The Ten Principles Burning Man 2025, by Heineken November 9, 2024 By Stuart Mangrum Earlier today, our cacophonous instigator and Director of the Philosophical Center, Stuart Mangrum emailed a call to action for the ...Read More
The Theme Burning Man 2025: Tomorrow Today November 1, 2024 By Stuart Mangrum “I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept.” —Angela Davis ...Read More
Building BRC A Stake in the Ground August 2, 2024 By Stuart Mangrum On a dry lake in Northern Nevada, four miles from the pavement and 100 miles from just about anything else, ...Read More
The Theme Burning Man 2024: Curiouser & Curiouser October 27, 2023 By Stuart Mangrum “In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.” – Miguel de Cervantes The 2024 Burning Man theme ...Read More
Leaving No Trace Notes From a (Mostly) Empty Playa October 25, 2023 By Stuart Mangrum “What is this? Is it a baby wipe? No wait, I think it’s a sock.” We’re clustered around the tailgate ...Read More
Survive and Thrive The Disaster That Wasn’t September 20, 2023 By Stuart Mangrum To listen to the media (or your cousin Fred, who called to ask if you were still alive), Burning Man’s ...Read More
Building BRC Streets of BRC 2023: Cavalcade of Cryptids May 3, 2023 By Stuart Mangrum Black Rock City has named its streets since 1997, when “Esplanade” first appeared on a dusty map. Our modern practice ...Read More
The Theme Burning Man 2023: ANIMALIA October 21, 2022 By Stuart Mangrum “Sometimes, I am the beast in the darkness.” ―Heather Durham The Black Rock Desert can appear at first glance to be ...Read More
Building BRC, The Theme Waking Dreams: The Legacy of Desert Siteworks August 16, 2022 By Stuart Mangrum In this episode of the Waking Dreams series we’re going to time-travel back to the earliest days of Burning Man ...Read More
The Theme Waking Dreams: A Hopeful Wakeup Call From Halcyon July 19, 2022 By Stuart Mangrum Everyone interprets a Burning Man theme from their own unique perspective, and that’s just as it should be. Yet occasionally ...Read More