Big Bend Live Music for the week of Mar 11th-18th.
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Big Bend Live Music for the week of Mar 11th-18th. –Update: I’d like to remind everybody that September 19th is International Talk Like a Pirate Day. Click here to learn more about this fun and unusual holiday. –UPDATE: I Try not to beg and plead too much, but PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE visit Jason Bush Cancer Fund and donate something. Any amount, no matter how small, [...] –A gigantic thank you to Jimmy Patterson of the Midland Reporter Telegram. He wrote about me for the paper. Click here to read the article. He also hosts the excellent blog Sticky Doorknobs. Thanks for a great interview, Jimmy! –What a busy weekend! Fort Davis National Historic Site will have lots of exciting stuff this weekend. I’m interested in the the baseball game played by 1884 rules. Also there will be a Trash Can Cavelry presentation and a small arms demonstration. Click here to find out more. Also, stop by Old Fort Country; there [...] –In regard to the website West Texas Police State, I received the following e-mail from Guilford Jones: “I think it’s a great site to monitor the doings of the agencies charged with serving and protecting us. It appears to me that these law enforcement deputies and others are still drunk with the power ostensibly given [...] –I can’t get enough of the burgers at Alicia’s Cafe. I always get a cheeseburger with a side order of chili macho. The hand-cut french fries are amazing. If you’re just stopping in town for the first time and want really authentic Alpine food, come in. “This young male black bear had been hanging around the parking lot and the restaurant area of the Chisos Mountain Lodge in Big Bend National Park on Monday AM … He actually came back to the window 2 or 3 times. When he started to stand on his hind legs and push on the windows [...] Update: From Texas Highways: “Oh, yes, and a trip to West Texas, where you can escape summer’s blaze in unlikely places. Perhaps you’re thinking the mercury has gone to my head, and that I’m confused, or worse, clearly crazy. But bear with me: West Texas boasts two of the most pleasant places to hang [...] KRTS Studios during election week Marfa Public Radio is radio for Far West Texas and can be found on your radio dial at 93.5 fm. KRTS provides radio that unites the community and promotes cultural enrichment through presentation and focus on the importance of art, education, quality of life and the local economy. –A fan sent in the following picture taken by Charles Smith. This pleasant little javelina walked into the Chuckwagon in Fort Davis. Evidently, he just pushed open the screen door and entered nonchalantly as patrons ate their brisket plates. Wildfires in the Big Bend: Wildfire in the Park REGIONAL TEXAS BUSINESS BURGLARIZED BY MONKEY FOCUS ON FORT DAVIS Southern Living: Wide Open in West Texas [Big Bend Live Music is a new feature brought to you by Matt Hodges, Contributing Editor Music. If you have a gig you'd like to share with the world, email him at matt.hodges@live.com] July 17th Brown Betty at The Railroad Blues, 10:00 PM Area children are invited to participate in Junior Ranger Day on the morning of Saturday, July 18, at Fort Davis National Historic Site. The event is free. Stop by Marfa Guest Quarters and help support KRTS. If you’re attending, RSVP on facebook. Stop by KRTS’s website and check out their programming. (Tom, get that RSS headline animator up!) You chose #7 by Margaret Cotter overwhelmingly as your favorite set. She received 77 votes. She will receive a gift certificate for The Mural Cafe and a Mug and T-shirt from Kiowa Gallery. She will also get the chance to write/photograph an exclusive feature for you. It might sound silly, but you can feel James Dean’s star power permeate this landmark fifty years after the fact. There is an ineffable glamor here that my video may not be able to capture. The only way to experience it is to visit yourself; stop by their website and make reservations so you can [...] TEXARKANA GUNSLINGERS… SOME COMPETITION FOR THE COWBOYS?!? Extra! West Texas Weekly interviews one of the brave men who fights fires using a helicopter. This footage was taken on April 23rd at the Alpine Municipal Airport as firefighters turned their attention from Fort Davis to south of Alpine. My sincere thanks to Matt and his crew for risking their lives for our safety. Make sure [...] Do you need a job, volunteer opportunity or internship? Apply to West Texas Weekly today. Interns for video reporting The Fort Davis Historical Society presents historian Lonn Taylor’s speech entitled “Texas and the Other 49” on Monday, May 18th, the details of which he is keeping a surprise. |
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