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GLC 2017: City of Oakland’s Roberto Bedoya on Burning Man’s Role in Creative Place-Making

March 30, 2017 By Jane Lyons

On Friday, the City of Oakland’s Cultural Affairs Manager, Roberto Bedoya, will help open the Global Leadership Conference (GLC) with ...Read More

The Theme

The Connection Between Ritual, Art, and Play

March 29, 2017 By Caveat Magister

UCLA Anthropologist Dr. Megan Heller studies play — how we do it, why we do it, what impact is has — ...Read More

Regionals

GLC 2017: Politics, Picket Lines and the Ten Principles

March 29, 2017 By Jane Lyons

Burning Man’s 11th Global Leadership Conference begins in Oakland on Thursday, with over 630 Regional Contacts and community leaders converging ...Read More

Ticketing

The Emotional Rollercoaster of Main Sale Day

March 29, 2017 By Rebecca Throne

Main Sale day is always a bittersweet day for us. Even if everything goes perfectly, it still results in many ...Read More

Tales from the Playa

Drink Water! – 048 – PSA

March 26, 2017 By Drink Water!

(D)evolving walls. ...Read More

The Theme

How Rituals Help Us Navigate the World — and Our Psyches

March 23, 2017 By Caveat Magister

Ritual, Dr. Tanya Luhrmann says, is the way we connect the world as it ought to be with the world ...Read More

BRC Art, Global Art

“Burning Man Art” Is Now Everywhere – but What Is It?

March 22, 2017 By Caveat Magister

The best way - maybe the only authentic way - to appreciate the art of Burning Man is to be ...Read More

Tales from the Playa

Accuracy Third Podcast Season 2: Episodes 5 and 6

March 22, 2017 By Jon Mitchell

The Accuracy Third podcast is back with a second season of stories from Black Rock City. Join Rex, D-Day and Beth ...Read More

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What, You Think Stickers Just Grow on Trees?

March 21, 2017 By Zac Cirivello

One can eliminate money from a society but can never eliminate value. Cash is, after all, only one form of ...Read More

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#PlayaMade: Creating a Community That Goes Deeper Than Economics

March 20, 2017 By Mia Quagliarello

Which is more meaningful: a hand-carved pendant imbued with its creator’s intent or a blinky trinket that will ultimately end ...Read More