Events

Ballroom Marfa continued its support of the art of independent filmmaking with three special screenings in December.

A screening of three films by artist Peter Doig. The series was produced in the spirit of Peter Doig and artists Che Lovelace’s StudioFilmClub, a weekly Trinidad film club that screened independent, Caribbean and foreign language films.

A community-wide talent show of all ages, featuring acts from across the tri-county region. Pachanga featured animal acts, barbershop quartets, singers and dancers. Prizes were awarded by local celebrity judges.

A performance by Jenny Lewis, front-woman of the band Rilo Kiley. Lewis performed material from her debut album, Rabbit Fur Coat, backed by Louisville sirens The Watson Twins. An evening of soul, vintage folk, and lyrics Elvis Costello has hailed as “among the best being written today.”

Get Your War On is the hilarious and timely theater adaptation of David Rees’ internet comic strip of the same name. Get Your War On savagely attacks the irreverent nationalism of Post-9/11 America. Director Shawn Sides translated the simplicity of the cartoon phenomenon from the page to the stage.

A screening of Robert Irwin: The Beauty of Questions as part of the 2006 Chinati Open House.

A reading from Lannan writer in residence, Linh Dinh. Dinh is a Vietnamese-American poet, fiction writer, translator, and photographer. He was a 1993 Pew Fellow.

Robert Irwin, the featured artist of Open House 2006, gave a lecture on his work and process.

A screening of the documentary, Marfa Voices: An Audio Slideshow. Donald Judd’s daughter, Rainer Judd, created the documentary.

The crew chief of the survey party discussed the ground survey, artifact identification and related topics of the Chihuahua Road.

Swiss-American musician Erica Stuckey performed in her cabaret, narrative style. While Texas is known for its longhorns, Stuckey “introduced the alphorn to Far West Texas.”

A screening of three films by artist Peter Doig. The series was produced in the spirit of Peter Doig and artists Che Lovelace’s StudioFilmClub, a weekly Trinidad film club that screened independent, Caribbean and foreign language films.

A dance performance by Jennifer Keller and Nina Martin.

This improvisational performance featured Leanne Zacharias on cello and Ian Peaston on an electric violin.

Schuyler Fisk, the daughter of Sissy Spacek and Jack Fisk, played a folk set and was joined by her mother on stage.