TERLINGUA MOON
August 21, 2023
by Terlingua Thinking Team
"The desert, when the sun comes up. I couldn't tell where heaven stopped and the Earth began." - Tom Hanks
OUR FRIEND GAIL
In loving memory of Gail Rudder Turner. Please join the family in a celebration of life that will be held at the Boathouse Bar in the Ghosttown on Sunday, September 3, 2023 at 6 p.m. Pizza will be served.
Scott Walker band will perform at 8 p.m. after Gail’s Celebration on Sept. 3 at the Boathouse. It happens to be Scott’s Birthday as well. Cake and ice cream will be served.
STARLIGHT THEATRE - MUSIC THIS WEEK
August 21st (tonight) - Collie Ryan & Ryan Roberts, 6:00 to 9:00 p.m.
August 24th - Christopher Cody Meachem
August 25th - The Whitmores
August 26th - Bear Ryan
August 28th - Jerome Efraim
DB'S RUSTIC IRON BBQ - MUSIC THIS WEEK AND SPECIALS
August 27th - The Moonshiners, 6:00 to 9:00 p.m.
DB’s summer hours 11 a.m. -9 p.m. or later. we now has full bar service and we continue our summer specials:
Wednesday - Smoked burger
Thursday - Birdsday
Friday - Loaded bake tater
Saturday-Cocktail de camarón
Come visit us, you won’t regret it. Tks, DB.
TERLINGUA COMMUNITY GARDEN
Come see us at the Saturday Community Market from 10:00-1:00. Located at the Community Garden in the Ghost Town, we're there every Saturday with happy vendors offering an array of locally produced goods and other items.
We welcome new vendors. Come set up in the shade to sell your wares. Flea market items are welcome. After all, reusing and up-cycling already existing items is smart and green. We ask a $10 donation to the Community Garden to set up, helping us to continue to improve this space and experience for all of us. For more information, text or call 432.213.1863, email SherriTheWriter@aol.com or pop in to the market for a chat. Prepared food vendors must display current food handling licence. (A quick, easy and affordable online course can provide that)
Fresh eggs, local art, handcrafted textiles, goat milk soap, all natural lip balms, hand balms, essential oil perfumes and sugar scrubs, leather goods, handcrafted, creative jewelry, block printed textiles and vintage goods, both curated and upcycled, and more -- you never know just what you'll find here. This past Saturday, we also had a local painter displaying her lovely, colorful works and a locally famous jerky maker was on hand selling his wares.
Do you have mad skills and smart, practical talents you'd like to share? We all love to learn about sustainable arts and useful skills here in Terlingua. Let's talk about a workshop.
Please help keep our market space safe and comfortable for all, two-legged and four, by keeping all dogs leashed and under control. We look forward to seeing you there.
CHECK OUT THIS WORKSHOP!
Dreamers Workshop
Are you looking for your dreams? Have you lost your vision? In this desert life, we often get lost in the silence or grow weary of waiting on long-awaited dreams and aspirations that haven't come to pass. With this summer's heat, it's been increasingly difficult to focus on our goals, dreams, and visions.
Ever had a dream you've been waiting on for years just to give up and let those dreams die? I have. It's time to revive your hope, vision, and dreams. Join me in a 3-week workshop on building hope and vision for the future. Awaken the dreamer in you! This gathering is meant to bring a fresh look at your dreams and vision for the future with hands-on participation and speaking our desires to bring our dreams into reality.
Build your dream muscles! This 3-week course will be complete with discussion and sharing; building a visual, tangible guide to reviving the dreams in your life with reflection and encouragement from your neighbors and community.
The workshop is free. It will be a 2 hour session every Monday from 4:00pm to 6:00pm for 3 weeks. All that will be needed is a pair of scissors. All ages are welcome! Let's get together and encourage each other!
Presented by Anita Goss
Workshop 1
Session 1 Sept 4th - Cactus Farm
Session 2 Sept 11th - Cactus Farm
Session 3 Sept 18th - Cactus Farm
Please RSVP to Anita @ 432 294 3180 or leave a text. Reserve your spot today!
LA POSADA IN THE GHOSTTOWN
Espresso ... y poco mas
Great iced coffee, iced tea, and smoothies! Breakfast and lunch cooked to order from the freshest ingredients. Pastries, newspapers, and spectacular views.. A great local place for food and conversation. Call 432 371 3044 for to go orders.
BBCA
The Big Bend Citizens Alliance will hold a regular meeting on Thursday, August 24th at the Red Pattillo Community Center at 6PM. The BBCA is a 501(c)3 public charity supporting the Terlingua Community Garden, Canyon View Community Park, Terlingua Recycles, Voices from Both Sides, Terlingua Visual Arts, Terlingua Dark Sky Alliance, Terlingua Cares, & the South County Library Project. All are welcome to attend this public meeting -- either in person or online via Zoom. For more information, agenda, minutes, etc, please email <secretary.bbca@gmail.com> or call Sara at 371-2902 with your questions. www.BigBendCitizensAlliance.
Big Bend Citizens Alliance Receives Funding to Launch Mobile Library!
The Big Bend Citizens Alliance is thrilled to announce that our South County Library Committee has been approved for a $57,000 grant from Brewster County ARPA funds for the creation of a mobile library unit. This is the first phase of our plan to create a new public library to serve South Brewster County.
The need for a library in South County arose with the advent of increased restrictions post-COVID and the Uvalde school shooting. Currently, the only library in south Brewster County is at the Terlingua CSD. This library once served the whole community, but state regulations have made that library and its resources inaccessible to the public. In the past year, the South County Library Committee formed and mobilized in response to these restrictions, advocating for and envisioning a new brick-and-mortar library flush with additional health, wellness, and cultural services that are oft-inaccessible to the segmented and remote reaches of the county.
The committee launched an extensive survey effort in the spring of 2023 to determine community interest and need. The survey yielded encouragingly high response rates and enthusiastic support for the library. Key needs and services were determined: namely book exchange, WiFi, and printing, as well as high interest in a mobile unit with books and social services. With the ARPA funds, the Committee will be able to outfit and launch this mobile trailer in the coming months.
We would like to thank Brewster County for entrusting the Big Bend Citizens Alliance with these funds for the South County Library Project. The $57,000 funding is a vote of confidence and a pathway to launch. However, it is not the end. The ARPA funds will enable the Committee to purchase and customize a 24ft trailer, but will not cover solar installation, satellite internet, or operating costs. Initial books and computers will be donated, and transport and staffing of the trailer are to be supported by grassroots volunteer power. However, this will not cover the entire costs of operation, including gas, repairs, and a stipend for a project manager. This is a huge step, but we still need help to realize our mission, provide transformative services to our rural community, and build a permanent home for the South County Library and lifelong learners across Big Bend.
If you would like to contribute to the success of this project, donations may be made to the Big Bend Citizens Alliance, PO Box 202, Terlingua, TX 79852. Please note “Library” in the memo field of your check. Or, you may donate at https://
AA
Meetings of Alcoholics Anonymous in Terlingua:
Thursday 7:30-8:30 p.m., Terlingua Bottoms group meets at the Big Bend Church in Study Butte.
Friday, 5 p.m., Off-Grid One Day at a Time at the Cactus Farm on Highway 118.
ART EVENTS IN NORTH COUNTY
Figure Drawing Class every Saturday, 9:45am to Noon , 102 N. 8th street & Holland. $20.00/session, $80.00 a month. Kaci Fulwood 206-619-4699
Paint out for August, Saturday, August 19th:
Half-day art workshop-open to all- at Holy Cross Education Room, 903 Fighting Buck Ave.
10:00 am – 2:00pm. Bring your own art supplies/project/etc. Some materials will be available for use also. Contact Jan Moeller or info@bigbendartscouncil.org for more information.
Other events beyond August:
Watercolor Workshop with Tim Oliver September 17-19, 2023
Old Spanish Trail Gallery, Ft Davis, Texas. Registration: contact Ginger Lemons @ hippiechick.lemons@gmail.com to register. Payment is made to Old Spanish Trail Gallery.
A nonrefundable deposit of $125.00 is required upon registration.
2023 West Texas Regional Juried Art Show and Sale:
Online can be found the detailed prospectus for the 2023 West Texas Regional Juried Art Show & Sale. The physical exhibition will be on display in the Kendall Art Gallery (the home of the San Angelo Art Club) for a month, starting September 9th at the Opening Reception and through October 1st. There will be $6,000 in cash prizes with a $1,000 Best of Show; seven $500 awards each for Pastel; 3-D/Sculptures; Photographs; Mixed media of various kinds of wall hanging art; and 3 Painting Awards (2 of which will have to be “realistic”). We will have 6 Merit Awards of $250each in all/any of the media. Your art does not have to be for sale, but it must be no “older” than 3 ½ years and not been shown before at the SAAC, unless you are a member. Intake is via email with jpegs attached of each of your artworks entered. Limit is three entries. Intake runs from August 12th through midnight August 17th. And entry fee payment must be mailed separately or delivered to the San Angelo Art Club by the end of August 17th. Three jurors will rank all the artworks, and we will have at least the top 100 pieces in the show. Looking forward to lots of variety. Please help spread the word, and distant artists might want to pool their resources for delivery of art juried into the show. You might enjoy an overnight stay in San Angelo with good restaurants and shopping in the old town, Fort Concho to visit, and a really nice riverwalk.
Black and White show: Entries due by September 12th.
Show dates: September 14 - October 31, all mediums, simply in black and white-Shades of Grey but no color.
(Find prospectus online)
Reception: Friday, September 15Plein Air Weekend: September 1st-4th. ANNUAL PLEIN AIR WEEKEND - FREE PAINTING EVENT! FORT DAVIS TEXAS, SEPTEMBER 1- SEPTEMBER 4, 2023 - 3 days of Plein air, including a face-off and a model in the landscape. Upcoming Plein Air Paint outs: October 21--The Paisano Hotel in Marfa--TBA
November 25- Richard’s house--TBA
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS' COURT
Check out the agenda for the Brewster County Commissioners' Court meeting this Tuesday:
ARE YOU READY FOR MONSOON SEASON?
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Available sizes: 5000, 3000, 2500, 2000, 1500, 550 (1100 gallon tanks are on order now)
Tanks are Tax Exempt and come with a 10 year warranty. Valves, pumps and filters also available. Delivery and installation available. Located near the Terlingua Ranch Lodge.
Call: 432-371-3094 (office) or 806-781-7814 (cell)
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