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The Burning Man event has taken place on public lands on Nevada’s Black Rock Desert Playa since 1990. Events in 2020 and 2021 were cancelled for in-person attendance. 2022 dates: August 28-September 5.
The annual festival draws 70,000 people to create a temporary city in the northern Nevada desert, and the week each year culminates with the burning of the Man structure Saturday night and then the Temple structure on Sunday.
Key Links
burningman.org
timeline
webcast
2023
Can Burning Man Pull Out of Its Climate Death Spiral? – Wired
Burning Man sues BLM over geothermal project
2022
‘Finally’: After COVID hiatus, Burning Man returns to Nevada’s Black Rock Desert – KNPR
Burning Man project makes ‘last bet’ on saving Reno’s old weekly motels
Recommended Listening
Did you know there’s a functioning ‘post office’ at Burning Man? – Black Rock City in Northern Nevada becomes a temporary city of 80,000 people during Burning Man, and one of the elements that make it an actual city is the post office.
2021
2020
Burning Man Canceled, But Black Rock City Still Lives For A Few Die-Hards
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/burning-man-canceled-replaced-by-virtual-event-coronavirus-outbreak-1289896
Elsewhere
Jackrabbit Email
Videos
Headlines
https://boingboing.net/2019/08/27/not-going-to-burning-man-this.html
Burning Man needs to recognize impact to playa, say environmentalists
https://www.rgj.com/story/life/arts/burning-man/2018/09/22/747-airplane-burning-man-days-away-getting-home/1381601002
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/burning-mans-mathematical-underbelly/
https://boingboing.net/2018/08/27/spoilers-drone-shots-of-burni.html
https://boingboing.net/2018/06/20/how-i-got-a-free-scenic-flight.html
https://journal.burningman.org/2018/04/news/official-announcements/larry-harvey-passes/
http://m.sfgate.com/local/article/5-000-bikes-abandoned-Burning-Man-12195262.php
https://www.citylab.com/life/2017/08/the-many-rules-of-burning-man/538389
https://www.wired.com/story/behold-burning-mans-awesome-and-totally-bizarre-architecture
https://www.wired.com/story/burning-man-reveals-chaos-cities
http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Burning-Man-2017-Black-Rock-Desert-playa-12034567.php
http://www.rgj.com/story/life/arts/burning-man/2017/07/31/burning-man-gets-permit-officially-not-cancelled/526428001
https://twitter.com/blackrockdesert/status/892144151927508992
http://boingboing.net/2017/06/18/a-40-foot-tall-pink-flamingo-i.html
http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/09/photos-from-burning-man-2015/404095
http://www.npr.org/2015/08/22/433816670/bugs-leave-as-quickly-as-they-swarmed-in-days-before-burning-man
http://www.rgj.com/story/life/arts/burning-man/2015/04/14/burning-man-conference-talks-culture-art-politics/25752989
http://thisisreno.com/2013/07/blm-issues-permit-for-2013-burning-man-event
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/24/burning-man-permit_n_3646701.html
http://theweek.com/article/index/249295/watch-burning-man-2013-as-captured-by-drones
http://www.fest300.com/blog/should-i-share-my-burning-man-pics-on-facebook
http://www.songkick.com/festivals/16446/id/16226609-burning-man-2013
Notes
April 2018: Larry Harvey, countercultural guru who founded Burning Man, dies at 70
Quotes
Burning Man is retooling itself, trying to figure out how to bring the conditions of Black Rock City to your local life. You all will have your own challenges.
– Steven Raspa, special events lead (rgj.com)
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