The Endings
By John Curley
The end of Burning Man is almost as nebulous as the beginning, because it happens at so many different times for different people. For most folks, the end came as ...Read More
Check Out This Burner-Created Program to Offset Your Carbon Footprint
By Jon Mitchell
We’ve got a Burn coming up soon. That means lots of errands to run, provisions to procure, miles to drive, ...Read More
All Charged Up
By John Curley
It all happened the way it was supposed to happen -- a good number of the people living in town ...Read More
Bringing the HEaT
By John Curley
Today is move-in day in Black Rock City, when most of the people who have been housed in Gerlach pull ...Read More
Under the Big Top
By John Curley
With Sunday night’s rain quickly fading to memory, the all-clear to go back to work on the dried-out playa came ...Read More
Dress to Impress, Bless, and Process: Clothing as Ritual in Black Rock City
It’s Tutu Tuesday, and you know what that looks like: An inordinate number of participants gleefully donning elasticized circlets of ...Read More
Hurry Up and Wait
By John Curley
There's nothing like a little weather to spice things up early in the build. The playa was closed Monday morning ...Read More
“It’s Fun Till You Have To Do It”
By John Curley
A line of half a dozen cars and trucks snaked along curvy Route 34 out of Gerlach early Friday morning, ...Read More
Black Rock City Map Designer Nicole Bloss on the Alignment of Purpose and Passion
By Jon Mitchell
You know that Alfred Korzybski saying, “The map is not the territory?" I’m not sure that’s entirely true in Black ...Read More