Nov 10, 2025
by Terlingua Thinking Team!!!
"Changing habits takes practice. Keep trying and change will come." - Anonymous
PEA-OFF THIS THURSDAY IN THE GHOSTTOWN!
35th ANNUAL BLACK-EYED PEA OFF Come join in on the fun New Year's Day - 2026..! Downtown Terlingua Ghostown. 12pm - Local Music, Activities, Games & Raffle Sales for "Hot Dates", Local Art & Other Goods..!! 2pm Turn-in (get signed up before 2pm, please) - Participants need to bring their best Black-eyed Peas for judging & bring their Peas to share with our spectators. Peas may be cooked onsite or off. Award & prizes for 1st, 2nd & 3rd Place - $10 entry fee. 2:30pm - Spectators can start the year off with a bowl of "Good Luck" Peas for a $10 donation - that includes a bowl, spoon & cornbread until it runs out. All proceeds will benefit Terlingua High School Graduate Scholarships.
MOBILE MAMMOGRAPHY IN TERLINGUA & ALPINE
Wed, Jan 14, 2026 - Terlingua Fire & EMS
Thurs/Fri, Jan 15-16, 2026 - Alpine Public Library
Call 888-204-0214 to schedule! Limited slots available, so call today!!!
Early detection of breast cancer saves lives.
BIG BEND CHURCH
ig Bend Church invites women to a 6-week Bible Study on “ Commitment - My Heart Christ’s Home” starting Tuesday, January 13th. The study will be from 6:30 to 7:30pm at the church, located at 100 Tx Hwy 118.
For more information or to register please call or text Resa Callahan @ 281-413-5148.
COMMUNITY MARKET
Happy New Year! Set up fees waived for the first Saturday of January. Join our regular vendors and sell your stuff at our weekly Saturday Community Market, open from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM.
Located at the Community Garden in the Ghost Town, we're here every Saturday with happy vendors offering an array of locally produced goods and other items. You'll also be able to enjoy our fabulous local mobile library and portable free ‘porch’, even consult with Dr. Gigabyte if you have a computer problem.
Local art, handcrafted textile goods, sour dough bread, all natural lip balms and skin care products, all natural essential oil fragrances, beard oil and massage oils, handcrafted, creative jewelry, resin creations, block printed textiles and vintage goods, both curated and upcycled, practical and artistic items made of reclaimed steel and more -- you never know just what or who you'll find here.
Flea market items are also 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.
We welcome new vendors. To make it easy for new vendors to try our market and to show our appreciation to our regular vendors, we waive set-up fees on the first Saturday of the month, offering free set-up on that day.
For more information, text or call 432.213.1863 or pop in at the market for a chat. Prepared food vendors must display current food handling licence. (A quick, easy and affordable online course can provide that).
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.
MILKY WAY TREATS
The bakery cart will be on a winter break, reopening Sat. Feb. 7 - 10 a.m.! The ice cream is also on a break, reopening Sat. Jan. 17, 4 p.m.! Hope you all have a fantastic New Year! Much love!!!
AA MEETING
ALL YOU NEED TO ATTEND AN AA MEETING IS A DESIRE TO QUIT. If you have, or think you might have, a drinking problem, we meet at 6:30 pm on Thursday at the Big Bend Church, just north of the post office.
MUSIC LISTINGS
Starlight
Wed, Dec 31, New Year's Eve - Bill Palmer & Wayne Sutton, followed by The Mesquite Beans
Thurs, Jan 1, New Year's Eve - Townes Van Zandt tribute, hosted by Butch Hancock
Fri, Jan 2 - Doak Hensley & Zoe Ford, followed by Mary Gauthier & Jaimee Harris
Sat, Jan 3 - Miles Adams
Mon, Jan 3 - Hank Woji
Boathouse
Wed, Dec 31, New Year's Eve - The Lucky Stars
Temple of the Bird and Boathouse
Sat, Jan 3 - 12:00 - 3:00 p.m. - Temple of the Bird
Sat. Jan 3 - 3:00 - 11:00 p.m. - Boathouse
Terlingua Cares fundraiser with Butch & Rory Hancock, Bill Palmer & Wayne Sutton, Hank Woji, The Moonshiners, Mohawkma Ganja, Colt Wayne Keeney, Riley Curnutt, Moses Martinez, Nanibyrd, Sierra Turko, The Lucky Stars, Bruce Salmon, Kate Pierson, Sarah Lynn, Jim Baynes, Doak Hensley & Zoe Ford and Surprise Guests!
High Sierra
Sat. Jan 3 - Kate Pierson
Temple of the Bird
Sun, Jan 25 - 12 p.m. - American Legion fundraiser with Roger Moon, Rory Hancock, Kate Pierson, Jim Keaveny, Andy Aermandariz, Marc Utter, and an Open Mic!
THE BIG BEND MOBILE LIBRARY
Updated Hours: The library will be open on Thursday January 1st at the Black-Eyed Pea off event in the Ghost Town starting at noon until the end of the event, and Saturday January 3rd 10am-3pm at the Community Gardens in the Ghost Town.
NEWS: We are looking for movers to help drive the mobile library on Saturdays and for special events. If you're interested please reach out to bigbendpubliclibrary@gmail.com for more information.
24/7 Book Returns: Did you know we have a drop box for book returns at the entrance to the community gardens? This means you can return your books anytime, even if the library isn't open!
Library Tech Services: Do you have computer, printer, or internet needs? We have the fastest internet in town and a laptop that is available for check out hourly at the library. Dr. Gigabyte is also on hand to help with general questions on technology and communications in the Big Bend.
Exchange Box: The new and improved free porch! One person's trash is another person's treasure! Unless it's actually trash… all donations must be approved by library staff. If you have large donations, please bring them on Thursdays.
Follow us @BigBendPublicLibrary on Facebook and Instagram for more updates!
TAQUERIA EL MILAGRO
Open as usual for the New Year week! We are here for your great street tacos, steaks and huge side dishes from authentic Mexican recipes. All in a wonderful setting. Open Wednesday through Sunday from 3 pm until 9 pm. 432 371-2060 for take out via our drive through window. BYOB and make a party for greeting 2026!
ESPRESSO ... Y POCO MAS
Welcome in the new year with us! Open for home cooked breakfasts, lunches the best coffee in the area. Located in the Ghost Town, great seating with fantastic views, strong wifi, and newspapers. 432 371 3044 for to go orders. Open at 7:30 a.m.
ART IN ALPINE - BBAC
Our next show is "Way Out West-Wildlife" with a suggested theme of
Wildlife to coincide with the Wildlife weekend
Show dates: January 8 to February 24, 2026
Take in date deadline: January 6, 2026 by 4:30pm at Big Bend Gallery, 121 West Holland Avenue. Please contact Shelly Rogers or Carol Fairlie for any questions (Shelly's contact is below)
Our next BBAC Meeting is on Sunday January 18, 2pm at the Food Pantry Building, 933 East Gallego Ave.
Bank show schedule for 2026: All months are now open for the art show at West Texas National Bank. To reserve your preferred month, contact Shelly Rogers. 432-294-1538 or agshelly79@aol.com
We also have life drawing on the First Thursday of the month: 6:45-9 p.m.!
At Create Space located at 102 N 8th St, Alpine. Our next session will be Jan 1, 2026
$20 donation. All materials provided.
A BOOK! Long-time Brewster & Presidio County Author Announces the Arrival of His Second Novel
Marfa, TX – Local independent author Stuart Bradley George announces the release of his second novel, Cheshire Cat Moon on the High Frontier: A Petitioner’s Yearlong Saga, In Three Acts. It is a wickedly funny, intelligent and provocative but altogether relatable work of contemporary homegrown Texana, and the responses thus far have been without exception outstanding. In fact, if you’ve been fortunate enough to have lived in this far-flung corner of the world for any length of time over the last fifty years, there’s a good chance you know of someone who experienced at least one long, memorable, sleep deprived, overnight shift prevailing amongst the adolescent felons at the High Frontier Treatment Ranch & School....
“Living and working in the Big Bend Region for more than thirty years has deeply influenced my writing,” says Mr. George. “Especially with this one... So I’m excited to finally have a chance to share this essential tale of forfeiture and redemption with my friends all across the Trans-Pecos and the frontier borderlands.”
A stark, profound, sincerely (gasp!) funny book...
Eloquent and exudes authenticity...
A talented writer of the memento mori, a form that can remind us of life by noting its transience.
[George is] a force of nature, a one-man gang. He sees wisdom and has a talent for imparting wisdom....
Enchanting, incandescent...
Cheshire Cat Moon on the High Frontier will be offered exclusively at the Hotel Paisano Book/Gift Shop in Marfa beginning on New Years Eve 2026 ($24.99 softcover/$39.99 hardback). Now on Kindle ($9.99). Available soon through independent-minded outlets all across Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona. Or contact publishingredcat@gmail.com for postage-paid copies, special offers, and/or bulk rates. For advance proofs of the manuscript or interview requests, please call or text Lisa Louise George directly at 432.244.8026.
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