How (Not) to Build a Theme Camp
When my friends and I put together our first Burning Man camp, there was no instruction manual. We had absolutely ...Read More
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Burning Man 2025, by Heineken
Earlier today, our cacophonous instigator and Director of the Philosophical Center, Stuart Mangrum emailed a call to action for the ...Read More
Burning Man 2025: Tomorrow Today
“I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept.” —Angela Davis ...Read More
A Stake in the Ground
On a dry lake in Northern Nevada, four miles from the pavement and 100 miles from just about anything else, ...Read More
Burning Man 2024: Curiouser & Curiouser
“In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.” – Miguel de Cervantes The 2024 Burning Man theme ...Read More
Notes From a (Mostly) Empty Playa
“What is this? Is it a baby wipe? No wait, I think it’s a sock.” We’re clustered around the tailgate ...Read More
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
Streets of BRC 2023: Cavalcade of Cryptids
Black Rock City has named its streets since 1997, when “Esplanade” first appeared on a dusty map. Our modern practice ...Read More
Burning Man 2023: ANIMALIA
“Sometimes, I am the beast in the darkness.” ―Heather Durham The Black Rock Desert can appear at first glance to be ...Read More
Waking Dreams: The Legacy of Desert Siteworks
In this episode of the Waking Dreams series we’re going to time-travel back to the earliest days of Burning Man ...Read More