Hitch a Ride on The Marfa Bullet

West Texas Desert Express from Austin to Marfa
Oct 9-11, 2009

I think I missed the scoop on this one. There may not be any seats available but this looks like a load of fun. Tickets include bevvies! 50 bucks roundtrip. If too late, you Austinites should keep it in mind for next year.

A limited number of first-come-first-serve seats are available on The Marfa Bullet’s maiden voyage! We’ll be riding in style from Austin to Marfa for the 4th Annual El Cosmico Gathering & The Chinati Foundation’s re-opening of Donald Judd’s freestanding works in concrete. Music (Patty Griffin, Ben Kweller, Heartless Bastards & more)Baseball (Austin's Texas Playboys vs Los Yonke Gallos de Marfa)Camping (bonfires under the desert stars)>> The Marfa Bullet’s complimentary road spirits are provided by Tito’s Vodka, Treaty Oak Rum, Sweet Leaf Tea, Zico Coconut Water & Lonestar Beer>> 21+>> $50 Round-Trip Road Fare on The Marfa Bullet (less than your Friday night bar tab)**Buy your tickets here for The Marfa Bullet.

Tonight : Reception for Chinati Artist-In-Residence

Alex Schweder makes art about architecture: the way we inhabit it, the way it inhabits us, and the sometimes porous border between the two. He refers to his work as "performance architecture" in order to emphasize the bodily nature of his objects and installations. Schweder was trained as an architect; he moved into art to better explore his interest in bodies in space and the space in bodies. In the artist's own words, his work investigates "the permeability between buildings and the bodies that occupy them. We construct our built world; it thereafter constructs us as occupying subjects."

Schweder's exhibitions at the Ice Plant and the Locker Plant were designed specifically for those locales, and both invite or allow for the active participation of visitors/viewers. Both exhibitions will be open Thursday evening from 7:00 to 9:00 PM. The Ice Plant will be open again Saturday night from 8:00 to 9:00 PM (and again on consecutive Saturday evenings—October 17, 24, and 31). The Locker Plant will be open this Saturday and Sunday from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM.

For more information, please contact: The Chinati Foundation

Reception: Julie Speed at Galleri Urbane

Saturday, 6 to 8:30 / Galleri Urbane

Asleep At The Wheel

The big weekend is here, and yes, I have been asleep at the wheel. No excuses; sometimes life just gets in the way.

This may be the best Open House weekend ever. We're looking forward to seeing all our old friends and meeting plenty of new ones.

Tonight: Bon Iver @ Crowley Theater

Ballroom Marfa is proud to present an intimate performance with Bon Iver on October 1st at the Crowley Theater. Bon Iver began as a private escape for musician Justin Vernon, former guitarist and vocalist for DeYarmond Edison. A social hibernation at his father's cabin in rural Wisconsin soon opened a floodgate of creativity that evolved into its own musical entity. Relying simply on his own voice, a Silvertone guitar, his brother's old drumset, and very few other instruments, Vernon used the basic recording equipment he had on hand to develop a series of lushly layered choral sounds backed by the subtle melodic ebbs of his acoustic guitar.

Thursday 1 October 2009 - The Crowley Theater

Doors 8pm, Show 9pm Tickets $2 available at the door.