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Presidio rocketry team focus of CBS News story
May 14th, 2012
CBS News reporters travelled to Presidio to document the Presidio High School rocketry team and their teacher/coach Shella Condino. See the video below.
Slideshow: Feist
April 26th, 2012
Did you hear? Feist was in town last night. Canadian singer-songwriter and indie rock superstar, Feist, performed to a sold out crowd at the Crowley Theater in Marfa Wednesday night. Ballroom Marfa, Marfa Public Radio and the Marfa Book Company sponsored the event. The musician even invited couples to dance on stage as she and …
Slideshow: Outernational
April 16th, 2012
Fresh off a successful SXSW, New York City band Outernational is taking their music to the border. As part of thier ‘Todos somos ilegales’ tour, the band stopped in Marfa on their way to El Paso and Arizona.
Slideshow: Eleanor Friedberger performance
March 29th, 2012
Ballroom Marfa hosted musician Eleanor Friedberger for a weeklong residency and recording session in Marfa. Friedberger’s residency ended with a music performance at the Crowley Theatre last Saturday. Friedberger, who with her brother, is a member of the band The Fiery Furnaces. Opening the music performance was Josh Wise of The French Kicks.
Local chef serves up oysters
March 21st, 2012
Local chef, Rocky Barnette, along with Riley O’Bryan, served up oysters last weekend at El Cosmico to kick-off the St. Patrick’s Day celebration.
The two chefs plate oysters. (photo by ALBERTO TOMAS HALPERN)
Barnette and O'Bryan shuck oyster shells. (photo by ALBERTO TOMAS HALPERN)
Video: Canseco, GOP freshmen treat big donors at resort
March 20th, 2012
United States Representative Francisco Canseco, along with fellow GOP freshmen, wined and dined big donors recently at a fancy resort. CBS News broke the story this past weekend. Below is the video report. Check back with Big Bend Now later this week for a story.
Photo: Tonalism
March 12th, 2012
An all-night, ambient music happening took place last Saturday on the grounds of El Cosmico. Tonalism, the dusk-till-dawn event that combines harmonious textures in a surround sound system with visual elements to create an immersive atmosphere and experience, was inspired by La Monte Young’s “Dream House” as well as the work of musicians …
Photo: Leadership Big Bend
February 23rd, 2012
The Leadership Big Bend class of 2011-2012 was in Marfa last week and visited the offices of The Big Bend Sentinel, The Presidio International, and bigbendnow.com. The mission of Leadership Big Bend is to develop leaders for the tri-county region. For more information, see www.leadershipbigbend.org/index.htm.
Class members and their sponsoring organizations …
Photo: Lujan signs with ASU
February 20th, 2012
Marfa High School student athlete senior Jarett Lujan, center, signs a letter of intent to run track at Angelo State University in San Angelo in the fall, where he will major in biology and pre-medicine. His parents are, from left, Johnny and Tina Lujan. The signing took place Monday afternoon at Gregg …
Video: Gallego TribLIve conversation, full version
February 14th, 2012
Texas State Representative and congressional candidate Pete Gallego spoke to Texas Tribune CEO Evan Smith on a range of issues. Gallego is seeking the the Texas Congressional District 23 seat in the United States House of Representatives. The district stretches from San Antonio to Far West Texas. Below is the full conversation.