AUGUST 7, 2008
Bexar Bexar and Balmorhea
PRESENTED BY: BALLROOM MARFA
An evening of idyllic instrumentals with bands Bexar Bexar and Balmorhea.
AUGUST 2, 2008
24 Hour Plays
PRESENTED BY: MARFA LIVE ARTS
Marfa participants wrote, directed, rehearsed and performed approximately eight one-act plays in twenty-four hours.
JULY 20 - 27, 2008
Dance Ranch Marfa: Ensemble Thinking Investigation
PRESENTED BY: MARFA LIVE ARTS
A dance workshop led by members of the dance group Lower Left. The week focused on improvisational skills within the context of solo body, ensemble, and duet forms.
JULY 15, 2008
Marfa Theater Artists in Residence: Open Rehearsal
PRESENTED BY: MARFA LIVE ARTS
Open rehearsal with Cydney Wilkes and Mike Barber, choreographed and directed by Deborah Hay.
MAY 23, 2008
Kinder Goes West
PRESENTED BY: MARFA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT
Marfa Independent school district teachers organized a production of Kinder Goes West. The Marfa Elementary Kindergarten class performed as wranglers and ponies representing the United States and Texas.
MAY 18, 2008
The Havels
PRESENTED BY: BALLROOM MARFA
Performance by a duo of cellists during their United States tour. Their music has been described as “a duet between violoncello and piano taking place in a cathedral of sound.”
MAY 10, 2008
Sarah Rothenberg
PRESENTED BY: JEFF FORT, MARION BARTHLEME AND THE CHINATI FOUNDATION
Pianist Sarah Rothenberg performed.
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film.text.performance.film Part II: Text
PRESENTED BY: BALLROOM MARFA
An installment of film.text.performance.film, a two-part program pairing the seemingly disparate disciplines of contemporary cinematic film, performance and visual text.
APRIL 5, 2008
Artist’s Talk: Hello Meth Lab in the Sun
PRESENTED BY: BALLROOM MARFA
A conversation with the artists Jonah Freeman, Justin Lowe and Alexandre Singh for the exhibit Hello Meth Lab in the Sun.
MARCH 24, 2008
March 2 Marfa: Performance Lab Concert
PRESENTED BY: MARFA LIVE ARTS
The culminating performance for March 2 Marfa 2008.
FEBRUARY 22, 2008
Keren Ann with Dean and Britta
PRESENTED BY: BALLROOM MARFA
A performance by worldly chanteuse Keren Ann and gauzy pop duo Dean & Britta (formerly of Luna).
FEBRUARY 9 - 17, 2008
The Big Read
PRESENTED BY: FRIENDS OF THE MARFA PUBLIC LIBRARY
The Big Read, an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts, included a Latino/Latina film festival, a lecture about the novel Bless Me Ultima’s place in history from local historian Dr. Cecilia Thompson and a staged adaptation of Bless Me Ultima.
FEBRUARY 2, 2008
Running After Disaster with Mel Chin
PRESENTED BY: BALLROOM MARFA
Conceptual artist Mel Chin brought two seemingly separate incidents together in his first animated film, 9-11/9-11, Chile/USA, a fiction that weaves the lives of a Santiago couple embroiled in the attack on Santiago in 1973 with two young lovers in New York City, 2001.
JANUARY 19 - 20. 2008
Robert Earl Keen with Ross Cashiola
PRESENTED BY: BALLROOM MARFA
Two special solo acoustic concerts by Texas singer-songwriter Robert Earl Keen.
DECEMBER 26 - 28, 2007
Jakie Pepper
PRESENTED BY: VANCE KNOWLES
Three evenings of performance from Jakie Pepper and band.