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Please help make the Black Rock Beacon a reality on the playa for 2008
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Feeding the Masses
By Lonestoner
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(July 20, 2008) -- Thinking of feeding the Playa people this year? Is it your "American Dream" to impress your fellow Burners with your
culinary prowess? Do you want to be the proud chef of the finest eating establishment in Black Rock City? Or maybe you just want to provide
a place for dirty hippies with the munchies and danced-out, half-starved ravers to wash down a grilled cheese sandwich....
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FED EX: Absolutely, Positively WTF?
By Pamela Lane
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(July 20, 2008) -- It’s been said that "for one week every year Black Rock City is the fifth largest city
in Nevada. You can even get Fed Ex deliveries there." The fifth largest city claim is exaggerated, and the
Fed Ex thing is debateable.
On Monday of BRC in 2007 soon after arriving on playa, I realized that I forgotten my bioidentical hormone
replacement capsules....
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After the Deluge
By Deb Prothero
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(January 28, 2008) -- Most Burners know Fernley, Nevada, as the final gateway to Black Rock country, the last place
to fuel up the car and the stomach before entering the high desert. For most of us, it is a place of summer, but in
the predawn hours of Jan. 5, residents were forced to flee their homes when a levee broke on a 31-mile irrigation canal,
releasing a flood of icy wintertime water that covered parts of the city to a depth of at least three feet....
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How to Unmuck a Flooded Town
By Deb Prothero
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(January 28, 2008) -- Tom Price of Burners Without Borders says the group knows a thing or two about helping
people recover from a flood, thanks to its experience with Hurricane Katrina. Some tips....
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Urban Planning
By Mitch
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(Oct 13, 2007) -- Show Burners an aerial photo of Black Rock City, and you can expect a wave of
nostalgia -- or anticipation, depending on the time of year -- to wash over them. But have you ever
wondered why the city has its distinctive C-shape? ....
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This area details courses and workshops offered for burner enthusiasts.
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2008 Calendar (includes unofficial events)
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January:
1/31-2/6 - Sitges Carnival (Sitges, Spain)
February:
2/1-4 - Kiwi Burn (Whakamaru Domain, Mangakino, New Zealand)
2/1-5 - Rio Carnival (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
2/5 - Mardi Gras (New Orleans, LA)
2/15-18 - FrostBurn (Slippery Rock, PA)
March:
3/? - Tagata Fertility Festival (Komaki, Japan)
3/15-19 - Las Fallas Fire Festival (Valencia, Spain)
3/21-24 - World Psychedelic Forum (Basel Switzerland)
April:
4/4-6 - BC Recompression (Vancouver, BC)
4/12 - Burning Man's Annual Open House (San Francisco, CA)
4/26 - Eeyore's Birthday Party (Austin, TX)
May:
5/1-5 - Interfuse (Midwestern Regional Burn (Boonville, MO)
5/8-11 - Toast! (AZ Regional Burn)
5/15-18 - Rebirth (Big Island, HI)
5/16-18 - Joshua Tree Music Festival
5/22-26 - Playa del Fuego (Mid Atlantic Spring Regional Burn (Odessa, DE)
5/22-26 - Burning Flipside (Austin, TX Regional Burn)
5/22-26 - Wickerman (4Q Artemas, PA)
5/30-6/1 - Element 11 (Utah Burn, Grantsville, UT)
June:
6/2-8 - Critical Massive (Methow Valley, WA)
6/5-8 - APOGAEA (Colorado Regional Burn (Front Range, CO)
6/7 - Venice Carnevale (Venice Beach, CA)
6/12-15 - Bonnaroo Music Festival (Manchester, TN)
6/21-22 - 3-Sided Whole Arts Community - "Inside" Event (New Mexico)
6/19-22 - Scorched Nuts (Ohio Burn, College Corner, OH)
6/19-22 - Dark Skies Arts Festival (Southwestern Multi-Regional Burn (Meadview, AZ)
6/20-22 Freezer Burn (Alberta's First Regional Burn)
6/27-29 Soak (Portland, Oregon Regional Burn)
July:
7/3-6 - Firefly (Vermont)
7/9-13 - Nowhere (Zaragoza, Spain)
7/9-12 - Crucible Fire Art Festival (Oakland, CA)
7/13 - Darwin Beer Can Regatta (Darwin, Australia)
7/16-21 - Transformus (event formerly known as a Southeast Regional Burn, Ashville, NC)
7/17-20 - Dreamtime Festival (Paonia, Colorado)
7/19-20 - 3-Sided Whole Arts Community - "Outside" Event (New Mexico)
7/20-22 - Afrika Burns (Cape Town, South Africa)
August:
8/16-17 - 3-Sided Whole Arts Community - "Otherside Event" (New Mexico)
8/25-9/1 - Burning Man (Black Rock City, NV)
- Mon, 10-10:30am BRB Staff Mtg
- Tue, 10-10:30am BRB Staff Mtg
- Wed, 10-10:30am BRB Staff Mtg
- Thu, 10-10:30am BRB Staff Mtg
- Fri, 10-10:30am BRB Staff Mtg
8/27 - La Tomatina (Bunyol, Spain)
September:
9/14-15 - Thame Festival (London, England)
October:
10/2-6 - Alchemy (Georgia Burn)
10/9-13 - Playa Del Fuego (Mid Atlantic Fall Regional Burn)
10/9-13 - Myschievia (North Texas Burn)
10/12 - SF Decompression (San Francisco, CA)
10/16-19 - Afrika Burns (South Africa)
10/17-19 - Fuego De Los Muertos (San Diego, CA)
10/18 - Denver Decompression
10/18-19 - Joshua Tree Roots Music Festival
10/31-11/2 - Punkin Chunkin (Sussex County, Delaware)
November:
December:
12/? - Santacon (Various Locations)
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2009 Calendar (includes unofficial events)
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January:
1/16-19 - FrostBurn (Slippery Rock, PA)
February:
2/6-8 - Kiwi Burn (Whakamaru Domain, Mangakino, New Zealand)
2/20-24 - Rio Carnival (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
2/24 - Mardi Gras (New Orleans, LA)
March:
3/15-19 - Las Fallas Fire Festival (Valencia, Spain)
April:
4/25 - Eeyore's Birthday Party (Austin, TX)
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June:
July:
August:
8/31-9/7 - Burning Man (Black Rock City, NV)
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