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August 7, 2019 By John Curley

The art piece that people love, and love to hate, is peeking over the fence at the north end of ...Read More

August 6, 2019 By John Curley

Since then, in a matter of days: Upwards of 250 shipping containers have been moved from the work ranch ...Read More

August 6, 2019 By Census Team

By Sholeh Salimi ‘Transformative experiences’ are regarded as those moments when one’s belief system has been altered or when one ...Read More

August 2, 2019 By John Curley

They did it again. Those of you who frequent this space, following along as Black Rock City begins to take ...Read More

July 27, 2019 By John Curley

Yes, we did in fact put the Golden Spike in the ground, marking the beginning of Black Rock City for ...Read More

July 17, 2019 By Victor Stevens

During their first year at Burning Man, Nathan McKinley (a.k.a “Oncall”) and Zella Henderson (a.k.a. “Lifesaver”) would wake to mimosas ...Read More

May 29, 2019 By Burning Man Project

The Camp Placement Questionnaire closed on April 25 and the Placement Team saw the most questionnaires in Burning Man history: ...Read More

May 7, 2019 By Terry "Retro" Schoop

Can’t wait to stride down our city’s streets? Take a gander at Ganymede, hang a right at Hyacinth or leg ...Read More

April 26, 2019 By Tony “Coyote” Perez-Banuet

As a child, the garbage truck would always terrify me. It was a huge metal brute with a yawning monster ...Read More