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..."
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April 14, 2011 Music Post by Audra Schroeder
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
YACHT: Mystery Lights Over Shangri-La Exposed
Rob yaks with Jona and Claire of YACHT
"...commercial heights with the release of 2009's See Mystery Lights, inspired by the strange light phenomena in Marfa, Texas...."
April 18, 2011 Qmmunity Post by Rob Cohen
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
Day Trips
"...The Marfa Lights have been confounding residents and visitors as to..."
Aug. 30, 1996 Column by Gerald E. McLeod
Day Trips
Add these destinations to your checklist of must-do day trips
"...Take a trip to Marfa. Texas' town with the highest altitude has become an..."
Jan. 12, 2007 Column by Gerald E. McLeod
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
Day Trips
A guide to the Big Bend region of Texas
"...Marfa is an interesting artists colony with a major art..."
May 22, 2009 Column by Gerald E. McLeod
Day Trips: Four Favorites
Looking back at decades of "Day Trips" for the Chronicle's 40th
"...Marfa Lights, Marfa (No. 297, Aug. 30, 1996). I swear..."
Sept. 3, 2021 Column by Gerald E. McLeod
Changes in the Weather
As Burnt Orange cools down, UTFI heats up
"...Dot), country & western musical Austin Angel, and The Marfa Lights. The latter, which originally seemed pegged to be..."
Jan. 18, 2008 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell
On Leaving Paradise for an Oasis
An Austin foodie falls in love with Marathon and West Texas' other boutique towns
"...talk about the Big Bend, Terlingua, Study Butte, Lajitas, Marfa. They seemed like mythical names out of an old..."
Jan. 19, 2007 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón
El Paraiso
The Rude Mechs took a road trip to see the Marfa lights, and their journey has been translated by playwright Kirk Lynn, director Shawn Sides, and a gifted ensemble into a raucous, sweet, funny, fanciful meditation on the tension between desire and intellect, and heaven as embodied in the land called Texas.
"...trip across the Lone Star State to see the Marfa lights and along the way discovered something of what..."
May 17, 2002 Arts Review by Robert Faires
Day Trips
Captain Daytrips announces his own annual Best of (in the daytripping vicinity of) Austin awards.
"...of the West Texas natural phenomenon known as the Marfa Lights. To pull off the joke, the local newspaper..."
Sept. 15, 2000 Column by Gerald E. McLeod
Pipe Schemes
"...Seventies. For over 30 years, though, I've lived in Marfa, one of the communities in the Big Bend, now..."
June 23, 2015 Postmarks
Day Trips
"...Marfa Lights Festival in Marfa takes place around the courthouse..."
Aug. 25, 1995 Column
Film News
Burnt Orange has been living in a cave, while Texas looks to be trending toward Santos; plus, 'Ape Shit,' 'Chainsaw,' and 'The Breakdance Kid'
"...to Angel, as well as to Terrence Malick-produced The Marfa Lights, which is expected to be filmed in the..."
Oct. 21, 2005 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell
Freda & the Firedogs Reviewed
"...Freda & the Firedogs(Plug)Supernatural Family BandLubbock Lights (Akashic)The Contenders(Gadfly)Greezy Wheels"Finding Happiness"/"Monkey in the Church" (Tana)..."
Dec. 13, 2002 Music Review by Margaret Moser
Day Trips
"...evening with a 2,000-square-foot dance floor, filet mignon, twinkling lights, and the soul serenade of Elliot Fikes' saxophone, Sept...."
Aug. 27, 1999 Column by Gerald E. McLeod
Texas Titles in Toto
"..."Marfa Lights," Tom X. Hancock..."
Nov. 28, 2003 Music Feature
Alejandro Escovedo Album Review
La Cruzada (Yep Roc)
"...Ruiz share a mic on "Bandido Para Ti," a Marfa lights moment flashes across the entirety of The Crossing/La..."
Nov. 19, 2021 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez
Little Mazarn Album Review
Io (Self Sabotage)
"...Grammy-garnering hit, and their take on Country Willie Edwards' "Marfa Lights" feels appropriately sparse, Verrill's mention of the Texas..."
May 31, 2019 Music Feature by Libby Webster
Track Premiere: Little Mazarn’s “Vermont”
Ambient folk for moths
"...from a cover of underground troubadour Country Willie Edwards’ “Marfa Lights” and a spare reinterpretation of Bruce Springsteen’s “Dancing..."
April 29, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin
Paul Cauthen
"...intentionally elicits C&W crooners, but his songwriting cuts contemporary ("Marfa Lights," "Let It Burn"), so My Gospel represents Austin's..."
Oct. 21, 2016 Music Review by Doug Freeman
Day Trips: 25th Anniversary
10 favorite "Day Trips" out of 1,290
"...Texas stories has been the natural phenomenon of the Marfa lights. Since covered wagons, people have tried to explain..."
April 15, 2016 Column by Gerald E. McLeod
Playback: Long in the Tooth
Songwriting 101 from Billy Joe Shaver
"..."Playback" highlights from last weekend:..."
Aug. 1, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin
The Prodigy & the Prodigal
Sons of the Fathers Beck & Cauthen ally beyond neo-Americana
"...Days evokes boot-scooting at the Dixie Chicken, watching the Marfa lights, and summiting Enchanted Rock. Onstage, it bursts into..."
March 29, 2013 Music Feature by Melanie Haupt
Film News
Tall tales of the Texas film industry
"...set to star and produce... All bets are on Marfa Lights to be the next film from University of..."
July 14, 2006 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell
Burnt Orange to Tell 'Children's Story'
A tale of two 12-year-old runaways is the next project
from Burnt Orange Productions, the for-profit film arm
of the University of Texas Film Institute
"...this week. The other project on the burner is Marfa Lights, which is likely to go before cameras in..."
Feb. 11, 2005 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell
Short Cuts
This week: Burnt Orange, Blood Shots, and 'Slacker'; plus, Travis the Dancin' Fool
"...first trio of projects (Austin Angel, Dot, and The Marfa Lights) was announced over the summer, with Dot scheduled..."
Sept. 24, 2004 Screens Column by Marc Savlov
Coffeetable Books
Dream On
"...business, Judge Roy Bean, the weather, Clayton Williams, the Marfa lights, Stanley Marsh 3, colorful small towns, unusual restaurants,..."
Dec. 24, 1999 Books Feature by Dick Holland
University of Texas Tower
