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Burners in Fluxnew

Why would anyone spend four months and $180,000 building something that will only last a week? The answer says a lot about Burning Man culture.
San Francisco Bay Guardian  |  Steven T. Jones  |  09-08-2010  |  Culture

Burning Man Seeks a Higher Profile as Black Rock City Cultivates the Metropolitan Idealnew

Maybe Burning Man can't save the world, but its leaders and participants are increasingly focused on using the models and principles involved with building and dismantling Black Rock City in the Nevada desert every year to help renew and restore urbanism in the 21st century.
San Francisco Bay Guardian  |  Steven T. Jones  |  09-16-2009  |  Culture

Burning Man: Torching the American Dreamnew

Welcome to Hell. Population, You: Among the many and varied effects of Burning Man upon national culture is that it vindicates a long-cherished, if little-expressed, American desire to drive to another planet.
Los Angeles CityBeat  |  Ron Garmon  |  09-05-2008  |  Culture

Yes, I Brought My Preschooler to Burning Mannew

I'll tell you straight: the reason I brought my preschooler to Burning Man is not that I'm some super-mom who never needs a break from her kid and doesn't love to party like a grown-up. It was because I wanted to go, and I didn't have any volunteers for a weeklong babysitting gig.
East Bay Express  |  Kris Vagner  |  05-22-2008  |  Culture

Art, Danger, and Democracynew

Burning Man's populist rebellion moves unsteadily from primal scream to the tough work of governing.
San Francisco Bay Guardian  |  Steven T. Jones  |  02-09-2005  |  Art

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