A Little Rain, a Little Dust
By John Curley
Black Rock City got a pretty good drenching in the late afternoon on Monday, shutting down all vehicular movement, forcing ...Read More
Posts about Building BRC
Follow the stories of building an annual desert metropolis.
Suddenly a City
By John Curley
In a day, we went from working in the Black Rock Desert to becoming citizens of Black Rock City, and ...Read More
To See, Or Not To See
By John Curley
So maybe you’re packing your bags and buying the things and being distracted at work because you can’t wait go ...Read More
747 Rolls In — It’s Art, Right?
By John Curley
A 747 landed in the desert yesterday (well, it actually rolled in), but not without a bit of turbulence. The ...Read More
Monday Rolling
By John Curley
There was a chill in the air this morning for the first time we could remember. Maybe it was because ...Read More
That Was the Week That Was
By John Curley
Did you get a lot done this week? We kinda did. Roads are in, power is on, bunks are filled, ...Read More
Fence Day 2016: Stories From the Front Lines
By Shalaco
Black Rock City's trash fence was invented by Lawrence Breed in 1996 to ensure Burning Man leaves no trace. On ...Read More
Surveying Black Rock City
By Shalaco
Each year the clock-shaped annular streets of the ephemeral Black Rock City rise from and return to dust. And each ...Read More
Hello FOMO My Old Friend
By John Curley
Not much good comes from sitting around “having thoughts” instead of being out in the field reporting, but that’s the ...Read More