The Heart is Open: Your Invitation to the Canopy
At the heart of the Center Camp Plaza, you will find an acre of shade under the Center Camp Canopy. The Canopy is YOUR community venue — a space designed ...Read More
Anatomy of a prank gone wrong
The best motivation for pranksterism an interest in making the world more interesting, more full of possibility: a genuinely playful ...Read More
Respecting the badge
A sweltering 4 p.m. at 8:15 and A. I'm sitting in a stranger's camp recovering from the heat - they have ...Read More
Just your average Tuesday
By John Curley
One of the things about Burning Man is that one day seems like three; when you think about what happened ...Read More
A Magician Explores the Souk
Walking towards the Man in the darkness, Lyn said "Can we veer over in this direction? I want to see ...Read More
Opening Day: wet, not so wild
By John Curley
As Peanut put it, Burning Man pressed the “pause” button today, as heavy rains and hail prevented people from getting ...Read More
Headlight
Sunday night, after dark, I'm walking down 4 o'clock towards the Esplanade. Deep in unpleasant thoughts, lost in my head ...Read More
Breathing Sea Monkeys
By Moze
When you're on the playa a certain number of hours, you acclimate. That number of hours depends on your constitution, ...Read More
Three friends, the Temple, and the heart of BRC
By John Curley
Michael Ziff and Craig Mullin have been coming to Burning Man since 1999, which, because it was in the ‘90s, ...Read More
Things come to a head
By John Curley
The Man got a head today, and he’s a better Man for it. Actually, he’s had a head for some ...Read More