Cultural Direction Setting: From Vision to Action
In July we published the Cultural Vision for Residential Black Rock City, the first phase of the Cultural Direction Setting ...Read More
Posts about Building BRC
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Stories From the City: Playing With the Wind on the Outer Rim
By Ben Buchholz
“We come here to sail and, hey, there’s a party in the neighborhood, too,” says Black Rock Yacht Club co-founder ...Read More
From Apotheosis to Artful Cities: Ra$pa’s Ride Through Burning Man’s Evolution
By Steven Raspa
“It was better next year” is a popular joke among veteran Burners, while others wax lyrical about how things once ...Read More
Anatomy of a BRC Census Survey, Plus Preliminary 2019 Results
By Census Team
By Sarah “Picky” Williamson and Dana “DV8” DeVaul It’s that time of year again, y’all. Time to: power-wash the rig ...Read More
Build the Heart & Soul of Black Rock City: 2020 Temple Applications Now Open
By Katie Hazard
Burning Man Arts is thrilled to announce that the 2020 Temple Grant cycle is now open! We’re still dusting things ...Read More
Stories From the City: How Flat Tire Cafe Went From Non-Functioning to Non-Profit
By Ben Buchholz
The following story is about a theme camp that provides playa-critical bike repair services and serves cold brew coffee, but ...Read More
Archiving the Ephemeral: a Kitchen Sisters Podcast
My betrothed, Beto Gonsalves, recently alerted me to a new series of NPR podcasts by the Kitchen Sisters: The Keepers ...Read More
The Week That Was
By John Curley
You may have joined us when this year’s adventure began, way back in July, when a smallish group gathered in ...Read More
Finishing Touches
By John Curley
They put up the 4:20 Spire on Thursday, and as Tony Coyote says, it’s the only event ...Read More