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Hot Burrito To-Go Weekend in Marfa
Ready for your indie-rock weekend getaway?
"...Taco Bell promotion, the Hot Burrito To-Go Weekend in Marfa comes out of Austin courtesy of the Spider House..."

Aug. 31, 2012 Music Post by Zoe Cordes Selbin

'Far Marfa' Captures the Romance of West Texas Outpost
Stateside Independent hosts film's Austin premiere tonight
"...It is almost too obvious to state that Marfa is both a place of being and an act..."

Feb. 25, 2013 Screens Post by Louis Black

In Which We Smoked Marfa Lights
A trip, guns blazing, out West
"...I wanted to drive a Mini Cooper out to Marfa for a few days and stay in a trailer..."

April 14, 2011 Music Post by Audra Schroeder

Starving and Art in Marfa, Texas
Sonic Youth plays Marfa, turns on the bright lights.
"...Liquors there) sets the mood for the drive into Marfa, a town that sneaks up on us, until we..."

Oct. 8, 2007 Music Post by Audra Schroeder

To Marfa, on a Tuesday in December
When high art and hipness move in, what happens to a tiny Texas town?
"...Marfa is a legend silk-screened on a trucker cap. I..."

Dec. 23, 2005 Arts Feature by Dan Keane

Media Watch: Marfa Ready for NPR?
An attempt to bring public radio to West Texas shows that no good deed goes unpunished
"...With much hoopla, Marfa Public Radio launched last February, backed by a group..."

Dec. 29, 2006 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Working People Can No Longer Afford to Live in Marfa
"...Dear Editor, After reading Morphing Marfa I felt as deflated as I did after leaving..."

Dec. 27, 2005 Postmarks

Marfa Bites
Take a break from Austin's humidity in Marfa's cool oases
"...A visit to Marfa affords many pleasures: spectacular high-desert scenery, vast starry skies,..."

July 2, 2010 Food Feature by MM Pack

Marfa Shadows: A Chef Brett Mystery
The culinary-themed mystery genre isn't new, but DeMers sidesteps the common 'cozy' into a world heavily influenced by noirs
"...West Texas roots to run a fine-dining restaurant in Marfa. There he finds himself sucked into a complicated and..."

June 25, 2010 Food Feature by MM Pack

Day Trips: The Sentinel, Marfa
Hip restaurant and bar is home to local newspapers
"...ultrahip coffee shop, bar, restaurant, and art gallery in Marfa. The bright-white stucco walls with the terra cotta trim..."

July 29, 2022 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Visitor From Holland Had a Great Time in Marfa
"...for a review on the opening night of the Marfa Film Festival, just to see if there were any..."

May 22, 2008 Postmarks

Uchibā Opens, Mission Burger’s Second Location Opens, Fresa’s Third Location Opens, Austin Confectioners Fight Breast Cancer, the Taco Mafia’s on PBS, Marfa Comes to Kalimotxo, and More
All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering
"...you early that a team from the acclaimed Alta Marfa Winery & Vineyard is traveling all the way from..."

Oct. 4, 2023 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Day Trips: El Cosmico, Marfa
The alternative hotel of tepees, yurts, safari tents, and retro trailers is funky, fun, and functional
"...to rest in the desert. The alternative hotel in Marfa is a tribal oasis for wandering souls, and all..."

Nov. 24, 2017 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Must-Visits in Marathon, Alpine, and Marfa
"...Marfa, TX 79843..."

Jan. 19, 2007 Food Feature

Newcomers Changing Marfa for the Worst
"...Someone finally mentions the people that have been in Marfa for generations and how the influx of new "residents"..."

Jan. 12, 2006 Postmarks

Uchibā Opens, Mission Burger’s Second Location Opens, Fresa’s Third Location Opens, Austin Confectioners Fight Breast Cancer, the Taco Mafia’s on PBS, Marfa Comes to Kalimotxo, and More
All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

Oct. 6, 2023 Food Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

Faster Than Sound: A Festival Blooms in the Desert
Amid concern over a new C3 festival, homegrown Marfa Myths strives to grow with the Texas city
"...Lampooned by The Simpsons and heralded by Anthony Bourdain, Marfa remains a cacti-embellished arts haven. So, when ACL Fest..."

May 3, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Day Trips & Beyond: August Events Roundup
Finish out a hot summer with a cool adventure
"...Stay cool in August at the Marfa Lights, a spelunking adventure in New Braunfels, or on..."

Aug. 3, 2022 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Have Food, Will Travel
West Texas' wee oasis of fine dining is just six hours of driving from Austin
"...The tiny West Texas towns of Marathon and Marfa never cease to amaze me. I go there to..."

July 24, 2009 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

Round-Trip
Filmmakers and filmgoers make the journey from Austin to Marfa, with an ever-expanding footprint
"...hours west, under the moonlight-tower-less skies that shine over Marfa and its third annual film festival...."

May 14, 2010 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

You Can Leave Your Hat On
Watching movies in Marfa
"...gathered to watch the nearly 50 films of the Marfa Film Festival's maiden voyage. From May 1 through 5,..."

May 9, 2008 Screens Feature by Jardine Libaire

“Teresa Hubbard/Alexander Birchler: Giant” at the Blanton Museum of Art
The film is good at showing the fate of the film set of Giant, but it leaves open the question of what’s happened to Marfa
"...juxtaposed with scenes of a decrepit movie set outside Marfa, Texas. Young female secretaries sit at their desks typing..."

Aug. 25, 2017 Arts Review by Sam Anderson-Ramos

CineMarfa Announces 2015 Lineup
Sci-fi in an out-of-this-world setting
"...It’s a long trip from Austin to Marfa, but the lineup of CineMarfa 2015 ventures even farther:..."

March 25, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Hop, Skip, 'Jump'
Ballroom Marfa reading series hosts Austin writer Andrew Lanham
"...for a unique public reading put on by Ballroom Marfa, a nonprofit cultural arts space situated in the West..."

March 25, 2011 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Day Trips & Beyond: Texas Travel
A trip planner for the month of March
"...Marfa Myths mixes music and film over three days, March..."

March 9, 2016 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Location, Location, Location
Previewing the Marfa Film Festival
"...to the next movie (or next line). But the Marfa Film Festival is a different beast altogether. Now in..."

April 30, 2010 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Nocturnal Animals
A dark meditation on regret and revenge
"...father is also played by Gyllenhaal – driving to Marfa for a vacation are attacked by a trio of..."

Nov. 18, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Children of Giant Speak
Children of Giant tells new stories about the film classic
"...Sixty years after Giant filmed in Marfa, Texas, and went on to become a great American..."

April 17, 2015 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Players' Guide
Space cowboys in Marfa, 'Angry Henry,' and how you can help Greenlight local developers
"...best games will be put on display at the Marfa Film Festival in early July. More jam info will..."

May 23, 2014 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Day Trips
The Chinati Foundation's museum in Marfa offers world-class art in the middle of nowhere
"...The Chinati Foundation's museum in Marfa is like no other art museum in Texas. The..."

May 9, 2008 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

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