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Burning Man

A New Burning Man?

Aaron Sankin | Posted 05.21.2013 | San Francisco

During a Q&A session following his keynote address at the company's I/O developers conference in San Francisco last week, Google CEO Larry Page answer...

Victory For Burning Man

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 04.11.2013 | San Francisco

By Sandra Chereb, Associated Press CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — The Burning Man festival has won a victory in the Legislature to keep county authorit...

Will The Bay Lights Inspire Other Cities to Merge Art With Technology? (VIDEO)

Greg Archer | Posted 05.19.2013 | Arts
Greg Archer

The Bay Lights is a living, moving example of how art can help transform a city -- on many fronts -- and it certainly illuminates the importance of public art, in general.

The Golden Ticket at SXSW

Hilary Armstrong | Posted 05.14.2013 | San Francisco
Hilary Armstrong

Burning Man leaves a permanent imprint on everybody who goes about a way of life that is based on a giving society. The movie was the proverbial golden ticket of temptation to see and experience something that most people can only imagine.

Inside Burning Man's Latest Big Controversy

Carly Schwartz | Posted 05.13.2013 | San Francisco

A week in Black Rock City ain't cheap -- any loyal Burner will attest to that. In addition to the $380 entrance fee, the cost of transporting and s...

The Craigslist Rideshare 'Talk'

Sarah Barness | Posted 05.05.2013 | San Francisco
Sarah Barness

I love getting into strange people's cars almost as much as I love having strange people get into my car. It sounds crazy, and maybe I'm too trusting, but what I do know is that I have done rideshare approximately one billion times, and have never had a bad experience.

Burning Man Tickets Are Finally Here!

Hannah Bricker | Posted 02.08.2013 | San Francisco

The race to Black Rock City is underway. Registration for Burning Man tickets opened Wednesday, and for those who register, tickets will be availa...

Hannah Bricker

Burning Man Pre-Sale!

HuffingtonPost.com | Hannah Bricker | Posted 01.18.2013 | San Francisco

Burning Man is rolling out even more ticketing changes. After overhauling last year's controversial ticketing policy, organizers are introducing a...

Burning Man's New Ticket Policy Draws Mixed Reviews

Carly Schwartz | Posted 01.08.2013 | San Francisco

When organizers of the rapidly-growing Burning Man festival announced plans to sell coveted tickets via a lottery system last year, veteran attendees ...

Aaron Sankin

PHOTOS: Is Burning Man Turning Into A Cult?

HuffingtonPost.com | Aaron Sankin | Posted 12.05.2012 | San Francisco

With the often-fanatical devotion of its attendees, outlandish outfits and preponderance of spiked Kool-Aid, Burning Man has long had the external tra...

Slouching Towards Burning Man: Is The Counterculture Fest Evolving Or Devolving?

ARTINFO | Posted 01.30.2013 | Arts
ARTINFO

About one half hour before it goes up, the 40-foot-tall wooden sculpture at the center of Burning Man raises its hands to salute the sky. Summoned by ...

Burning Man Artists Bring New Life To Oakland Lot

Robin Wilkey | Posted 10.31.2012 | San Francisco

Burning Man is a bit of a love-it-or-hate-it thing in the Bay Area. But a new West Oakland project built mainly by Burners is surely putting even the ...

My Anti-Bucket List

Amy Wruble | Posted 12.26.2012 | Women
Amy Wruble

Instead of pressuring myself to see the world, run a marathon or win a Grammy (as a mom to a toddler, I consider it a victory when I leave the house with clean hair), I thought I'd let myself off the hook on some of my least favorite activities.

Burning Man Faces New Legal Challenge

Carly Schwartz | Posted 10.12.2012 | San Francisco

Burning Man ran into a legal snag this week when officials in Pershing County, Nevada, asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by festival organizers...

Partying for the Planet and Dancing With God (at Burning Man)

Leah Lamb | Posted 11.24.2012 | Arts
Leah Lamb

There is an expression one uses after an exceptionally good day or night on the playa... "I won Burning Man." It means you did it right, you slipped into the flow of the universe and something magical happened.

A Different Kind of Burning Man Story

Vanessa Pinto | Posted 11.20.2012 | San Francisco
Vanessa Pinto

Whenever you hear about Burning Man, you hear about the art, the peace, the spiritual enlightenment, and, most importantly, the freedom. When you hear of Burning Man, you never hear of crime, and you certainly don't hear about a rape.

Why Burning Man Didn't Suck This Year... and What We Can Learn From It

Jay Michaelson | Posted 11.12.2012 | San Francisco
Jay Michaelson

Burning Man didn't suck. It didn't seem that different from past years. It had all the magic, community, sacredness, emotional center and impossible-to-describe otherworldliness that we Burners struggle to convey to outsiders.

3 Fearless Ways To Let Go

Jay Michaelson | Posted 11.09.2012 | Healthy Living
Jay Michaelson

While I have experienced -- and want to affirm -- the absolute centrality of letting go, I would like to complicate it somewhat also. Because it matters what you're letting go into -- and that, I think, is actually the harder part of the work.

Burning Manifesto

Tamsin Smith | Posted 11.07.2012 | Arts
Tamsin Smith

Some places must be seen, touched, and tasted live and in person, to be truly known. The Playa of Black Rock City is one of these.

Burning Man 2012 -- a Walk Along the Esplanade

Steve Payne | Posted 11.07.2012 | Arts
Steve Payne

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Buddha Doodle -- 'Everything Will Be Okay'

Molly Hahn | Posted 11.06.2012 | Good News
Molly Hahn

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The Best Of Burning Man 2012

Posted 09.06.2012 | Arts

Maybe you were at the Burning Man Festival last week, or maybe you'd never go in a million years (that alkaline dust is no joke!). Either way, we high...

9 Ways Burning Man Is a Model for Involving Volunteers

Robert J. Rosenthal | Posted 11.05.2012 | Impact
Robert J. Rosenthal

Voluntary activity has always been the driving heart of Burning Man. By leveraging the interests and skills of volunteers, Burning Man has been able to grow each year.

The Mythology Of Burning Man

Derek Beres | Posted 11.05.2012 | Religion
Derek Beres

My sojourn to the festival in the desert verified something: This is the most widespread example that America has at consciously creating a modern mythology.

'Bank Of Un-America,' 'Goldman Sucks' Two Of Artist's $100,000 Wall Street Model Torched In Desert

The Huffington Post | Meredith Bennett-Smith | Posted 09.04.2012 | Business

Wall Street -- or at least flammable copies of some of its major landmarks -- burned to the ground Saturday night in a pyrotechnic protest staged at t...