The Disaster That Wasn’t
To listen to the media (or your cousin Fred, who called to ask if you were still alive), Burning Man’s ...Read More
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Checking in on Playa Restoration
It certainly was an unusual year out in the Black Rock Desert, but every year of building, experiencing, then tearing ...Read More
Black Rock City Disappears — Leaving No Trace at Burning Man 2023
Black Rock City, including the remnants one might expect to see after a torrential storm in a temporary city of ...Read More
Atonement to the Rain Gods
Around midnight on August 20, the Hurricane Hilary-inspired rains came. By morning the water was ankle deep in Center Camp. ...Read More
Build Week 2023: The Calm Before the Storm
By Roxane Jessi
I didn’t expect my entrance to Black Rock City to turn into a waiting game, spent next to a garish ...Read More
Seamlessly Weaving Textile Art, Culture and Technology in the “Living Knitwork Pavilion”
It all began as a wish, while gazing upon the magical playa sunrise — a desire to curate an experience ...Read More
The Regional Network Turns 25 and Looks to the Future
The Burning Man Regional Network is in its 25th year and there’s a lot to celebrate! What began as an ...Read More
Put on Your Fancies and Join Us for the Cacophony Society Cocktail Party in Center Camp
By Evil Pippi
“It would not be a stretch to say the first Burning Man was a cacophony cocktail party featuring the burning ...Read More
Not a Cell Phone in Sight. Just Burners Living in the Moment.
As you finish checking all the things off of your packing list and you turn that final corner toward Black ...Read More
What’s That Humming and Buzzing at the Man?
By Kim Cook
This year, with the creation of an extraordinary hive at the center of our desert city, our place of gathering ...Read More