April 2019
Marfa Public Radio’s Tiny Desk Block Party
We're celebrating local musicians at our spring end-of-drive block party! Join us for our Tiny Desk Block Party outside of our studios in Marfa. All kinds of rad local musicians are participating in our ode to NPR Music's Tiny Desk video concerts. There will be drinks and good times for all. Performers include: Ross Cashiola Tilley Hawk Pat Keesey Sam Walker Sam Watts Phil Boyd Jockimo No Nombres E.E.O.G. Do you want to enter to win NPR Music’s Tiny Desk…
Find out more »2019 Blackwell Block Party
Please join us for our annual one-day festival celebrating and commemorating the diverse culture and the rich heritage of Marfa, Texas. Everyone is invited to this fun, free, family-friendly community party. Saturday, April 27, 2019 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. In Partnership with Borderland Collective
Find out more »May 2019
CineMarfa
CineMarfa is a non-profit organization devoted to supporting local and visiting filmmakers, sponsoring year-round film screenings in Marfa, providing educational opportunities for local youth and adults to make and present films, and producing the CineMarfa festival annually.
Find out more »Chinati Community Day
The Chinati Foundation hosts its annual Community Day. Follow them on social media to learn more or visit at www.chinati.org.
Find out more »Come Together hosted by El Cosmico
Cosmic humans, let’s come together. Join us at El Cosmico for a special happy hour and community hangout for guests and Marfans alike on May 4 from 5pm – 10pm. Sip on a Michelada and meet some new faces. Grab food from Tacos y Elotes and enjoy tunes by DJ Titty Bounce and DJ Grn Rbr Bnd. See you under the big sky!
Find out more »Discussion: Lauretta Vinciarelli hosted by Marfa Book Co.
Caitlin Murray will be moderating a conversation between Kristin Bonkemeyer, Jim Martinez and Nick Terry concerning the work of architect and artist Lauretta Vinciarelli. The conversation will feature images from the exhibition of Vinciarelli's work that is currently on view at the Judd Foundation's 101 Spring Street building in New York.
Find out more »Big Bang Bingo at El Cosmico
Grab a drink at the Highland House and get ready to shout!
Find out more »Lannan Reading: Kaveh Akbar presented by Marfa Book Co.
Kaveh Akbar, author of the book, Calling a Wolf a Wolf, and the chapbook, Portrait of the Alcoholic, both celebrated, will be reading from his work. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, Poetry, The New York Times, Paris Review, The Nation, Best American Poetry, and elsewhere. He also founded Divedapper, an online journal consisting of interviews with poets.
Find out more »Cosmic Karaoke at El Cosmico
El Cosmico welcomes you to belt out your favorites under the big sky from 6 pm-midnight. We’ll supply the micheladas and sangria. Guaranteed good times.
Find out more »Lannan Reading: Natalie Diaz presented by Marfa Book Co.
The poet, essayist, and linguist, Natalie Diaz, will be reading from her work. Natalie is well known to many of us in Marfa as she has visited regularly over the past few years and this is her second Lannan residency. She is also the recipient of a MacArthur (Genius) Award; is the author of When My Brother Was an Aztec, a beautiful collection of poems; and is a Mohave Language activist. She is currently based in Phoenix and has a book forthcoming…
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