager Michael Brown is killed by police and left lying in the street for hours, it marks a breaking point for the residents of St. Louis, Missouri. Grief, long-standing […]
AUGUST 9 - 13, 2017
Marfa Poetry Festival
PRESENTED BY: MARFA BOOK COMPANY/CANARIUM BOOKS/HOTEL SAINT GEORGE
ADMISSION: FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
The first annual Marfa Poetry Festival—organized by Canarium Books and friends and hosted by Marfa Book Company and Hotel Saint George—will begin the evening of August 9th and end the afternoon of August 13th. There will be readings, a book fair, film screenings, exhibitions, conversations, live music, and more. August 9: 9PM Leading Jazz and […]
AUGUST 6, 2017 7PM
2017 Dance Ranch Marfa
PRESENTED BY: MARFA LIVE ARTS
ADMISSION: FREE AND OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY
Lower Left Performance Collective in collaboration with Marfa Live Arts will present the culminating performance of the 2017 Dance Ranch Marfa workshop. Dance Ranch Marfa is a performance-oriented workshop focusing on dance improvisation taught by members of the Lower Left. This year’s facilitators in Marfa are Nina Martin, Andrew Wass, Leslie Scates, and Margaret Paek. […]
AUGUST 3, 2017 AT 7PM
WildWind Performance Lab: The Marfa Intensives
PRESENTED BY: TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY, SCHOOL OF THEATRE AND DANCE
ADMISSION: FREE
The Marfa Intensives offers students at Texas Tech University the opportunity to concentrate on devised theatre. By its very nature, devised theatre involves almost all of our theatre practitioners, especially designers, actors, directors, playwrights and dramaturgs, in the act of creating new and and ensemble-built work that does not depend on a previously written text. […]
JULY 28, 2017 AT 8PM
Rae Red and Dr. Tallulah present: “Water – a Dispatch from the Bottom of the Tub” and “Poonstruck”
PRESENTED BY: RAE RED AND DR. TALLULAH
ADMISSION: FREE
Rae Red will perform: “Water — a Dispatch from the Bottom of the Tub”, an original performance featuring shadow puppetry, stop-motion animation and song. The show is a tale of water from polluted waterways to the bottom of the ocean, to the inside of our bellies, the bathtub and beyond. Kelly Nesbitt will perform her […]
JULY 22, 2017 AT 4PM
Marfa Presidio County Museum
PRESENTED BY: MARFA PRESIDIO COUNTY MUSEUM
ADMISSION: FREE
Every year the Museum brings a speaker who will talk about our area or his or her history in Marfa. This year our speaker is Brit Webb.
JULY 20, 2017 AT 7PM
Through the Repellent Fence: A Land Art film
PRESENTED BY: BALLROOM MARFA
ADMISSION: FREE
Ballroom Marfa is pleased to present a screening of Sam Wainwright Douglas’ latest documentary, ‘Through the Repellent Fence: A Land Art Film’ follows Postcommodity, an interdisciplinary arts collective comprised of Raven Chacon, Cristóbal Martinez and Kade L. Twist, who put land art in a tribal context. The director will be present for a Q&A to […]
JULY 12-16, 2017
2017 Marfa Film Festival
PRESENTED BY: MARFA FILM FESTIVAL
ADMISSION: TICKETED
Since 2008, the Marfa Film Festival has brought thousands of attendees, filmmakers, and press from around the world. Premiering international films, the festival attracts a diverse global audience including world renowned, award winning artists and musicians. The festival also courts filmmakers in hopes that they will return and increase the film industry and production in […]
JULY 8, 2017 AT 7:30PM
in front of us presents “Nun Wa Zaytun” by Emtiaz Diab
PRESENTED BY: IN FRONT OF US FILM SERIES
ADMISSION: FREE
While listening to the stories of the people Murad meets with his Mobile Cinema, trekking from one venue to another, Nun wa Zaytun transports us to another Palestine. We encounter a simple rural life, far from the cultural and social stereotypes of modern, urban Ramallah or Tel Aviv, only kilometers away. Scattered communities come together […]
JULY 6, 2017 AT 6PM
Marfa Book Co. Presents: Jan Reid
PRESENTED BY: MARFA BOOK CO.
ADMISSION: FREE
Jan Reid is a novelist, biographer, historian and journalist. His books include “Let the People In: A Biography of Ann Richards”, “Doug Sahm: Texas Tornado”, and the classic, “The Improbable Rise of Redneck Rock”. He will be reading from his latest novel, “Sins of the Younger Sons”.
JUNE 17, 2017 AT 7PM
Entreflamenco
PRESENTED BY: CHINATI FOUNDATION
ADMISSION: FREE
Chinati will host international dance company Entreflamenco for a residency that will culminate in performances that are free and open to the public. In addition, Entreflamenco will work with area youth and adult participants to teach the basics of flamenco dance as part of Chinati’s education program.
JUNE 11, 2017 AT 6PM
Chinelo Okparanta, Lannan Reading
PRESENTED BY: LANNAN FOUNDATION AND MARFA BOOK CO.
ADMISSION: FREE
Lannan Writer in Residence, Chinelo Okparanta will read from her work. The author of several books, including the much loved novel, “Under the Udala Trees”, a Lambda Literary Award winner, Okparanta is considered one of the foremost novelists of her generation.
JUNE 10, 2017 AT 6PM
Donald Judd: On Thoughtful Building and Building Well, a talk by Caitlin Murray
PRESENTED BY: JUDD FOUNDATION
ADMISSION: FREE
Judd Foundation presents a lecture by Director of Marfa Programs and Archivist Caitlin Murray on Donald Judd as a furniture designer and collector. This event is part of Judd Foundation’s ongoing lecture series on Judd Furniture.
JUNE 3, 2017 AT 5PM
Agave Festival Marfa — Dr. Carolyn Boyd — Talk
PRESENTED BY: AGAVE FESTIVAL MARFA
ADMISSION: FREE
Dr. Carolyn Boyd will speak about the findings of her recent book, “The White Shaman Mural,” in which she builds a case that the mural, located in the lower Pecos Canyonlands, tells the story of the birth of the sun and the beginning of time, which would make it one of the oldest pictorial creation […]
JUNE 2, 2017 AT 5PM
Agave Festival Marfa — Dr. Steve Black — Talk
PRESENTED BY: AGAVE FESTIVAL MARFA
ADMISSION: FREE
Dr. Steve Black is an archaeologist specializing in hunter-gatherer archaeology. His talk will address the 500 generations of American Indians who have lived in the Chihuahuan Desert area of the Rio Grande and the eight millennia of plant baking practices that sustained them.
JUNE 1, 2017 AT 6PM
Agave Festival Marfa — “Agave is Life” — Film
PRESENTED BY: AGAVE FESTIVAL MARFA
ADMISSION: FREE
“Agave is Life” is an exploration of the history of the agave plant in the cultures of Mexico and the American Southwest. Agave’s story is told through the lens of archaeological, ethnographic and modern day vignettes, closing with concerns about threats A Q+A with the filmmakers, Meredith Dreiss and David O. Brown, will follow the […]
SATURDAY, MAY 27, 2017 8PM
Stephen Petronio: Performance and Conversation
PRESENTED BY: MARFA LIVE ARTS AND FIELDWORK MARFA
ADMISSION: FREE
A dancer who has worked intimately with Halprin, Stephen Petronio, founder of the Stephen Petronio Company and an alumnus of the Trisha Brown Dance Company, performs her choreography on Saturday, May 27, at 8pm in the Crowley Theater. Following the performance Marfa Live Arts will screen two short films and then Petronio will engage the […]
SATURDAY, MAY 27, 2017 11AM
Nina Martin: Dance Workshop
PRESENTED BY: MARFA LIVE ARTS AND FIELDWORK MARFA
ADMISSION: FREE
Community dance workshop led by Nina Martin, MFA, PhD, of the Lower Left performance collective and Associate Professor at TCU School for Classical & Contemporary Dance. Anna Halprin’s work begins with the belief that everyone is a dancer. In this community workshop–open to all ages and all members of the community, with no experience necessary–dancer […]
FRIDAY, MAY 26, 2017 AT 7PM
Anna Halprin on Film
PRESENTED BY: MARFA LIVE ARTS AND FIELDWORK MARFA
ADMISSION: FREE
First event of Marfa Sounding: Anna Halprin, presented by Marfa Live Arts and Fieldwork Marfa. Introduction to the weekend by curator Jennifer Burris Staton and dancer Nina Martin followed by film screenings of Jacqueline Caux’s Anna Halprin – Who Says I Have to Dance in a Theater, 2006 (50 minutes) and Anna Halprin – Out […]
MAY 20, 2017 730P
It’s There for You
PRESENTED BY: NALU GRUSHKUS
ADMISSION: FREE
A play written and directed by a Marfa teen.
in front of us presents Afronauts, Boneshaker and Everybody Dies! directed Frances Bodomo
Inspired by true events, Afronauts (13 minutes) tells an alternative history of the 1960s Space Race. It’s the night of July 16th 1969 and, as America prepares to send Apollo 11 to the moon, a group of exiles in the Zambian desert are rushing to launch their rocket first. They train by rolling their astronaut, 17-year-old Matha […]
MAY 7, 2017 AT 8:00 PM
Art Fair Fever with Mark Flood
PRESENTED BY: CINEMARFA
ADMISSION: FREE
Mark Flood returns to CineMarfa to present his feature film about a group of art students touring the art fairs of Miami. They’re looking for creative inspiration, but instead they find madness, disease, and death. Underscoring the themes of shameless self-promotion and commodification in the art world, Flood’s paintings are seen throughout the film bearing […]
MAY 6, 2017 AT 8:00 PM
The San San Trilogy with Justin Lowe and Jonah Freeman
PRESENTED BY: CINEMARFA
ADMISSION: FREE
CineMarfa Film Festival 2017 presents The San San Trilogy. The San San Metroplex is an urban corridor that exists along the coast of California. It is based on an idea put forth by futurist Herman Kahn in his 1967 book The Year 2000. He speculated that the coastal area between an Diego and San Francisco […]
MAY 6, 2017 AT 6:00 PM
9 Short Films by Ana Mendieta and ‘Ana Mendieta, Nature Inside’
PRESENTED BY: CINEMARFA
ADMISSION: FREE
CineMarfa Film Festival 2017 presents 9 SHORT FILMS BY ANA MENDIETA and ANA MENDIETA, NATURE INSIDE. Ana Mendieta (1948-1985) is a pioneer among artists dealing with identity politics and feminism. Her unique hybrid of form and documentation, works that she titled “siluetas,” are fugitive and potent traces of the artist’s inscription of her body in […]
MAY 6, 2017 AT 3:00 PM
All Divided Selves with Thomas Beard
PRESENTED BY: CINEMARFA
ADMISSION: FREE
CineMarfa Film Festival presents All Divided Selves by Luke Fowler / With Thomas Beard The social and cultural revolutions of the 1960s were spearheaded by the charismatic, guru-like figure of Glasgow born Psychiatrist R.D. Laing . In his now classic text “The Politics of Experience” (1967) Laing argued that normality entailed adjusting ourselves to the […]
MAY 5, 2017 AT 4:00 PM
Transpecos Environmental Activism Shorts and Panel Discussion
PRESENTED BY: CINEMARFA
ADMISSION: FREE
CineMarfa Film Festival 2017 presents short films by Jessica Lutz, Vanessa Ramos, and Max Anderson documenting the construction of the Transpecos pipeline and the fight against it by local activists. After the screening there will be a panel discussion with the filmmakers and representatives from Camp Toyahvale, Two Rivers Camp, and the Big Bend Conservation […]
MAY 5, 2017 AT 4:00 PM
From the Heart of the World: The Elder Brothers Warning
PRESENTED BY: CINEMARFA
ADMISSION: FREE
CineMarfa Film Festival 2017 presents FROM THE HEART OF THE WORLD: THE ELDER BROTHERS WARNING The Kogi are the last surviving civilization from the days of the Inca and Aztec. They see themselves as the spiritual guardians of life on earth. For four centuries they lived in seclusion in the Sierra Nevada mountains, carefully guarding […]
TUESDAY, MAY 2, 2017 AT 7PM
6th Annual One-Act Plays
PRESENTED BY: MARFA LIVE ARTS AND MARFA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT
ADMISSION: FREE
Marfa Live Arts invites you to join us at the Crowley Theater on Tuesday, May 2, 2017 for one of our most anticipated events of the year, the 6th Annual One-Act Plays. This electrifying, standing room only night of theater is the culminating event to our weeklong 6th Annual Playwriting Workshop with the Marfa High […]
APRIL 30, 2017 AT 8PM
in front of us presents Meek’s Cutoff directed by Kelly Reichardt
PRESENTED BY: IN FRONT OF US FILM SERIES
ADMISSION: FREE
Meek’s Cutoff is a 2010 American western film directed by Kelly Reichardt. The film was shown in competition at the 67th Venice International Film Festival. The story is loosely based on a historical incident on the Oregon Trail in 1845, in which frontier guide Stephen Meek led a wagon train on an ill-fated journey through the Oregon […]
APRIL 29, 2017, 9AM TO 1PM
Chinati Master Plan Symposium
PRESENTED BY: CHINATI FOUNDATION
ADMISSION: FREE
This Master Plan Symposium will present the findings and recommendations for preservation and growth of the Chinati Foundation from Boston-based firm Sasaki, and will be an opportunity for the community to learn about and discuss the future vision of the museum. RSVP required. Please email
APRIL 20, 2017 AT 7PM
Talking Climate: Why Facts Are NOT Enough
PRESENTED BY: CHIHUAHUAN DESERT NATURE CENTER
ADMISSION: FREE
Join the Chihuahuan Desert Nature Center and friends for an evening of Enlightenment and Inspration from the Climate Evangelist Katharine Hayhoe, Ph.D., physicist and atomospheric scientist, and Director of the Climate Science Center, Texas Tech University.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 2017 AT 7PM
Beacons
PRESENTED BY: MARFA LIVE ARTS
ADMISSION: FREE
Marfa Live Arts’ 2017 playwright-in-residence Georgina Escobar presents her new play BEACONS. The show will be performed by Mindy Leanse with support by actors from the community. BEACONS is a satirical work envisioning a fictitious dystopian society “Divisible with Justice for Some.” After an ignorant, thick-lipped, evil clan of males take over the country, America […]
THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 2017, 7PM
Tower Film Screening
PRESENTED BY: BALLROOM MARFA
ADMISSION: FREE
Screening and Q&A with filmmakers Keith Maitland & Sarah Wilson On what seemed like a typical summer day, August 1, 1966, a sniper rode the elevator to the top floor of the University of Texas Tower and opened fire, holding the campus hostage for 96 minutes. When the gunshots were finally silenced, the toll included […]
MARCH 22, 2017 AT 7PM
in front of us presents “Portrait of Jason” and “Jason and Shirley”
PRESENTED BY: IN FRONT OF US FILM SERIES
ADMISSION: FREE
“Portrait of Jason” is a 1967 documentary film directed, produced and edited by Shirley Clarke and starring Jason Holliday (né Aaron Payne, 1924-1998). A gay African-American hustler and aspiring cabaret performer, Jason is the sole on-screen presence in the film. He narrates his troubled life story to the camera, behind which Clarke and her partner […]
MARCH 15, 2017 AT 7:30PM
Traces of the Trade
PRESENTED BY: ST. PAUL'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH
ADMISSION: FREE
“Traces of the Trade” is a film documenting the history of the DeWolff family of Rhode Island. Prior to the Civil War, they were among the largest slave-selling operations in the United States. Current family members are shown confronting their history and places the slave trade took place.
MARCH 9 AND 12, 2017 AT 10PM AND 2PM
Marfa Myths
PRESENTED BY: BALLROOM MARFA
ADMISSION: FREE
Marfa Myths is an annual music festival and multidisciplinary cultural program founded in 2014 by Brooklyn-based music label Mexican Summer and the nonprofit contemporary arts foundation Ballroom Marfa. With Marfa Myths, the two organizations bring together a diversity of emerging and established artists and musicians to work creatively and collaboratively across music, film and visual […]
MARCH 7, 2017 AT 8PM
in front of us presents “The Hitch-hiker” directed by Ida Lupino
PRESENTED BY: IN FRONT OF US FILM SERIES
ADMISSION: FREE
Ida Lupino was a Hollywood anomaly. In addition to her career as an intense dramatic actress (with particular success in such films noir as High Sierra (1941) and While the City Sleeps, 1956), she was also the only female member of the Director’s Guild in the late ’40s and early ’50s. With her feature films […]
FEBRUARY 25 + 26, 2017 9AM - 3:30PM
Texas Society of Architects — 6th Annual Design Conference — “Clarity”
PRESENTED BY: TEXAS SOCIETY OF ARCHITECTS
This conference brings together design architects mostly from Texas, who meet in small, remote locations with unique architectural works to tour and learn about.
FEBRUARY 21, 2017 AT 8PM
in front of us presents “Cameraperson” directed by Kirsten Johnson
PRESENTED BY: IN FRONT OF US FILM SERIES
ADMISSION: FREE
In Cameraperson (2016), Kirsten Johnson has made a buoyant film about the weight of the world. She lays out her process in a paragraph presented up front. What we’re about to see, she explains, has been patched together from material she has shot as a cinematographer for films directed by other people, in the course […]
FEBRUARY 4, 2017 AT 7PM
Cherry on Top — Screenings of Films by Women
PRESENTED BY: CHERRY ON TOP
ADMISSION: FREE
This will be the closing gathering for all who have attended a weekend of events that are focused on empowering women in their communities — a visual and sound experience that will emphasize the human form and the power of the feminine expression. First, Bryn McCay screens her film “Eyes of the Moon”. Then Tina […]
JANUARY 17, 2017 AT 8PM
in front of us presents “Jackson” directed by Maisie Crow
PRESENTED BY: IN FRONT OF US FILM SERIES
ADMISSION: FREE
Jackson is an intimate, unprecedented look at the lives of three women caught up in the complex issues surrounding abortion access. Set against the backdrop of the fight to close the last abortion clinic in Mississippi. Jackson captures the essential and hard truth of the lives at the center of the debate over reproductive healthcare […]
JANUARY 13, 2017
Hamilton Leithauser
PRESENTED BY: HOTEL SAINT GEORGE
ADMISSION: $25
Hotel Saint George presents a very special night with Hamilton Leithauser at the Crowley Theater on January 13th, 2017. Doors open at 8pm. Show starts at 9pm. Tickets available at Hotel Saint George website.
DECEMBER 23, 2016 AT 8PM
in front of us presents “American Honey” by Andrea Arnold
PRESENTED BY: IN FRONT OF US FILM SERIES
ADMISSION: FREE
The winner of this year’s Cannes Jury Prize, American Honey opens with a shot of two children and their teenage sister and caretaker, Star (Sasha Lane), scavenging dinner out of a dumpster. There they find an entire raw chicken still in its package, among other treasures. The scene functions both as a moment of grim […]
DECEMBER 13, 2016 AT 7PM
in front of us presents “Certain Women” by Kelly Reichardt
PRESENTED BY: IN FRONT OF US FILM SERIES
ADMISSION: FREE
Certain Women is, according to the New York Times, “arguably the most precise expression” of Kelly Reichardt’s vision to date. The film features Laura Dern, Lily Gladstone, Kristen Stewart and Michelle Williams, and consists of three short narratives, all set on the plains of the contemporary Northwest. Dern is a lawyer who finds herself contending […]
DECEMBER 10, 2016, 6PM
Judd Foundation Lecture
PRESENTED BY: JUDD FOUNDATION
ADMISSION: FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
The lecture, led by Dr. Frances Colpitt, Deedie Potter Rose Chair of Art History, Texas Christian University, will examine aspects of Donald Judd’s practice as an artist and writer. Seats are available on a first-come, first-served basis.
DECEMBER 9, 2016 AT 7PM
Monologues and Scene Showcase with Marfa Independent School District Students
PRESENTED BY: MARFA LIVE ARTS
ADMISSION: FREE
Winning monologues and scenes from a week-long playwriting prep workshop taught by Marfa Live Arts and visiting playwright in residence, Wayne Hilton, will be staged at the Crowley Theater for parents, students and community to enjoy. Actors will include community leaders, students and professional talent.
DECEMBER 8, 2016 AT 7PM
Marfa Book Co. presents: Creeves: A Yamaha Odyssey”
PRESENTED BY: MARFA BOOK CO.
ADMISSION: FREE
Rob Crowley and Anthony DeSimone will present a sound and light performance to celebrate the release of Anthony’s new album, “Creeves: A Yamaha Odyssey”
DECEMBER 6, 2016 AT 8:30PM
Marfa Book Co. presents: Tom Jacobs “Rule of 72” Book Release
PRESENTED BY: MARFA BOOK CO.
ADMISSION: FREE
Tom Jacobs will speak about financial planning during Trump Administration.
NOVEMBER 10, 11 + 12, 2016 AT 8PM
Pancho Villa From a Safe Distance — a chamber opera composed by Graham Reynolds
PRESENTED BY: BALLROOM MARFA
ADMISSION: FREE
“Pancho Villa From a Safe Distance” looks at the life and death of Pancho Villa, the enigmatic hero of the Mexican Revolution, unlikely film star, and notorious bandit. Exploring facts from Villa’s biography while also examining the mythology surrounding him, the opera asks what Pancho Villa means to Mexican and American culture and where these […]
NOEMBER 6, 2016 AT 8PM
Chinati Presents: Douglas Crimp reading “Before Pictures”
PRESENTED BY: CHINATI FOUNDATION
ADMISSION: FREE
Writer, Douglas Crimp, will give a reading from his forthcoming memoir “Before Pictures,” as part of Chinati’s ongoing Chinati Presents programing, a series of lectures, presentations and performances held throughout the year.
OCTOBER 31, 2016 AT 7:30P
Final Girls — Film Screening
ADMISSION: FREE
Screening of Halloween film “Final Girls” is free and open to the public. This is an opportunity to provide entertainment to a younger demographic in Marfa (13 and up) who don’t often get to enjoy programming geared to their interests.
OCTOBER 28, 2016 AT 7PM
Silver Ochre: Who Are U.S.
PRESENTED BY: MARFA LIVE ARTS
ADMISSION: FREE
Marfa Live Arts welcomes Silver Ochre, the duo of composer Thollem McDonas and filmmaker ACVilla, for a two-week Marfa Live Arts’ artist-residency culminating with their show “Who Are U.S.”, and ever-evolving poetic documentation of America. Using accumulative video, field recordings and live music, the work showcases a collection of diverse sights and sounds from their […]
OCTOBER 7, 8 + 9, 2016 AT NOON
Marfa Open Foto Festival
PRESENTED BY: MARFA OPEN
ADMISSION: FREE
The Marfa Open Foto Festival consists of lectures, workshops and films celebrating international photography.
SEPTEMBER 17 AT 8PM
Frances Scholz “Amboy”
PRESENTED BY: CHINATI FOUNDATION
ADMISSION: FREE
Chinati Artist in Residence, Frances Scholz, will present a screening of her film “Amboy”. This event is free and open to the public, helping Chinati continue its tradition of bringing artists, musicians, filmmakers and writers to Marfa. The program fulfills a need to provide varied cultural programming to a community with limited access to large […]
AUGUST 4, 2016 AT 7PM
“A Wolverine Walks Into a Bar” and new work by Texas Tech University Students
PRESENTED BY: TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY, SCHOOL OF THEATRE AND DANCE
ADMISSION: FREE
From Lubbock to Marfa. Jaston Williams of “Greater Tuna” fame, performs scenes from his new hit: “A Wolverine Walks Into a Bar” followed by new work by Texas Tech University students inspired by their experience in Marfa. The Marfa Intensives offers students at Texas Tech University the opportunity to concentrate on devised theatre. By its […]
JULY 23, 2016 ALL DAY
Irwin Weekend
PRESENTED BY: CHINATI FOUNDATION
ADMISSION: FREE
Irwin Weekend will be held in celebration of the grand opening of the Robert Irwin Project at the Chinati Foundation. Saturday will include a lecture, dawn-to-dusk viewing of the site and a community dinner. All open to the public and free of charge.
JULY 13-17, 2016 ALL DAY
2016 Marfa Film Festival
PRESENTED BY: MARFA FILM FESTIVAL
Since 2008, Marfa Film Festival has attracted talented filmmakers, international press, industry professionals, and attendees from around the world to Marfa and far west Texas. Over 5 days we screen a diverse mix of features, shorts, music videos and experimental works. The festival brings internationally renowned films and the artists who made them to the […]
JULY 2, 2016 AT 7:30PM
Beyond the Box
PRESENTED BY: MARFA LIVE ARTS
ADMISSION: FREE
Marfa Live Arts present an evening of performance in three acts. “A Cool Dry Place,” a new durational performative sculpture by Riley O’Bryan will be followed by “NOOS: No One Owns Space,” a piece that looks at the night sky and space through film, music and movement. The evening concludes with “U Got the Look: […]
JUNE 20-22, 2016 AT 6PM
Entreflamenco
PRESENTED BY: CHINATI FOUNDATION
ADMISSION: FREE
Chinati will host international dance company Entreflamenco for a residency that will culminate in performances that are free and open to the public. In addition, Entreflamenco will work with area youth as part of Chinati’s education program
JUNE 16, 2016 AT 7PM
Benefit Screening of “Slingshot”
PRESENTED BY: MARFA EDUCATION FOUNDATION
Special screening of “Slingshot,” a film about Dean Kamen, inventor and founder of FRC Robotics to benefit Marfa Education Foundation — Inspiring young minds to take flight.
MAY 28, 2016 AT 7PM
Charles Curtis featuring Alvin Lucier
PRESENTED BY: MARFA LIVE ARTS AND FIELDWORK MARFA
ADMISSION: FREE
Renowned cellist, Charles Curtis, will be brought to Marfa by Marfa Live Arts and will be accompanied by Alvin Lucier, musical artist and minimalist. The show will be curated by Jennifer Burris and produced by the MLA and Fieldwork Marfa team.
MAY 21, 2016 AT 630P
Mary Weatherford on Agnes Pelton
PRESENTED BY: BALLROOM MARFA
Ballroom Marfa presents a lecture by artist Mary Weatherford as a supplementary program for “After Effect,” the current exhibition on view in Ballroom’s galleries. As a painter herself, Weatherford is particularly interested in the work of Agnes Pelton, a member of the historical Transcendental Painting Group active in New Mexico in the 1930’s and 40’s, […]
MAY 3, 2016 AT 7PM
Marfa ISD One Act Plays
PRESENTED BY: MARFA LIVE ARTS
ADMISSION: FREE
Four one-acts written by Marfa ISD students with Raul Garza
MAY 3 + 4, 2016 ALL DAY
CineMarfa 2016
PRESENTED BY: CINEMARFA
ADMISSION: FREE
The 2016 CineMarfa film festival lineup focused on films from and about California, with an emphasis on the rich history of experimental film from the Golden State. Two films from Agnes Varda’s California film cycle, “Lions, Love (…and Lies)” and “Black Panthers“, were screened, along with short films by Jordan Belson, Bruce Conner, Bruce Baillie, […]
APRIL 19, 2016 AT 7:30PM
Confessions of a Mexpatriate
PRESENTED BY: MARFA LIVE ARTS
ADMISSION: FREE
Marfa Live Arts presents a play by Raul performed by actor Mical Trejo and David Garza.
APRIL 23, 2016 AT 7PM
“Agave is Life” Screening
PRESENTED BY: CDRI
Chihuahuan Desert Research Institute fundraiser showing movie “Agave is Life” by local Meredith Dreiss (Archeo Productions). We live among agave — it is a local cactus and CDRI educates us about our desert environment.
APRIL 2, 2016 AT 7PM
MAID screening
PRESENTED BY: PROJECT X THEATER, MARFA LIVE ARTS AND ONE MIND FILMS
ADMISSION: FREE
The event will be a celebration of the short film shot in Marfa in 2014. The Marfa community helped to make this film possible and the production team is forever grateful. We are bringing the Marfa community together to celebrate the work they helped to create. It will be a great filming reunion for community […]
MARCH 13, 2016 AT 2PM
Marfa Myths 2016 — Mushroom Movies
PRESENTED BY: BALLROOM MARFA
ADMISSION: TICKETED
Anthology Recordings presents David Fenster’s mushroom movies with local musicians; Raum with Paul Clipson; and Dungen scoring The Adventures of Prince Achmed.
SUNDAY, MARCH 13, 2016. DOORS AT 2PM
Marfa Myths Festival
PRESENTED BY: BALLROOM MARFA AND MEXICAN SUMMER
ADMISSION: $10
Films and music featuring Dungen and Raum. Marfa Myths is a cultural program taking place March 10 – 13, 2016 in Marfa, Texas. Curated by Ballroom Marfa and Brooklyn-based record label Mexican Summer, Marfa Myths features artists and musicians from within and outside of the label’s roster working creatively and collaboratively across music, film, and […]
MARCH 10, 2016 AT MIDNIGHT
Marfa Myths 2016 — Midnight Movie
PRESENTED BY: BALLROOM MARFA
ADMISSION: FREE
Marfa Myths Midnight Movie featuring “A Poem Is a Naked Person,” about singer-songwriter and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Leon Russell as filmed by documentarian Les Blank between 1972 and 1974.
FEBRUARY 28, 2016 AT 6PM
Free Marfa
PRESENTED BY: FREE MARFA
ADMISSION: FREE
Nondenominational group who shares, in a community setting, teachings followed by prayer, music and fellowship.
FEBRUARY 13, 2016 AT 7PM
Audubon — Film Screening
PRESENTED BY: KING LAND + WATER
Screening of the film “Audubon” will be introducing the life of John James Audubon to a group of individuals who have an appreciation of birds, nature, conservation and American history.