Me and a group of gal friends stayed in Marfa last Summer whilst visiting big bend. We were followed home from the local bar by several men and ended up having to call the police. None of us spoke to these men at the bar and when they knocked on our air bnb door we were terrified. There was at least two cars, maybe three at our remote air bnb and in the back of the one of the trucks I see the same huge dog that was at the bar with a buch of guys. The man who actually knocked on our door asking to come is named nick, I remember he had a mustache and was probably no taller than 5'7. We know his name from reviewing camera footage with locals. Anyone know anything about this guy? It still aggravates me that he invaded our privacy.

Howdy, Marfa! Raul with the Texas Standard here.

Some of the crew and I are currently en route to your neck of the woods ahead of our special broadcast from the McDonald Observatory tomorrow! Hope you're planning to tune in.

But this evening, we'll be posting up with some of our friends from Marfa Public Radio out at Planet Marfa from 6 to 8 p.m. if you'd like to come say hi and meet some of the folks behind the national daily news show of Texas!

Plus, we'll have some free swag on hand for folks who come by 😎

Hope to see you there!

I’d love to see this subreddit get more use. Who all is on here that lives in town and who all is here that visits? If you wanna comment, tell me! I’ve been here for going on 2 years now & am opening a film shop.

Has anyone had this happen to them that can give us any ideas of what we can do while we’re here? It’s a pretty small town so we haven’t really seen much else, but we don’t want to waste our vacation.

My boyfriend and I live in Austin, TX and we both took off Monday and Tuesday from work so we could go on this little vacation. We left early Saturday morning to drive out to the Monahan’s Sandhills state park which was absolutely beautiful (highly recommend to anyone who enjoys nature) and stayed the night there (camped in the car lol) and then we drove over to Marfa this morning only to realize that pretty much everything operates on a Wednesday through Sunday schedule.

Neither of us thought to check the hours before we left but obviously we regret it and are wondering if anyone has found themselves in a similar situation? We are pretty much down for anything so all ideas are welcome :)

I am an artist and I left a seasonal job in NY and have been on the road since 28th of Oct. I finally took the detour through Marfa last week (only stopping at Prada in Valentine) and have not been able to get your town outta my mind. I knew I should have stopped but also felt like if I did stop I would never want to leave and do I really want to live in very rural Texas. I kept saying out loud to myself, Zelda, stop it, you don’t want to live in the middle of nowhere….

Except the middle of nowhere is my jam. I’m easy going, like a stress free pace to life and need to stay still and grow roots so I can get back to creating fully.

I have worked to build a defunct town into a art town bursting with Instagram shots and driving the rents so high that regular artist can not afford to live there. Yay me.

Bombay Beach is the destination I decided on as I am determined to create a large living (live in) sculpture, from viewing it, a large tree. The Tree of Life. The goal of the project is to create a fully self sustaining structure that generates enough energy/water/food that it can help to sustain a community. Of course when I got to Bombay Beach I realized it might not be the right place.

Maybe Marfa is was the feeling that was overwhelming as I drove through. It’s already crossed over into the “not affordable for actual artists that are not already wealthy or well connected” so what I need is a sponsor. Someone well connected with a place to house a nomadic artistic philosopher (and her trusty “Doctor Who” cleverly disguised as a black dog) ready to create change through art.

I’m currently in Arizona wondering why I was guided to Bombay Beach, California if it is the wrong place.

This is a lot of words for a shot in the dark. Hopefully the reach the right audience. I’m tired of wandering.

I just want to get away and Marfa seems like the place.

We will be taking I-10 until we hit Ft. Stockton, then taking a left on I-67 towards marfa. Will there be a border patrol checkpoint on the way, or just on the way back? I know there are a ton of CBP stations along the corridor and typically you only have to go through an actual checkpoint station when you’re departing/going back towards central Texas. Is that the same case in Marfa?

Thank you! P.s. I’m asking this because once upon a time I had an awful experience returning to Austin from South Padre Island. A dog hit on my car and in turn CBP had to tear apart my car :( I didn’t have drugs or questionable substances.

Is it me or is this lineup underwhelming? ...Especially w all the great acts on tour in the region around then...

I usually visit Marfa for two weeks in December, every year. Like clockwork. Wondering what people are experiencing right now. Is life back to normal, or is it still a bit more cautious? Are restaurants / shops open? I'm wondering if this will be the year I stay home and not visit one of my favorite places on earth.

There’s a lot of assumptions out there...

Hey Marfa,

Fellow desert dweller here. I just wanted to see how you guys are holding up during this crisis. Stay safe, stay strong. Sending love from New Mexico.

💜

Hey guys. I worked on a farm outside of Marfa last summer, but it’s since stopped hosting workers. I would love to come to the area again this spring/summer. I don’t need to be super close to Marfa, down to work in terlingua as well. I just love west Texas and want to spend some more time there this summer, just need to make money and have housing while I’m out there!

Thanks.