Multimedia
Video: Marfa artist ‘jumps in the line’
July 16th, 2012
Marfa artist Aureliano “Yano” Saul Rivera-Lerman was kind enough to share a video of him dancing to Harry Belafonte’s “Jump in the Line.” Please see a related story about Yano here.
Video: Alamito Creek flows
July 5th, 2012
Alamito Creek was flowing bank-to-bank yesterday after much needed rain fell from the heavens.
Video: Aviator’s maiden flight in home-built plane
June 27th, 2012
Chase Snodgrass, a Presidio resident, retired Border Patrol pilot, and lifelong aviator has completed construction on a kit built airplane. This is believed to be the first airplane to have been built in its entirety in Presidio. The first flight was on Tuesday, June 5, with Chase Snodgrass at the controls. Please see a
Photo: Border Patrol on the hunt
June 14th, 2012
A United States Border Patrol helicopter flys circles just off the ground between Marfa and Presidio recently.
Photo: Gospel show
May 31st, 2012
Caretta Bell and April Sloan-Hubert sing a spiritual during the gospel show celebrating Padre's third anniversary. (photo by ALBERTO TOMAS HALPERN)
Photos: Solar Eclipse
May 21st, 2012
On Sunday, May 20, the Sun and Moon teamed up to produce a brilliant ring of fire across the western United States. Known as an annular eclipse, the Moon was near its furthest point from Earth. This eclipse was part of the Saros cycle 128. The first eclipse in the series took place in the …
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.
