![]() ![]() Amazing place, you can also find it on Ghost Hunters. We got to meet Marta on our last visit there. ![]() Have been there several times, stayed at the Motel a few times as well. Here are some snaps I took of Marta on stage in 2006 Loosing her partner Wilget was very hard on her, and the decline was hard for her after that. ![]() I've seen her a few times, when she performed on stage, when she performed from a wheelchair, and then seemed to be rendered mute when I last saw here in the hotel lobby, possibly 2014. Your post is the first I heard of her passing last month. By Steve Brown One of the Mojave Desert’s greatest cultural treasures is Marta Becket and her Amargosa Opera House in the town of Death Valley Junction. Marta performed her own works in a theater painted with murals of audience m. She was the founder of the Amargosa Opera House and the attached hotel complex, which she restored. Marta Becket performed at the Amargosa Opera House in Death Valley Junction, CA. I have no further info but will update as I can. The stove is the only source of heat and was burning with a low fire when we were there.įiled under Art, California, History, Photography | | Februat 11:13 PM Comments Im sorry to report the sad news of Marta Beckets passing. Marta Becket died January 30, 2017, at age 92. Amargosa: The Story of Marta Becket 4 out of 5 stars - Smashing Directed by Todd Robinson Cinequest Amargosa is a documentary about the life and passions of Marta Becket, a dancer and artist who decided to move from the bustle of New York to the remote ghost town of Death Valley Junction, California and set up a theater house. Marta Becket, a New York Ballerina, moved to Death Valley and rented a recreation hall in 1967, when it was known as Corkhill Hall, she began. Read all about the opera house and hotel here. Marta Becket on stage of her Death Valley Amargosa Opera House, April 23, 1984. One day we took a little drive up to Death Valley Junction to see the Amargosa Opera House. I was camping with Great Outdoors at Tecopa Hot Springs this past weekend. steps from the armargosa opera house, made famous by artist and ballerina Marta Becket. | P-45: The Studly Mountain Lion King of Malibu » FebruAmargosa Opera House & Death Valley Junction the art world’s way of saying ‘thank you’ for a fortuitous flat tire. ![]()
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