Archives for September 2019

Build the Heart & Soul of Black Rock City: 2020 Temple Applications Now Open

September 25, 2019 By Katie Hazard

Burning Man Arts is thrilled to announce that the 2020 Temple Grant cycle is now open! We’re still dusting things ...Read More

BRC News, Leaving No Trace

Burning Man Restoration Crew Completes Initial Highway Cleanup

September 25, 2019 By Jennifer Martin-Romme

Nevada Department of Transportation calls preliminary results “immaculate.” Burning Man’s Highway Restoration Crew has completed its initial first-phase cleanup of ...Read More

Shenanigans

The Art of War (at Burning Man) — Part 2 — What is it Good For?

September 20, 2019 By Caveat Magister

Running a successful war at Burning Man is extremely difficult — and what it means for a war to be ...Read More

Building BRC

Stories From the City: How Flat Tire Cafe Went From Non-Functioning to Non-Profit

September 17, 2019 By Ben Buchholz

The following story is about a theme camp that provides playa-critical bike repair services and serves cold brew coffee, but ...Read More

Shenanigans

The Art of War (at Burning Man) — Part 1 — Report from the Front Lines

September 16, 2019 By Caveat Magister

To the extent that people know me on playa, they know me as “Caveat,” of course. But since 2011, the ...Read More

Rhymes with Burning Man, Serious Stuff

Decompression Challenge

September 16, 2019 By John "Halcyon" Styn

Yeah, Decompression is real. But don't stew in upset at how the Default World is not like Black Rock City. ...Read More

Building BRC

Archiving the Ephemeral: a Kitchen Sisters Podcast

September 11, 2019 By Christine "LadyBee" Kristen

My betrothed, Beto Gonsalves, recently alerted me to a new series of NPR podcasts by the Kitchen Sisters: The Keepers ...Read More

Building BRC, Participate in BRC, Tales from the Playa

The Week That Was

September 10, 2019 By John Curley

You may have joined us when this year’s adventure began, way back in July, when a smallish group gathered in ...Read More

Shenanigans

Why “Hotmessday” is the Meme We Need — and How it Came to Be

September 10, 2019 By Caveat Magister

I'd heard this story before, but now it has a sticker, so it's a real thing Years ago, "Hot Damn," ...Read More