All posts by Summer Burkes

Summer Burkes has been rousting about at Burning Man since 1998. She first met her dusty DPW / Cyclecide / Bike Club fam-dambly on the back of The Bucket. A Cacophony Society enthusiast, Summer loves explosions and cake.

Burners Without Borders

LOWERNINE.ORG: yall come down now, y’hear?

June 30, 2009 By Summer Burkes

New Orleans, LA's Lowernine.org tells Burning Man DPW how it cleans and rebuilds NOLA houses in the Lower Ninth Ward. ...Read More

Burners Without Borders

Do you know what it means?

May 30, 2009 By Summer Burkes

Ten things New Orleans and Burning Man have in common. By Summer Burkes, a roustabout for BRC Gate / DPW. ...Read More

Building BRC

Days of Our Dusty Lives 3 – Keep on Moopin’, Don’t Stop

September 21, 2002 By Summer Burkes

When everything gets loaded off the playa and micro-cleanup begins, almost everyone on the ranch ceases whatever it was they ...Read More

Building BRC

Days of Our Dusty Lives 2 – Deep People Working

September 15, 2002 By Summer Burkes

Out here, conversations instantly go deep and stay deep. ...Read More

Building BRC

Days of Our Dusty Lives 1 – Back to the Dustbowl

September 1, 2002 By Summer Burkes

Even after coming out three weeks early and staying three days past the event ... after almost a month on ...Read More