Burning Man Project

New episode drop! Listen to the Burning Man Live podcast episode 22: Studying Subversive Creativity and Gratitude. Join Andie, Logan, and guests as they reflect on Burning Man culture through a lens of organizational development, cultural principles, and values such as reciprocity, intrinsic reward, and radical inclusion of self. Listen now

Need a break from the endless political news cycle? Enter the Kindling Escape Pod, seal the hatch, and join us on a journey through space and time. Reminisce with classic Black Rock City footage. Immerse yourself in the Nomad slow TV revolution. Experience three ancient tea rituals. Tune in and tune out with some deep playa jams. Get creative with some coloring, and lose yourself in the wondrous worlds of baby animals. It's all on Kindling! https://kindling.burningman.org.../escape/ "Spacecats" by Ayda Keshtkar, 2016 (Photo by Keith Aeschliman) #burningman #thankslarry

Ready to feel the magic with deep playa DJ sets? Or how about experiencing some ancient tea rituals? Enter the Kindling Escape Pod, seal the hatch, and join us on a journey through space and time. Immerse yourself in the Nomad slow TV revolution. Tune in and tune out with some deep playa jams. Lose yourself in dusty dreams. Experience it on Kindling: https://kindling.burningman.org/escape/

Happening today! Join Burners Without Borders at 5pm PT/8pm ET for the Community Roundup call. This week's Community Roundup will prioritize bringing together community in Colorado who are dealing with 5 concurrent wildfires in their state. Learn about fire response/recovery initiatives and get involved with the Colorado community as folks gear up to respond and begin community recovery. RSVP to the FB event for access information: https://www.facebook.com/events/736797943568502

Is there anything more Burning Man than voting? Burning Man spaces are intentionally, and importantly, non-partisan. They welcome and are inclusive of people who identify with a variety of political parties and ideologies but that does not make them apolitical. We can’t think of a more obvious way to celebrate that ethos than by voting (especially if you happen to be an eligible voter in the United States this week!). Read more in the Burning Man Journal:

In part two of her GOTV series, BMP Director of Communications Megan Miller muses on how Burning Man culture crosses the great political divide, bringing together global participants on all sides of the political spectrum. Read it in the Burning Man Journal: https://journal.burningman.org//reaching-across-party-lin/

TONIGHT, October 29th: Join our very own Green Fairy, Absinthia, for a virtual Halloween themed evening, discussing the history, lore, and truth about absinthe. La fée verte begins at 5:30pm PST #burningman

Our next episode of ArtSpeaks is just around the corner! Join us on November 11th at 12pm PST for Desert Athenaeum: The Art of Playa Libraries and Learning. We’ll hear from artists whose Black Rock City artworks were inspired by teaching, learning, and the power of books and storytelling. Register now, sink deep into your creativity later.: https://kindling.burningman.org/artspeaks/ If you weren’t able to join us for the ArtSpeaks / Episode 1-6 live events, we also have recordings of each available at this link, so you can get your art on any time.

Save Black Rock City?! Why should I give money to Burning Man, when there are so many other things here in our local communities needing support? Long-time Burner Walt Weissman offers his thoughts on the subject have a look. [sound on!] #SaveBRC #burningman #blackrockcity

Join us for a free, 24-hour screening of Voices of Freedom, Jason Rodi's journey across the full spectrum of American identity including a visit to Black Rock City and conversations with Burners you just might recognize. A message of unity in a time of need, Voices of Freedom hears from Americans from all walks of life, political views and religious beliefs, to explore the common ground joining a divided people. Tune in on Kindling Tuesday, November 3rd, 12pm Wednesday, ...November 4th, 12pm PST https://kindling.burningman.org/voices-of-freedom/ #burningman #blackrockcity #brc

Do you have a live, virtual event coming up that you’d like to share with the Burning Man community? Kindling could be just the place! Kindling events include film screenings, virtual parties, performances, and other one-of-a-kind events that live up to the #10principles. Your event should have a live, participatory element, and should be a decommodified experience. Find out if your event qualifies by visiting our events portal: http://bit.ly/kindlingcontent ... We’re excited to see what you’re working on! #burningman #thankslarry

Over the weekend, the Burning Man SF Community Events team, led by Steven Raspa & Justin Katz, led a small but joyful team in encouraging and celebrating US citizens in practicing their RIGHT TO VOTE! They gathered, waved, cheered and rang bells to support people in their personal expression and participation in our democracy! Don’t forget to exercise your Civic Responsibility and vote in the upcoming US election. Seen here: Jake Schaffer in front of SF City Hall (Photo by Scott McNeil)

Have you ever participated in a Regional Burning Man Event? If so, which one and where?Have you ever participated in a Regional Burning Man Event? If so, which one and where?

The Burners Without Borders Autumn Newsletter is here! It’s your quarterly wrap-up of activities across the network, opportunities to get involved, and resources to support your civic projects. In this edition: How you can support BWB remotely Community Round-Up Calls ... Spring Summit Videos Green Theme Camp Summit Report BWB Regional Updates Give it a read, then get involved: https://email.burningman.org//68FF963F826730612540EF23F30F

Indulge in a bit of joyful voyeurism as we screen and celebrate home movies at After Dark Online, brought to us by the Exploratorium. Inspired by the autumnal harvest, this month’s screening explores the qualities, practices, and materials that connect us as a culture and provide nourishment and resilience in times of scarcity. What do you want to take forward? What can you leave behind? Find out November 5th at 8pm PST.

We’ve reached $1.25M with 5 days left in our campaign to SAVE BLACK ROCK CITY. Please keep the momentum and get us to our goal of $1.5M by donating and sharing! THANK YOU to the 6,000+ people who’ve donated so far. Donate here: https://bit.ly/HelpSaveBRC #SaveBRC #blackrockcity #burningman Video: Lake of Dreams by @roytwothousand

Thanks to you, the amazing, global Burning Man community, we reached our $1.5 million goal (and more). This campaign is one critical piece of the fundraising puzzle to get us all back to our beloved Black Rock City. From the bottom of all of our hearts, we cannot thank you enough. Your contributions, sharing, storytelling, energy, and enthusiasm are what made this campaign a success! If you’d like more info about our overall (and ongoing!) fundraising progress, visit ...donate.burningman.org/big-picture. We’ll be continuously updating that page to keep everyone informed. Again, a big dusty THANK YOU! #thankyou #SaveBRC #burningman Drone video from "BRC 2018" by Philippe Meicler

Happy Halloween everyone! We love this article from SFGATE, with a quote from $teven Ra$pa, our Associate Director of Community Events. However you dress up today, just be uniquely, radically, you. #radicalselfexpression #burningman #happyhalloween

Together in spirit, Black Rock City is honored to join those living in cities worldwide and celebrate the communities we call home. Happy World Cities Day! Stay safe & be kind out there. Drone footage from Burning Man 2014 Drone v3 by Everfest, with music track "Awake" provided by Tycho #worldcitiesday #burningman #blackrockcity #brc #thankslarry

REMINDER! You only have 5 days left to submit your proposal to the LAGI Fly Ranch design challenge. This multi-disciplinary challenge will create the foundational infrastructure of Fly Ranch. Everyone is invited to propose their environmentally regenerative artwork designs by October 31. Details and application are at: bit.ly/LAGIdesign #burningman #flyranch #lagi2020

Get ready to be wowed, inspired, enchanted, and spooked at SHALLOWEEN - THE VANITY OF HUMANITY! Tomorrow, October 31, CoReality Collective (the folks behind Sparkleverse) are hosting 12+ hours of uninterrupted music, frights, and delights! Festivities commence at 1pm PDT. Register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/shalloween-the-vanity-of-hum

We are grateful to have such a strong community coming together to help us SAVE BLACK ROCK CITY. With your generosity, we’ve surpassed 80% of our goal! There is only one week left to the campaign and every donation helps: http://bit.ly/HelpSaveBRC Let’s do one final push, see what we can accomplish together... and make our playa dreams come true. . The Man at Sunrise, 2019 (Photo by Dan Adams https://bit.ly/3kyx2oU)

Dive into BRCvr this weekend as they virtually summon the community in a raucous celebration of Day of the Dead and Halloween. From Friday October 30 to Monday November 2, participate in spine-chilling zombie parties, happy hours, effigy burns, and more. Events are ongoing starting today learn more on Kindling, and get your spook on! #burningman