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Theatre of the Big Bend Slates 43rd Summer Season

The Theatre of the Big Bend Summer Repertory will perform three shows, beginning June 27.

The summer bill opens with the musical, “Cowgirls,” by Besty Howie and Mary Murfitt, followed by “Petra's Cuento,” the second play in Rupert Reyes, Jr.'s popular bilingual series, and ends with “Pecos Bill and the Ghost Stampede,” by Eric Coble.

All three shows offer fun and entertainment for all ages and audiences. “Cowgirls,” directed by Dona W. Roman, is a country versus classical music mash up about a famous country-western saloon in jeopardy of foreclosure. The women
of the saloon mistakenly hire a classical music trio in hopes to save the saloon. The misunderstanding leads to laughs, song and dance, and the coming together of two very different groups. Justin Badgerow will offer musical direction with vocal direction by Dr. Donald Callen Freed.

“Petra's Cuento,” directed by Liz Castillo, continues the story of the lovable, superstitious and somewhat meddlesome Petra as she tries to reconnect with her daughter and grandchildren after a worrisome visit to the doctor.

“Pecos Bill and the Ghost Stampede,” directed by Dr Keith West, is a larger than life, Pecos Bill tall-tale production the whole family can enjoy. Packed from beginning to end with action, laughs and the world's largest prairie dog, “Pecos Bill and the Ghost Stampede” is a show for the cowboy in all of us.

“Cowgirls” runs three weekends, June 27-July 13. “Petra's Cuento” runs three weekends, July 18-Aug. 3 and “Pecos Bill and the Ghost Stampede” runs our final weekend Aug. 8-10. Curtain time for all shows is 8:15 p.m.

For more information, contact 8218 or 888-722-SRSU (7778).

GREASEWOOD GALLERY OPENS NEW EXHIBIT OF WEST TEXAS PAINTINGS

(MARFA) – Greasewood Gallery at the Hotel Paisano will be hosting a new exhibit , West Texas Paintings, by David Loren Bass beginning March 12. An artist's reception will be hosted on March 14 from 6-8 p.m. A nationally recognized artist, Bass makes his home in Santa Fe, NM with additional studios in San Anselmo, CA and Wilmington, NC . Bass exhibits both oil and watercolor paintings. His subjects range from northern New Mexico and the Big Bend Region of southwest Texas to Key West, Florida , Marin County, California and beyond. With his paintings Bass conveys a lived experience, either on site of the subject or recalled later in the studio. “I paint directly on site beginning with a compositional drawing and then proceed to paint the subject to a point where it ceases being a replication and transforms into a painting of my experience based in the qualities of the paint and how I manipulate its character,” Bass explains. His paintings feature strong structural composition, high-keyed colors, energetic brushstrokes and fluid movement. Bass' West Texas Paintings have been exhibited at the Bass-Thomson Gallery in Santa Fe, NM and at the Museum of the Big Bend at Sul Ross State University in Alpine, TX . His work is currently featured in the Trappings of Texas exhibit at SRSU. Greasewood Gallery at the Hotel Paisano is located at 207 North Highland in Marfa . Gallery hours are 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday-Wednesday and 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Thursday-Saturday. For more information, contact Vicki Lynn Barge, gallery director, at 432-729-4134 or .

www.hotelpaisano.com ; vicki_barge@yahoo.com

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RAILROAD BLUES MUSIC CALENDAR
For information about upcoming events, go to: railroadblues.com
Call 432/837-3103 for admission information. Located at 504 W. Holland Ave.

TERLINGUA STARLIGHT THEATRE

For more information call 432-477-2330.
(Ghost Town - Call 432/371-2326 for admission and reservation information.)

Visitors since January 14, 2003