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How Can We Put Burning Man Culture in a Museum?
How We Got Here: • The exhibition, which aims to tell the story of the playa’s limitless creativity, is a close collaboration between Burning Man Project and the Renwick Gallery that started in 2016. •...
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Putting the “City” in Black Rock City at the U.S. Conference of Mayors
When I left my gig in politics in 2011, I never would have guessed I’d be speaking at the U.S. Conference of Mayors seven years later. I definitely didn’t imagine I’d be there on behalf of Burning Man....
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How D.C. Burners Are Burn-ifying Their City for the “No Spectators” Exhibition
How We Got Here: • The exhibition, which aims to tell the story of the playa’s limitless creativity, is a close collaboration between Burning Man Project and the Renwick Gallery that started in 2016. •...
View ArticleBurning Man Project Donated $35,700 to Northern Nevada Charities and...
Burning Man Project donated more than $35,700 to charitable organizations and groups in Northern Nevada in 2017, continuing the organization’s long-standing support for local schools, community...
View ArticleBurning Man Project Heading Back to SXSW
We’re doing it all again and sending a small contingent of Burning Man Project staff to Austin for SXSW 2018! Burning Man has a long history with the Austin area, as the first ever Regional Event,...
View ArticleThe Radically Redesigned AfterBurn
After two years of fiddling, it is my pleasure to present the completely redesigned AfterBurn, with a new home in the Burning Man Journal. For those of you who don’t remember — because honestly, it’s...
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Honoring Larry Harvey All Around the World
It’s been three weeks since we lost Larry Harvey, and the Burning Man community has come together in beautiful ways to celebrate his life. As we all continue to absorb that loss, let’s do it through...
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Smithsonian Hosting Burning Man Storytelling Event Friday, Sept. 14
On Friday, September 14, as part of the “No Spectators: The Art of Burning Man” exhibition in Washington D.C., the Smithsonian is hosting a day of Burning Man storytelling called “Radical Inclusion and...
View ArticleThe Man With the Hat: A Celebration of Larry Harvey’s Life & Legacy
On July 14, 2018, Rosalie Barnes and I hosted “The Man With the Hat: A Celebration of Larry Harvey’s Life and Legacy,” at San Francisco’s Castro Theatre. It was initially slated to be a storytelling...
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This Solstice, Leave a Positive Trace!
Did you know Burning Man started as a beach burn on the solstice? Unlike the end-of-summer Black Rock City event we now know and love, the original Man was burned on Baker Beach on Saturday, June 21,...
View Article#LeaveAPositiveTrace Weekend: Show Us What You Got. Let’s Do This!
You’ve likely already seen our invitation for you to participate in “Leave a Positive Trace” this weekend from Friday, June 21 to Sunday, June 23, wherever you may be. This is an open, passionate...
View ArticleThis Just In: A NEW Way to Burn
Join Us in Reno, May 6–9, 2020 Editor’s note: We’re deep in it, some of us heading towards Black Rock City, and others looking to where we can make Burning Man happen without the dust. As the train is...
View ArticleBurning Man Supports Local Community Service Organizations
Black Rock City, LLC Donates Funds & Technology to the Northern Nevada Community January 29, 2004 Reno, Nevada. – Black Rock City LLC, the organization that hosts the annual Burning Man event, has...
View ArticleBurning Man Website Outage
Burningman.com visitors and e-playa users were unable to access our website from approximately 2 am April 23rd through 1 pm on April 25th. The domain was inaccessible due to an unexpected entanglement...
View ArticleBurning Man Responds To John Law Complaint
On January 9, 2007, LaughingSquid.com announced that John Law, one of the original three co-founders of Burning Man, has filed suit against his former partners Larry Harvey and Michael Michael over the...
View ArticleBurning Man Event Donates More Than $100,000 To Pershing County Over The Past...
Black Rock City, LLC will deliver more than $50,000 to local service organizations in 2007. November 30, 2007 Lovelock, Nevada. – Black Rock City, LLC, the organization that hosts the annual Burning...
View ArticleBurning Man Lights Up Pershing County Hospital With Solar Energy
Volunteers affiliated with Burning Man are helping the Pershing General Hospital in Lovelock reduce its carbon footprint – and save money on its electric bill – with photovoltaic solar panels that will...
View ArticleBurning Man Lights Up Gerlach Schools With Solar Energy
Burning Man, MMA Renewable Ventures, Sierra Pacific Power Collaborate for Community Clean Energy Gerlach, Nev. – December 18, 2007– Students in Gerlach will be celebrating a “green” Christmas because...
View ArticleBurning Man Advises Carlsbad Marathon On Leave No Trace
Keep California Beautiful enlists Burning Man to help transition the Carlsbad Marathon to a “Leave No Trace” event January 18, 2008 Carlsbad, CA. – When Keep California Beautiful was charged with...
View ArticleBurning Man Donations For 2007
Black Rock City LLC., donates 37% more than last year to community service and art organizations. February 19, 2008, Reno, Nevada – When the Burning Man event started selling ice and donating the...
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