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 Southwest Regional Folk Alliance: A one-day music showcase in Marfa this weekend. 

 

The TransPecos Talk show - called Talk At Ten - can be heard weekdays at 10 AM, with a replay at 6:30 PM. On Monday (8/2): Dr. Mark Saka of Sul Ross on current Mexican politics; Tuesday (8/3):  Jack Sanders & Sam Douglas on architect Samuel Mockbee; Wednesday (8/4): Phil Hewitt, author of the novel, The Mariscol Canyon Dead. Thursday (8/5): Dona Roman, on Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream; and Friday (8/6): Lannan Foundation writer Michael Dickman.    

  Talk At Ten is the weekday interview program, live at 10 AM and repeated at 6:30 PM. Monday, July 26: Writer Joe Hagan of The Believer on the secret diary of Nina Simone, plus Laurence Parent, author of Death In The Big Bend; Tuesday: Texas gubernatorial candidate Bill White; Wednesday: mathematician Hein Hundal; Thursday: photographer James Evans, also Joel Guzman & Sarah Fox, en espanol, at 3pm;  Friday: D.J. Stout, author of a new book on the Alpine Cowboys professional baseball team, plus David Morrell, author of Shimmer; also, at 3:30pm, musician Jonny Burke.     

This Saturday, July 17th, VERSIONquest returns to the airwaves. From 7-8 PM, tune in to hear covers of Night and Day, the popular Cole Porter song written for the 1932 musical "Gay Divorce." It is perhaps Porter's most popular contribution to the Great American Songbook, and it has recorded by dozens of artists. Join DJ JD this Saturday to hear them all!  

Five area people were killed outside Alpine early this (Sunday) morning when a medical plane crashed after taking off from the Alpine-Casparis airport, bound for a Midland-Odessa hospital. The pilot of the Cessna 421 was attempting an emergency landing when the plane hit a rut, overturned, and burned. The crash victims were Mary Folger, Richard Folger, Sharon Falkner, Tracy Chambers, and Ted Caffarel.

Talk At Ten is the weekday interview program on Marfa Public Radio, at 10 AM and replayed at 6:30 PM. This week, we speak with Alpine travel guide writer Jim Glendinning on Monday; author of "Hunting Marfa Mystery Lights, " James Bunnell on Tuesday; a look at art classes for children at the Chinati Foundation in Marfa; cookbook author Robb Walsh on Thursday, and photographer (formerly of Marathon) Luc Novovich on Friday. (Book cover courtesy of Robb Walsh)

We are very saddened by the passing of one of our brilliant interview hosts, Kelly Fenstermaker of Fort Davis. Kelly was a superb volunteer, an astute interviewer, and an amazing woman.

Here she is pictured with John Morlock, Superintendent of Fort Davis Historical Site, after an interview on May 18, 2010. 

Join us for our local interview program, Talk At Ten, weekdays at 10 AM (with a daily repeat at 6:30 PM). This week's schedule: Monday, Wenonah Hauter, about the BP oil spill; Wednesday, the final Back-To-Work episode; Thursday, musician Steve Poltz; Friday, artist Alex Mark; plus at 3:30 PM on Friday, author Luis Albert Urrea.  

Local interviews this week: Monday the 14th, musician Danny B. Harvey; Tuesday, Theater of the Big Bend; Wednesday, the FLDS Trials in Eldorado; Thursday, the Davis Mountains Therapeutic Riding Center; Friday, Elena White, daughter of gubernatorial candidate Bill White. Weekdays at 10 AM and again at 6:30 PM.

Talk Of The Nation is heard weekdays on Marfa Public Radio, from 1 to 3 pm. This syndicated NPR call-in show invites listeners to participate in a national conversation. On Monday's program, one of the segments will feature Tift Merritt, whose original program, "The Spark" is heard monthly every first Saturday at Noon on Marfa Public Radio. Here's a recent photo of Tift with station manager Tom Michael. (KRTS File Photo)