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 “Animalia” theme might as well have been “Lord of the ...Read More
Anatomy of a BRC Census Survey, Plus Preliminary 2019 Results
By Census Team
By Sarah “Picky” Williamson and Dana “DV8” DeVaul It’s that time of year again, y’all. Time to: power-wash the rig ...Read More
Build the Heart & Soul of Black Rock City: 2020 Temple Applications Now Open
By Katie Hazard
Burning Man Arts is thrilled to announce that the 2020 Temple Grant cycle is now open! We’re still dusting things ...Read More
Burning Man Restoration Crew Completes Initial Highway Cleanup
Nevada Department of Transportation calls preliminary results “immaculate.” Burning Man’s Highway Restoration Crew has completed its initial first-phase cleanup of ...Read More
Stories From the City: How Flat Tire Cafe Went From Non-Functioning to Non-Profit
By Ben Buchholz
The following story is about a theme camp that provides playa-critical bike repair services and serves cold brew coffee, but ...Read More
Archiving the Ephemeral: a Kitchen Sisters Podcast
My betrothed, Beto Gonsalves, recently alerted me to a new series of NPR podcasts by the Kitchen Sisters: The Keepers ...Read More
The Week That Was
By John Curley
You may have joined us when this year’s adventure began, way back in July, when a smallish group gathered in ...Read More
Finishing Touches
By John Curley
They put up the 4:20 Spire on Thursday, and as Tony Coyote says, it’s the only event ...Read More
A Fine Folly
By John Curley
If you are extremely fortunate, you might have someone in your life like Dave Keane. He’s been working on big ...Read More
Here They Come
By John Curley
Cars and campers and RVs and trucks and all sorts of STUFF are pouring into the city for what has ...Read More