Robinson Jeffers Poetry Slam
Marfa, TexasBallroom Marfa and The Friends of the Marfa Public Library present THE NEXT READ: Marfa Reads the Poetry of Robinson Jeffers.
Ballroom Marfa and The Friends of the Marfa Public Library present THE NEXT READ: Marfa Reads the Poetry of Robinson Jeffers.
Chicago Underground Duo is a critically acclaimed avant-garde jazz duo consisting of cornetist Rob Mazurek and Chad Taylor, both stalwarts on the Chicago Jazz front.
The event will begin at the Marfa National Bank at 4:00 pm for our official welcome to Mel Chin and his Fundred Guards.
Curated by Ballroom Marfa's Associate Curator Alicia Ritson, In Lieu of Unity brings together artists from Mexico whose practices are marked by ongoing explorations of social relations.
Ballroom Marfa proudly presents a live music performance by the Mexican Institute of Sound on March 28, celebrating In Lieu of Unity's opening weekend.
Yeasayer, formed in 2006 by members Anand Wilder, Chris Keating, and Ira Wolf Tuton, came to national attention in early 2007 at the SXSW festival.
As part of Making Art Work, we hosted an in-class visit by the band Yeasayer at Marfa High School.
Jeff Fort & Marion Barthelme, in conjunction with Marfa Public Radio and Ballroom Marfa, warmly invite you to a very special evening with renowned classical pianist Sarah Rothenberg.
The Chinati Foundation and Marfa ISD, in collaboration with Ballroom Marfa and Friends of the Marfa Public Library, will host a public program and reception in honor of Marfa Junior/Senior High School's release of a new collection of student poetry.
Ballroom Marfa is excited to announce our participation in the second iteration of No Soul for Sale, A Festival of Independents, which will be hosted by the Tate Modern, London as part of its 10th anniversary celebrations.
Ballroom Marfa presents an evening under the stars with Grouper, the recording and performing project of Liz Harris, on May 30, 2010. Musician and artist Adam Bork opens the show.
Join us September 17-19, 2010 for our first conference about the border, Marfa Dialogues/Diálogos en Marfa.
Join us September 18, 2010 at Padre's Marfa for La Santa Cecilia, playing as part of our Marfa Dialogues conference. 9 pm. Free!
Ballroom Marfa is pleased to announce the opening of Immaterial, an exhibition that will focus on the physical and psychic tensions between form, color, and space across varied visual and structural mediums. Open October 2, 2010 - February 20, 2011.
Join us for a live music performance by Ty Segall, followed by a DJ set by Boom Bip, on October 2, 2010, in honor of our Immaterial opening.
On Saturday, November 20, 2011, Ballroom Marfa presents The Rat Trap Ball featuring Austin band, The Royal Butchers. It's a dance party!
For our second annual New Year's film program, we'll show Jean Cocteau's avant-garde film The Blood of a Poet, accompanied by a live score by Eluvium, at the Masonic Lodge on January 1, 2011.
Please join us this Monday, January 10, 2011, for a panel discussion, "Red-Haired Stepchild: Making Visual Art in New Orleans," with curator Dan Cameron and artists Skylar Fein, Srdjan Loncar, and Dan Tague, from our upcoming exhibition, The World According to New Orleans. The Masonic Lodge, 6 pm.
Please join us for a special performance by three-time Grammy Award-winning solo guitarist, Sharon Isbin, on Monday, February 14, 2011 at the Crowley Theater. Doors open at 6 pm; show begins at 6:30 pm.