Hey! I hope this finds you well and happily celebrating the season of celebration. I also hope that if you’re in the Santa Rosa area this weekend you’ll come to our Snarky Arts Ice Cream Social at the Burlesque and Bacon benefit. Say that… well, just say it. Hopefully someone you like will hear it …
Burning Man has released the Art Theme for next year. It is Cargo Cult, and before reading the release I had no idea what that meant. Very interesting explanation. Next year was so better! Ok somebody posted this on the Humboldt Burners page and it made me cackle. I can just hear him saying it… …
Gosh the time got away from me, it’s already way past the first of the month and I am just sitting down to write you the monthly missive. Luckily not a one Post Request waiting in the inbox, so at least I’m not missing sending you anything timely. What I really wanted to talk to …
Hello there! It’s me again, just checking in to let you know what is going on around our region. We are shaking off the dust and getting all kinds of things going. Chimera Arts Space is back in action and homing in on a location for a DIY shared workshop in the Santa Rosa area. …
people in motion Screening, Q&A with Filmmaker and Artist, Lonnie Tisdale Thursday, October 18th, 6:45PM-9PM Burning Man HQ, 995 Market Street, 15th Floor San Francisco, CA 94103 Those familiar with the training discipline parkour–or “free running”–know that its push to move creatively and freely throughout the world is more than an exercise routine, it’s a …
The Sacramento Valley Burners are at it again! Joyce sent me a link for their Decompression Calendar, and as she rightly pointed out, there are plenty of opportunities to decompress in the fine state of California. Santa Cruz is first on September 30th, then the big San Francisco one on October 7th. South Bay has its …
The Second Annual NB Decompression, organized by your Burning Man year-round volunteer NB Regional Contacts, arrives on November 3, 2012. Get involved! We are scheduling stages, finalizing art and placing theme camps NOW! Don’t delay!! Got big art? A mutant vehicle? Interactive theme camp? Performance, crafting workshop, kids event, performance art thingy, puppet show, dance troupe, …
Aw c’mon now y’all. I haven’t even had my coffee yet and these baby burners have me all verklempt. What is it about someone who speaks English as a second language expressing themselves in writing that makes it so poignant. Their use of the english language is so charming, they way they use the words …
I’m still going through all the ziplocks and sorting the laundry from the schwag, but I just had to write and tell you all about the CORE burn. I arrived on playa midday Saturday before the event. We spent most of the day setting up camp in Outpost Berlin, heading out to check out the …
The Twisted Upright House is going up! Read all about it in the Burning Blog about the CORE projects being built on playa. The Circle of Regional Effigies (CORE) is taking form before our eyes out here in dusty Black Rock City! Now in its second year, CORE is a massive collaborative art installation comprised …