Marfa Calendar of Events

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Monday Night Movies at the Marfa Book Co, 7pm, Program 10:
Build a Ship, Sail to Sadness, Laurin Federlein, 2007, 68ï¿½
Build a Ship, Sail to Sadness is an absurdist musical travelogue. It follows
Vincent, a solitary young man, as he rides on his moped through a deserted
mountain region. His mission is to heal the loneliness of the few isolated
inhabitants by introducing a mobile disco to the region.
Laurin Federleinï¿½s feature debut is a film about the joy of music and the yearning for the elevation and ecstasy of art. It is also a melancholy statement about the solitude of a visionary mind and a trip to a reality which we have already forgotten exists. (Ludmila Cvikova, Intï¿½l Film Festival Rotterdam)

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Ice Plant, East Oak Ave

Description:

Chinati Artist in Residence, Alex Schweder, will present a talk on performance architecture and his recent work at 7pm at the Ice Plant on East Oak Street. The event is free and everyone is invited to attend.

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Wine Bar at Marfa Guest Quarters, 109 W San Antonio

Description:

An evening of American Wine and Food at the Wine Bar at Marfa Guest Quarters. An exclusive tasting with appetizer pairings lead by Alexander Valley Vineyards proprietor Linda Wetzel. $25 per person and reservations are required. A portion of the proceeds befefit Marfa Public Radio. Call 432-729-4599.

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209 West El Paso St

Description:

Claude "Butch " Morgan returns to Padre's for a free 8 PM show! He's still on tour through the region, bringing excellent originals and inventive arrangements of popular cover tunes to Padre's for this Wednesday night show.

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Thunderbird Capri, Marfa

Description:

Arts and Crafts show and sale at the Capri Thunderbird. Get a head start on your holiday shopping!

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Padre's Marfa, 209 W El Paso St

Description:

Chris Hillen's Austin based band Secret Weapons plays Padre's Marfa at 10:30pm.
A DJ set by Lyman Hardy of Austin based PONG at 8:30
$3 cover charge at the door

Time:

10:00am

Location:

Under the canopy next to the railroad tracks

Description:

Visit FarmStand Marfa every Saturday through the summer - under the canopy next to the railroad tracks on Highland Street. Fresh produce, baked goods, crafts, artwork and more.

10-11am on Saturday.

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Thunderbird Capri, Marfa

Description:

Arts and Crafts show and sale at the Capri Thunderbird. Get a head start on your holiday shopping!

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Padre's Marfa

Description:

THURSDAY NOVEMBER 12th- DAVID BEEBE and THE CONRADS- FREE SHOW at 8PM! Padre's manager David Beebe brings his band in from Austin to play classic Texas rock tunes, originals and country.

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Ballroom Marfa

Description:

Ever wanted to draw your own money?
Ballroom Marfa and our community partner Marfa Studio of the Arts' SITES program would like to invite everyone in Marfa - young and old - to participate in a creative and fun project initiated by artist Mel Chin. The goal is to raise awareness of issues still challenging post-disaster New Orleans through the simple gesture of creating Fundred Dollar Bills.Ballroom Marfa will host a community night at the gallery and we invite everyone to join us to learn more and create their own Fundred Dollar drawings. Each participant is given blank Fundred Dollar Bills to create their own unique artwork. Marfa's goal is the creation and collection of 1000 bills - so we NEED your help!!
In January we will host a second community night for the pickup of Marfa's bills by artist Mel Chin.

Ballroom Marfa
The Fundred Dollar Bill Project
12 November 2009, 4pm - 7pm

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Marfa Library

Description:

Friends of the Marfa Public Library meet at 5:30pm at the Library. The grand re-opening of the library will be Thursday, Nov 19. Plans for the day long celebration will be discussed and volunteers are needed

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Big Bend Ranch State Park

Description:

Big Bend Ranch State Park Fiesta
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department hosts a day long Fiesta on Saturday, November 14 to celebrate expanded recreational opportunities at Texas' largest and wildest state park.

To reserve a camp site during the fiesta, call Big Bend Ranch State Park at 432-358-4444. To learn more about the state park and the fiesta activities, visit the TPWD web site.

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Circle Dug Ranch

Description:

Wilderness First Aid Course
November 14-16
Presented by The Expedition School

This course is designed specifically for those who work and/or live in remote areas where Emergency Medical Service (EMS) response is delayed 30 minutes or more. Typically when help is delayed, the rescuer spends more time sustaining the patient and/or evacuating the patient to a safer environment than in an urban setting. This course provides information on how to respond to those wilderness medical emergencies and trains students to recognize the signs and symptoms of various maladies.

We will discuss the most typical dangers that apply to your environment and create scenarios that best simulate a true emergency that may arise in your area. Class will be held at Circle Dug Ranch, Candelaria, TX.

For more information, visit
www.Expedition School.com

Location:

209 West El Paso St

Description:

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 14th- DAVID GARZA!!! Austin's coolest pop-rocker returns to Padre's Marfa! 9 PM showtime for the most rocking night of your November. $7 cover

Time:

10:00am

Location:

Under the canopy next to the railroad tracks

Description:

Visit FarmStand Marfa every Saturday through the summer - under the canopy next to the railroad tracks on Highland Street. Fresh produce, baked goods, crafts, artwork and more.

10-11am on Saturday.

Location:

Circle Dug Ranch

Description:

Wilderness First Aid Course
November 14-16
Presented by The Expedition School

This course is designed specifically for those who work and/or live in remote areas where Emergency Medical Service (EMS) response is delayed 30 minutes or more. Typically when help is delayed, the rescuer spends more time sustaining the patient and/or evacuating the patient to a safer environment than in an urban setting. This course provides information on how to respond to those wilderness medical emergencies and trains students to recognize the signs and symptoms of various maladies.

We will discuss the most typical dangers that apply to your environment and create scenarios that best simulate a true emergency that may arise in your area. Class will be held at Circle Dug Ranch, Candelaria, TX.

For more information, visit
www.Expedition School.com

Location:

Marfa Book Co

Description:

Monday Night Movies at the Marfa Book Co, Program 12, 7PM Sharp:
The Whole Shootin' Match, Eagle Pennell, 1978, 109'
A Texas myth revisited with contentious discussion led by TJ and Roscoe on one side of the aisle, Ralph and Joe Cash opposing. Eagle Pennell's first feature details the tragic-comic struggles of two small-time
schemers, Loyd and Frank, desperate to land their big break. Through its
anecdotal narrative and fresh observation of its characters, the film intimately
captures a time and place (Austin, Texas 1977) with its atmospheric
photography and rough-hewn charm.

Location:

Circle Dug Ranch

Description:

Wilderness First Aid Course
November 14-16
Presented by The Expedition School

This course is designed specifically for those who work and/or live in remote areas where Emergency Medical Service (EMS) response is delayed 30 minutes or more. Typically when help is delayed, the rescuer spends more time sustaining the patient and/or evacuating the patient to a safer environment than in an urban setting. This course provides information on how to respond to those wilderness medical emergencies and trains students to recognize the signs and symptoms of various maladies.

We will discuss the most typical dangers that apply to your environment and create scenarios that best simulate a true emergency that may arise in your area. Class will be held at Circle Dug Ranch, Candelaria, TX.

For more information, visit
www.Expedition School.com

Location:

Hotel Paisano

Description:

The Texas AgriLife Extension Service in Presidio, Brewster, and Jeff Davis Counties will host a program titled "Water Harvesting and Quality & Winter Gardening" on November 18, 2009. The event will take place at the Hotel Paisano Ballroom with registration to begin at 8:30 a.m.
Topics highlighted at this program will include: Winter Gardening Tips and Native Plant Selection for Fall/Winter Color presented by Debbie Benge, Ector County Horticulture Agent. Also, What's in Your Water? and Water and Wildlife presented by District 6 Extension Water Specialist Gary Bryant.
Billy Kniffen, Extension Water Harvesting and Resource Specialist, will present a Basic Water Catchment Overview and Rainwater for Home Use. The program will also include a variety of water catchment resources. The end of the program will inlclude traveling to the MAC Building in Marfa for an update and overview of the Rainwater Collection system and landscaping.
This program is free of charge. If you have questions about this program please call Presidio County Extension Agent Jesse Lea Schneider at 432-729-4746 or Brewster/Jeff Davis County Extension Agent Logan Boswell at 432-837-6207.

Time:

6:30pm

Location:

Hotel Paisano

Description:

Chamber of Commerce monthly board meeting

Location:

Marfa Public Library, Oak St

Description:

The Marfa Public Library celebrates its grand reopening from 11am to 6:30pm. Everyone is invited. There will be music, food and giveaways with the day culminating with the following celebration ceremony beginning at 5:30pm.

Welcome and Introductions -
Evelyn Luciani, President of Friends of the Marfa Public Library.

Our New Library: A Short History of the Renovation Project
Gary Oliver, President of the Library Board of Advisors

Portrait of Mary Davis Presentation
Mary Davis was a driving force behind the renovation of the libarary. She was also the first president of the Friends of Marfa Public Library. A new portrait of her has been painted by Emily Hocker and will be presented to the Library by the former Chairman of the Board of Advisors, Rena Kelly.

Recognition of Service -
The Friends of the Library have arranged for the presentation of small gifts of appreciation to Board members, staff and others.
Valerie Arber, Secretary Friends of the Marfa Public Library

The Importance of Libraries -
State Representative Pete Gallego

Closing Remarks
Dun Dunlap, Mayor, City of Marfa

Official Opening of the Library & Ribbon Cutting
Dun Dunlap, Mayor and Gloria Applegate, Director of Marfa Public Library

Location:

209 West El Paso St

Description:

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 21st- GRUPO EXITO at Padre's- Marfa's best conjunto, cumbia, country and rock band is making waves throughout West Texas. They're back for another night of dancing and great regional music tonight. 9PM showtime, $5 cover.

Time:

10:00am

Location:

Under the canopy next to the railroad tracks

Description:

Visit FarmStand Marfa every Saturday through the summer - under the canopy next to the railroad tracks on Highland Street. Fresh produce, baked goods, crafts, artwork and more.

10-11am on Saturday.

Location:

Marfa Book Co

Description:

Mock up on Mu, Craig Baldwin, 2008, 110ï¿½
Science-fiction, pulp and underground culture interwoven into a glorious foundfootage
spectacle film by the master of the narrative collage Craig Baldwin. High
time somebody started a fan club! Years after the masterful films Tribulation
99: Alien Anomalies Under America, Oh No Coronado, and Sonic Outlaws,
there's another new found-footage spectacle film by the master of the narrative
collage, Craig Baldwin. For those not familiar with his approach, he constructs
his films using an extensive collection of found film material from the 1950s,
1960s and 1970s from various scientific, informative and obscure Hollywood
films. Scenes and fragments that reflect the paranoia of that age are combined
with fiction shot in a matching style in order to create a hybrid film universe of
science fiction, pulp and underground culture. In Mock up on Mu, several real
figures from the American West Coast subculture play the leading roles: Jack
Parsons, prototype crazy scientist and inventor of rocket fuel, L. Ron Hubbard,
SF writer and later founder of Scientology, and Marjorie Cameron, beatnik artist
and mother of the new-age movement, with in the background their shared
relationship with the occultism of Aleister Crowley. Baldwin forges all these
mainly true stories into a hyperbolic allegory about increasing militarism in
space and the commercial sell-out of the personal yearning for interpretation and
leisure. (EvtH, IFFR)

Location:

Blue Javelina

Description:

Thanksgiving Buffet at Blue Javelina
Thursday, November 26
1:00 ï¿½ 4:00 p.m.
$40 per person (children ages 5-12, $20)
Includes traditional turkey and trimmings and other dishes with a twist; coffee, tea and desserts.

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Wine Bar at Marfa Guest Quarters

Description:

The Wine Bar at Marfa Guest Quarters
Will be open 1pm to 8pm on Thanksgiving Day.
Special on Thanksgiving will be Turkey soup, turkey salad, and turkey sandwiches and maybe a side of stuffing. Our bar menu features appetizers, soups, salads, vegetarian options.

Location:

Hotel Paisano

Description:

Jett's Grill at the Hotel Paisano
will be offering two seatings for Thanksgiving.
Noon and 2 p.m.
Reservations are required.
Thanksgiving menu: spinach & orange salad, herb roasted turkey, apricot glazed ham, cream cheese mashed potatoes, cornbread stuffing, fresh green beans, giblet gravy, homemade cranberry sauce, pecan & pumpkin pies.
$25.00 per person.

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Padre's Marfa, 209 W El Paso

Description:

THANKSGIVING NIGHT!- ELEMENT!!! From Lubbock TX- born in Chicago, IL with that down home greasy sound of FUNK and SOUL! A Padre's treat and favorite- DO NOT MISS THIS SHOW!! 8:00 showtime 'til Midnight- $10 cover

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Marfa Table

Description:

Marfa Table will be open on Thanksgiving from 7am-3pm serving breakfast and lunch. Marfa Table is at 109 S Highland Ave between Marfa Book Co and the Marfa Public Radio studio.

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209 West El Paso

Description:

FRIDAY NOV 27th- The DRY CREEK DIGGERS! FREE SHOW! Gary Oliver and the boys take the Padre's stage for a great night of danceable acoustic folk and rock music. Come on out!

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Galleri Urbane

Description:

Book Signing and Photo Exhibit at Galleri Urbane. Marfa Book Co and Galleri Urbane invite you to a book signing Friday, November 27th, 6 - 8 PM at Galleri Urbane. Michael Berman will be signing copies of "Trinity," his new photo-book collaboration with Charles Bowden. The gallery will feature many of the works included in the book.

Location:

Apache Trading Post, Alpine

Description:

James Bunnell, former NASA engineer, will be autographing his new book, "Hunting Marfa Lights" at Apache Trading Post in Alpine. Bring your out of town relatives out to visit with this former Marfa resident and learn more about those mystery lights. Bunnell will preview his video footage of the lights taken from his numerous stationary cameras ans answer any questions.
Friday, Nov 27 & Saturday Nov 28 1-4 p.m.

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Masonic Hall, Marfa

Description:

Artists Holiday Bazaar, Nov 27 & 28, noon till 5pm. Unique art, crafts and gifts by Marfa Artists. At the Masonic Hall Building on Highland Avenue across from the Hotel Paisano.

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CDRI, Fort Davis

Description:

Thanksgiving Open House at Chihuahuan Desert Research Institute, Hwy 118 in Fort Davis. Friday & Saturday, November 27 & 28 9 AM-5 PM. Admission-free for all visitors
Take a brisk walk through the canyon or find that perfect gift in the Leapin' Lizards Nature Shop. Guided hikes are planned for 1:00 PM on Friday and 10:00 AM on Saturday. Stop by the Visitors' Center for maps, cookies, and hot chocolate. Admission is free for everyone!

Location:

Padre's Marfa

Description:

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 28th- The MOONDOGS of Marfa return for a rocking dance party! Classic rock, oldies and more from Marfa's favorite rock and roll band. 9PM showtime, $5 cover charge.

Location:

Marfa Book Co

Description:

Reading at the Marfa Book Co. Jean Valentine, Lannan Writer-in-Residence and winner
of the National Book award for Poetry (2004), will be reading from new work. Those who attended her recent reading with Kate Greenstreet will be waiting for another chance to hear her new translations from
Marina Tsvetaeva's work. Excellent. 6pm.

Location:

CDRI, Fort Davis

Description:

Thanksgiving Open House at Chihuahuan Desert Research Institute, Hwy 118 in Fort Davis. Friday & Saturday, November 27 & 28 9 AM-5 PM. Admission-free for all visitors
Take a brisk walk through the canyon or find that perfect gift in the Leapin' Lizards Nature Shop. Guided hikes are planned for 1:00 PM on Friday and 10:00 AM on Saturday. Stop by the Visitors' Center for maps, cookies, and hot chocolate. Admission is free for everyone!

Location:

Apache Trading Post, Alpine

Description:

James Bunnell, former NASA engineer, will be autographing his new book, "Hunting Marfa Lights" at Apache Trading Post in Alpine. Bring your out of town relatives out to visit with this former Marfa resident and learn more about those mystery lights. Bunnell will preview his video footage of the lights taken from his numerous stationary cameras ans answer any questions.
Friday, Nov 27 & Saturday Nov 28 1-4 p.m.

Location:

Masonic Hall, Marfa

Description:

Artists Holiday Bazaar, Nov 27 & 28, noon till 5pm. Unique art, crafts and gifts by Marfa Artists. At the Masonic Hall Building on Highland Avenue across from the Hotel Paisano.

Location:

215 N Highland Ave

Description:

The Marfa Chamber of Commerce
Invites you to a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
For Main Street Marfa Gift Shop
11am
Saturday, November 28

215 N Highland Avenue

Please join us as we welcome a new business to Marfa

Time:

10:00am

Location:

Under the canopy next to the railroad tracks

Description:

Visit FarmStand Marfa every Saturday through the summer - under the canopy next to the railroad tracks on Highland Street. Fresh produce, baked goods, crafts, artwork and more.

10-11am on Saturday.

Location:

Marfa Book Co

Description:

Monday Night Movies at the Marfa Book Co, 7PM Sharp:
Radio On... Christopher Petit, 1979, 102'
Christopher Petit's post-punk journey RADIO ON (1979) has been a cult film
since its initial release and is one of the most striking feature debuts in British
cinema - a haunting blend of edgy mystery story and existential road movie,
crammed with eerie evocations of English landscape and weather. Co-produced by Wim Wenders and featuring Sting's first film performance, RADIO ON is austere in narrative and captures the lurking disenchantment of the British youth movements of the time.
For the first time since its brief, original release, RADIO ON is available again.
The film was recently restored by the British Film Institute and enjoyed
accolades in the press as well as sold-out screenings around the UK and Europe.