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 “Animalia” theme might as well have been “Lord of the ...Read More
Tales from the Playa Tales From the Playa: Holly and Her Dusty Pranksters, Chapter 1 July 6, 2021 By Matt Douglass This is Chapter 1 of a six-part story that was originally published on Medium in loving memory of a Dilated ...Read More
Leaving No Trace, Serious Stuff So, You Want to Visit the Playa This Summer… Part 3: Responsible Recreation, LNT, and Your Safety June 18, 2021 By Marnee Benson A series about visiting the Black Rock Desert in the summer of 2021, with updates from the Bureau of Land ...Read More
Global News, Leaving No Trace, Serious Stuff So, You Want to Visit the Playa This Summer… Part 2: Updates from BLM June 16, 2021 By Marnee Benson A series about visiting the Black Rock Desert in the summer of 2021, with updates from the Bureau of Land ...Read More
Building BRC, Tales from the Playa Stories From the City: Feed the Artists – Maybe We’ve Fed YOU May 6, 2021 By Daniel Escalzo In the spring of 2007, “Kernal Angus” sat in a restaurant in Atlanta, Georgia, with his friend and well-known Black ...Read More
Tales from the Playa Stories From the City: Religious As F*ck — Sharing Sacred Rituals on the Playa April 13, 2021 By Annie Dunlop and Alex Leach “Most people think it’s a joke when they first meet us,” Annie Dunlop says when describing our theme camp Religious ...Read More
Tales from the Playa Stories From the City: The Magical Origin Story of Wonder Camp March 16, 2021 By Victor Stevens Tom “Driver” Bates’ first Burn was 2006, and like a lot of first-time Burners, on the long drive home, he ...Read More
BRC Art, Building BRC, Community During COVID, The Ten Principles Arthur Mamou-Mani’s Catharsis: How VR Is Paving the Way for Radical Inclusion and Sustainability March 12, 2021 By Brinkley The computer screen flickered momentarily as a man with a headset and a beaming smile appeared, offering a warm “Hellooo!” ...Read More
BRC Art, Building BRC International Women’s Day: Spotlight on Female Artists of Black Rock City March 8, 2021 By Burning Man Project Black Rock City, the global Burning Man community, and everything it embodies would not be what it is without the ...Read More
Tales from the Playa A 60-Year-Old Introvert’s Journey to Burning Man February 25, 2021 By Alex Ebbinge Let me start by telling you a bit about myself. My name is Alex and I am 60-plus years old. ...Read More