Saturday, April 28th, 2007 at 2pm - 8:30 pm
Arlington Cinema 'N' Drafthouse
2903 Columbia Pike, Arlington VA
703 486-2345
www.arlingtondrafthouse.com/
Price: $20 in advance, $25 at the door (Nonrefundable)
Proceeds will go to the Playa del Fuego Art Grant fund
THEATER ADMISSION IS 21 AND OVER - PURCHASE YOUR TICKETS IN ADVANCE- THIS EVENT WILL SELL OUT.
Trying to explain what Burning Man is to someone who has never been to the event is a bit like trying to explain what a particular color looks like to someone who is blind.
Each year over 40,000 people travel to Black Rock City in the Nevada desert to participate in an experience that is wholly unlike any found in modern society. For one week in late August they become part of an experimental temporary community, one which challenges its members to express themselves and rely on themselves to a degree that is not normally encountered in day-to-day life. The result of this experiment is Black Rock City, home to the Burning Man event. (www.burningman.com/)
A few simple rules allow this festival to flourish with creativity, and joy. Participants are entrusted to have personal responsibility for themselves and provide for their own needs in a sometimes harsh desert environment. There is no money exchanged at the event, rather the economy is built around each participant gifting his/her abilities to help and entertain others. There are few rules about how one must behave or express oneself at this event (save the rules that serve to protect the health, safety, and the experience of others); rather, it is up to each participant to decide how they will contribute and what they will give to this community. Creativity rather than money is valued at the event.
The event takes place on an ancient lakebed, known as the Playa, a place that starts as a blank canvas where the participants can create the community as they desire. Participants are encouraged to live in the present; in a week's time everything created in the community with disappear except for memories of each participant. By the time the event is completed and the volunteers leave, sometimes nearly a month after the event has ended, there will be no trace of the city that was, for a short time during the event, the most populous town in the entire county. Art is an unavoidable part of this experience.
The DC/VA Burning Man Film Festival is an amazing collection of work in the spirit of the radical self-expression of Burning Man. The films and shorts included in this festival pan seven years of the event, starting in 1997 through 2003. The culmination of the festival will be a talk and Q&A session with Larry Harvey, founder and Executive Director of the Burning Man Project. Films will include: "Juicy Danger Meets Burning Man", "Gifting It", and "Beyond Black Rock"
Free shuttle bus to and from the Courthouse Metro Station (1:30-4:30pm & 7:00-9:00pm).
Bring a can of food to be donated to Capital Area Food Bank and receive a raffle ticket for fabulous prizes!
Dress in your most Playa Fabulous outfit and enter the costume contest!
Enjoy Art exhibits by local Burning Man artists and performances by: The Capital Fire Arts; Kaihea: Liquid Tribal Fusion Bellydance; and Interpretive Dance and Drumming by Nola Slag and Bubbles Huck!
Have your picture taken in the Phlaming Photo Booth! Music provided by DJ Dustin and others.
AFTER PARTY AT DR. DREMO'S!
8:30pm to ?
2001 Clarendon Blvd.
Arlington , VA 22201
703-528-4660
www.drdremo.com
After the movies, join us at Dr. Dremo's for the After Party! Wear your Film Festival wrist band for $3 pints of Yuengling! DJ's! Dancing! Fire spinning!
Arlington Cinema 'N' Drafthouse
2903 Columbia Pike, Arlington VA
703 486-2345
www.arlingtondrafthouse.com/
Price: $20 in advance, $25 at the door (Nonrefundable)
Proceeds will go to the Playa del Fuego Art Grant fund
THEATER ADMISSION IS 21 AND OVER - PURCHASE YOUR TICKETS IN ADVANCE- THIS EVENT WILL SELL OUT.
Trying to explain what Burning Man is to someone who has never been to the event is a bit like trying to explain what a particular color looks like to someone who is blind.
Each year over 40,000 people travel to Black Rock City in the Nevada desert to participate in an experience that is wholly unlike any found in modern society. For one week in late August they become part of an experimental temporary community, one which challenges its members to express themselves and rely on themselves to a degree that is not normally encountered in day-to-day life. The result of this experiment is Black Rock City, home to the Burning Man event. (www.burningman.com/)
A few simple rules allow this festival to flourish with creativity, and joy. Participants are entrusted to have personal responsibility for themselves and provide for their own needs in a sometimes harsh desert environment. There is no money exchanged at the event, rather the economy is built around each participant gifting his/her abilities to help and entertain others. There are few rules about how one must behave or express oneself at this event (save the rules that serve to protect the health, safety, and the experience of others); rather, it is up to each participant to decide how they will contribute and what they will give to this community. Creativity rather than money is valued at the event.
The event takes place on an ancient lakebed, known as the Playa, a place that starts as a blank canvas where the participants can create the community as they desire. Participants are encouraged to live in the present; in a week's time everything created in the community with disappear except for memories of each participant. By the time the event is completed and the volunteers leave, sometimes nearly a month after the event has ended, there will be no trace of the city that was, for a short time during the event, the most populous town in the entire county. Art is an unavoidable part of this experience.
The DC/VA Burning Man Film Festival is an amazing collection of work in the spirit of the radical self-expression of Burning Man. The films and shorts included in this festival pan seven years of the event, starting in 1997 through 2003. The culmination of the festival will be a talk and Q&A session with Larry Harvey, founder and Executive Director of the Burning Man Project. Films will include: "Juicy Danger Meets Burning Man", "Gifting It", and "Beyond Black Rock"
Free shuttle bus to and from the Courthouse Metro Station (1:30-4:30pm & 7:00-9:00pm).
Bring a can of food to be donated to Capital Area Food Bank and receive a raffle ticket for fabulous prizes!
Dress in your most Playa Fabulous outfit and enter the costume contest!
Enjoy Art exhibits by local Burning Man artists and performances by: The Capital Fire Arts; Kaihea: Liquid Tribal Fusion Bellydance; and Interpretive Dance and Drumming by Nola Slag and Bubbles Huck!
Have your picture taken in the Phlaming Photo Booth! Music provided by DJ Dustin and others.
AFTER PARTY AT DR. DREMO'S!
8:30pm to ?
2001 Clarendon Blvd.
Arlington , VA 22201
703-528-4660
www.drdremo.com
After the movies, join us at Dr. Dremo's for the After Party! Wear your Film Festival wrist band for $3 pints of Yuengling! DJ's! Dancing! Fire spinning!
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