Posts about Tales from the Playa

Participants share their personal Burning Man experiences.

How the Magic Happens

August 29, 2018 By Caveat Magister

On Saturdy, Sara Von Roenn was desperate. A three year Burner, she had brought an art installation to Black Rock ...Read More

August 28, 2018 By Caveat Magister

By approximately 11:45 p.m. last night, Burning Man's Department of Motor Vehicles had been saran wrapped. The ingenious pranksters put ...Read More

August 27, 2018 By Caveat Magister

Black Rock City spent most of its opening day under a series of rolling dust clouds. Not "storms" as we ...Read More

August 25, 2018 By Shalaco

The Man has been lifted into place, the Temple has risen, street signs are being erected(and stolen!),art os rising from ...Read More

August 13, 2018 By Graham Berry

“The more digital we get, the more ritual we need,” Burning Man Project board member Chip Conley likes to say. But ...Read More

August 11, 2018 By Rusty Blazenhoff

Did you know that there was once merchandise for sale at Burning Man? There was! In 1996, a few of ...Read More

August 7, 2018 By Shalaco

Black Rock City is an Impossible City in the true nature of Italiano Calvino’s Impossible Cities. One impossible aspect about ...Read More

May 25, 2018 By Alessandra Wollner

So, what if you had a soulmate, but your love only lived for one week a year in a mostly ...Read More

May 7, 2018 By Jon Mitchell

The Accuracy Third podcast is still back with a third season of stories from Black Rock City. Join Rex, D-Day ...Read More