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First Round Playa del Fuego Tickets on Sale this Friday, 8/15/08, at 9:00pm EST

2008-08-14T12:16:53Z

Playa del Fuego
The Mid-Atlantic Regional Burn
October 9-13, 2008
Odessa, Delaware

First round tickets go on sale this Friday, August 15, at 9:00pm EST

http://www.playadelfuego.org/content/blogsection/7/47/

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Virginia?

2008-08-08T22:19:50Z

So what is going on in Virginia? Anything?

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Burning Man for Beginners on Tuesday

2008-07-06T17:23:38Z

Interested in attending Burning Man but not sure how to make it all
happen?

Curious about the Burning Man event?

Come to the Washington, DC based *Burning Man for Beginners*

Hosted by Progress Darrell

Tuesday July 8th, 2008
at Darrell's house
3110 13th St NW
Washington, DC 20010-2408

http://duane.com/3110-13th for directions

1 Block from the Columbia Heights Metro (Green/Yellow line)

Please RSVP at: http://burningman.meetup.com/137/

Presentation runs from 7:30-9pm and covers:
--Getting to Burning Man
--Entering Black Rock City
--Finding a home on the Playa & Map of the city
--Making preparations for a week in the Desert
--Black Rock Fashion
--Burning Man Principles & Lingo

Come as early as 6:30pm to browse costumes and watch some videos
from the event (Beyond Black Rock or Gifting It).

Attendees are asked to bring beverages (alcoholic or non)
or munchies to share.

If you have questions you can reach us at
Darrell d@duane.com (202) 667 8278

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Burning Man's statement on Transformus 2008

2008-06-27T19:50:41Z

Dear Interested parties and attendees of Transformus:

We write you today to address the recent wave of public comment and
question about the status of Transformus as an official Burning Man
Regional Event. Beginning in March 2008, Burning Man has been in
receipt of multiple comments and complaints regarding certain aspects of
the production of Transformus and as of Monday, June 23, we made an
official statement to the Transformus LLC members regarding this matter.

Transformus is a Burning Man Regional Event that requested and received
its “official” status in 2005, during its first year in existence. As
you may know, any event that is designated as an official Burning Man
Regional Event has a relationship with one or more Burning Man Regional
Contacts, who must agree that the event will uphold and adhere not only
to Burning Man’s Ten Principles
(http://regionals.burningman.com/network_principles.html), but to an
additional set of criteria required by Burning Man designed to assure
that the event is actually legal, permitted, insured, of benefit to the
entire community, and available to all who wish to attend.

Whenever one or more formal complaints are made about an event or a
Regional Contact, Burning Man makes careful effort to address them
directly. There is a process for a formal investigation into the
allegations made in a Regional Contact/Regional Event complaint, one
that includes interviewing and engaging with as many members of the
local community as possible to gather information and make inquiry. (If
you are not familiar with the process to send us feedback about things
happening in your region, please take a look at this page:
http://regionals.burningman.com/regional_feedback.html.)

The member of the Transformus Board of Directors had themselves been
active in asking for support and guidance from Burning Man over the past
several months as the problems with this event came to a head; in fact,
in light of those requests and the comments and complaints we had
received, Burning Man sent its Regional Network Coordinator Bex Workman
to Asheville, NC in April to meet in person with the Transformus Board
of Directors as well as members of the local community to try to gain a
better understanding into the issues the organization was facing and try
to offer some support.

Part of Bex’s purpose on this trip was to obtain information and
background from as many sources as possible, and by sending a staff
member to engage in person we hoped to come to better understand the
ticketing and technology issues with Transformus that had been brought
up for review. This visit was in addition to a number of visits that Bex
had made to the area, including two annual trips to the Transformus
Work/Play weekend, and she and Steven Raspa had both made multiple other
check-in visits with active Transformus community members over the past
3 years. Both individuals had been involved in many emails and phone
conversations and mentoring with various Transformus leadership as welll.

After Bex’s most recent visit, and following months of investigation,
many phone calls, visits and conversations, the Regional Committee has
come to the conclusion that Transformus, as it exists today, has not
been able to operate in full alignment with the principles and criteria
required to be an official Burning Man Regional event in 2008.
Specifically, the investigation has determined that the event has been
unable to uphold the tenets of Civic Responsibility and Transparency.
For example, this was seen in its inability to notify participants of
their invitations in a timely fashion, and to clearly and publicly
illustrate the methodology and fairness of that invitation process – as
of this writing there still seems to be ambiguity and frustration for
some participants, and dissent about the nature of the process, and a
need for a public address of the grievances that have been raised.

One other example is the Board Of Directors’ failure to post timely
and detailed accountings of previous events’ financial reports to the
community, either through the event’s announce list, the regional
announce lists, or through the Transformus website; timely, transparent
accounting is a strong requirement in order to maintain good standing as
a Burning Man Regional Event, but it is especially important when there
have been accusations of inaccuracy in bookkeeping. We have made
recommendations about when and how to share this bookkeeping that have
not been able to be met, although we are aware that the group are still
actively pursuing making this posting.

Among the complaints that were shared with Burning Man, some of the
most prominent were related to incomplete bookkeeping and imprecise
nature of the invitation process. As we understand it, efforts are
underway to remedy this matter, but in the strictest sense, the prior
Transformus events have failed to follow the guidelines outlined by
Burning Man and cannot truly be said to have upheld those standards.

It was a very difficult decision for us to move to suspend Transformus’
official status; however, the value in having and engaging in the
Burning Man Regional Network lies in the ability to truly identify that
certain standards and benchmarks of the Burning Man community are in
place for any event, and if they cannot be met or verified readily by
the casual observer or participant, even by the best efforts of the
persons involved, it is our duty to encourage the production team to act
to bring things back into alignment, as well as to inform the public
about our official position on the event.

In this case, although we do not believe any individual engaged in
wrongdoing, we do believe that the business entity behind Transformus is
clearly faced with a need to stop and reflect, as they have done, and in
the meantime, the current state of affairs has left little choice but to
act to address the complaints and agree that Transformus organization as
it stands is not in a position to be identified officially as a Regional
Event in 2008.

However, although Burning Man has announced that Transformus 2008 will
not qualify for official Regional Event status, we do remain actively
engaged in an effort to encourage and support the Transformus board and
the many people who produce the event, and to assist them in moving
through this period as they reflect on their leadership and determine
the common goal for its future. Although there are transitions and
challenges afoot, we want to make it clear that we believe that there is
ample enthusiasm and dedication to help rally the community to resolve
these issues together and move beyond this conflict; we are confident
that you can and will create an event that your region can be proud of,
and that leadership will guide you through and hold the center, whatever
that turns out to be.

Indeed, the Burning Man Project has every intention of continuing to
offer its support to you, and it is our hope that Transformus will seek
and regain its official Regional Event status in the future. We do still
intend to send several members of our staff to support Transformus this
year; both Bex Workman and Wally Bomgaars aka:Odwally (DMV, Rangers)
will still be sent out to offer their assistance, expertise, and sweat
to help produce Transformus, just as had been previously planned; Ranger
Splinter is also still planning to conduct a Ranger Training at the event.

We also remain eager to help to connect all interested parties with any
others in the Burning Man Regional Network who might offer their insight
and assistance through their similar experiences, whoever they may be.
We are in frequent communication with the Burning Man regional contacts
in the area who are involved and concerned about this event. Regional
Contacts are individuals who have satisfied a set of established
leadership criteria to be a contact point in a particular area, and
we’re depending on them to help translate Burning Man's expectations to
the communities they represent and to let us know what other support we
might provide. Truly, although we know the ultimate solutions are up to
the community, we still want to be as supportive as possible if we can.

However, we know that the biggest component in Transformus (the event)
solving its current spate of issues is Transformus -- the community --
deciding together to figure out how to solve them. We’ve never seen it
as our place to tell another event what to do, even those within our
“Network” – we offer what we offer by way of affiliation or relationship
and shared principles, not by ownership or dictation. Our desire to help
is not about us illustrating what “we” think “you” should do – it’s

about us sharing what our experiences have been with you, introducing
you and connecting you to others with similar experiences, and offering
whatever we do know about building community and about producing events.

In this case that experience tells us that when things go off course
and personal actions are in doubt, it helps for everyone to reflect on
their shared values, sometimes in a public process, and this can help
you to see what you can do to get back to them, together.
And yes, we have the Ten Principles, and perhaps those are a place to
start a discussion, but we trust that there are many viewpoints and sets
of ideals among those who would consider themselves participants at
Transformus. Thus, we won’t deign to try to ascribe those values to
everyone who attends that event, but we do offer them as a place to
start, especially since we’ve found them useful so often ourselves.

Burning Man isn't trying to tell Transformus that we have the solution
for them, although we believe that we have tried to offer some input and
possible solutions for consideration. Ours is not to direct, dictate,
nor even to suggest what you should do in your local groups from all the
way over here in San Francisco, and no matter how many staff members we
send to visit, we only know what you and your community are telling us,
but ultimately the solutions are up to you. Either way, we’re certain
you’ll still come together and make Transformus great this year, and we
are eager to see what the future will bring.

In closing, I’d like to again emphasize that this decision was based on
careful investigation of a mass of shifting facts and information, and
was only designed to try to help the Transformus Board Of Directors and
all of you move towards building a strong community and producing an
event supporting the values of that community. We do not believe anyone
should pull out of their participation or stop working on or planning to
attend Transformus 2008 solely because of this decision on the behalf of
the Regional Network’s official event requirements. Indeed, the primary
purpose in building the Regional Network has been to facilitate a
connection amongst all of us, and we are in no way trying to negate the
importance of Transformus and its participants or its organizers as
members of the Burning Man community.

As such, we hope that it is understood by all that the Burning Man
Project will remain available to your community for questions, comments,
or support as we can offer it (remember this is a particularly busy time
for our production staff as we near the creation of Black Rock City),
and that we do believe that Transformus will find its way to the future
Self reflection and self improvement are values that can never been
underestimated in helping manifest change.

If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to contact us
directly via: regionals@burningman.com

Sincerely,

Andie Grace

--
Andie Grace, Actiongrl
Burning Man Communications Manager
Regional Network Manager
(415) 865-3800 x102
www.burningman.com

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Transformus camp meeting tonight (thursday)

2008-06-26T12:52:41Z

For those of you attending Transformus from here and are a part of the PLF camp or are interested in joining (assuming you have a ticket) we will be holding a meeting tonight at Conway's house at 9:30 PM (thursday) to discuss the details and issues and get our butt's kickin'.

Meanwhile I am gathering everyone's info. (e-mail, phone, tribe handle etc.) into once place so that I can better coordinate the planning of meetings and making sure everyone is informed. Please send me your contact info through tribe e-mail, and I will get you on the e-mailing list. and give you the address for the meeting tonight.

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Transformus No Longer A Regional Burn!!!!

2008-06-25T02:30:17Z

Dear Mysterians,

It is with great sadness and discomfort that I announce Transformus is no longer an official Burning Man Regional Event. The Transformus Board of Directors received an e-mail from Andi Grace of Burning Man last night stating that there had been complaints made by the community. The decision to change Transformus' s status as an official burn was based on the BOD's lack of Civic Responsibility and Transparency. An official statement will be released from Burning Man soon entailing all of the details in depth and their reasoning. It will also lay out the process necessary to regain or retain our status as a sanctioned Regional Burn.

The Transformus BOD would like to let everyone know that at no point in time did we mean for any of this to happen. We did our best to make sense of the madness that has occurred this year leading up to Transformus 2008. We apologize to the community for our break down in communication and our botched ticketing system. We are just a group of normal people, who tried to the best of our abilities to bring you a successful event. We are only human and the lack of Civic Responsibility and Transparency was never, at any point in time, meaningfully sought out.

As many of you know, several members of the Transformus BOD have resigned. We thank them for their time, energy and devotion to this event. However, moving forward, there will be a lot of changes that will take place after Transformus 2008, and we are looking to this community to foster and implement those changes. The BOD opens the gates to the community as to where the future lies in running this event after Transformus 2008. For those of you who have wanted answers,decisions, and change, I ask you to step up to the challenge of making Transformus the way the community wants it to evolve. There are still just a few BOD members, including myself, that will help facilitate the means to making the situation at hand better after the event. Until that day and time, I respectfully and earnestly ask all of you to bring positivity and not negativity to our community.

Finally, for all of those in the community who wanted action and change, here is your opportunity to do something. The event is less than a month out ,and we can come out of the darkness and produce a great event that is fun, meaningful, transformative. ..not just a party in the woods. To all of you who are still coming and making it to Transformus 2008, we want to personally thank you for believing in the magical place known as Mysteria. Despite all the drama, anger, and confusion, we will rise to make Transformus 2008, the best one to date.

Positively Yours,

DTR
Transformus BOD
Burning Man Co-RC-SC

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June 4th - "Burning Man for Beginners" - Washington, DC

2008-05-29T19:25:36Z

Interested in attending Burning Man but not sure how to make it all happen?

Curious about the Burning Man event?

Come to the Washington, DC based *Burning Man for Beginners*

Hosted by Armadillo & Progress Darrell

Wednesday, June 4th, 2008
at Darrell's house
3110 13th St NW
Washington, DC 20010-2408

http://duane.com/3110-13th for directions

1 Block from the Columbia Heights Metro (Green/Yellow line)

Presentation runs from 7:30-9pm and covers:
--Getting to Burning Man
--Entering Black Rock City
--Finding a home on the Playa & Map of the city
--Making preparations for a week in the Desert
--Black Rock Fashion
--Burning Man Principles & Lingo

Come as early as 6:30pm to watch some videos
from the event (Beyond Black Rock or Gifting It).

Attendees are asked to bring beverages (alcoholic or non)
or munchies to share.

If you have questions you can reach us at

Progress Darrell d@duane.com (202) 667 8278

Please RSVP at:
http://burningman.meetup.com/137/calendar/7785212/

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Firefly - the Vermont Regional Burn - Ticket Preregistration Now Open!

2008-05-08T19:16:48Z

Firefly 2008 takes place July 3rd - 6th in Northern
Vermont and is our sixth New England burn! Go to
http://fireflyartscollective.org/ for more information
about participating in Firefly!

Firefly ticket _preregistration_ is now open! Go to:

http://fireflyartscollective.org/ticketing/

to sign up. Please take a moment to read the text on
the ticketing site. Firefly tickets sales begin on May
12th and will be sold on a first come, first serve
basis. Please preregister to ease your path. You will
need a valid email address and to have entered in your
mailing information before you will be allowed to get
tickets on May 12th. Preregistering does not
guarantee you will get tickets.

Please take a moment to read the text on the ticketing
site.

Thanks!

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MAYHEM~full moon camping event May 16-18 Wilmington,NC

2008-05-06T21:12:28Z

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MAYHEM: May 16-18~ 10 days & Ticket extension online!

The full moon burnish event ( not affiliated with Burningman or transformus, disclaimer...)
Is happening on the Cape Fear River, thrown and hostedby Cape Sphere.
Domes, buring big stuff, dj areas, full moon camping, debauchery extraordinaire, live psychadelic music, blackmail photo booth, and
a downright burn feeling happening soon.
We now have a willcall setup online, so you can still buy a ticket online after all!
and have your name at the gate, without having to sweat over a physical ticket arriving on time in the mail.

Here is the link for tickets:
May16-18, 2008

BUY TICKETS NOW:
1) www.brownpapertickets.com/event/31346
2) call (800) 838-3006 RE: Event 31346
3) Physical tickets: Wilmington, NC: Juggling Gypsy 1612 Castle St. (910) 763-2223
Charleston, SC ( only 10 available) Call DTR. (336) 324-8573 and ask for your Mayhem Ticket

Rain or shine.
Tickets are $15.00

More info: www.capesphere.com. click on the mayhem link.
This is a LNT event.

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Wickerman Burning - a new burn in South Central PA

2008-04-27T06:23:52Z

Hi!
I wanted to let everyone know about a new burn, and I am part of the planning team for it, so my opinion is biased!

The burn is "Wicker Man," to be held Thursday through Monday, Memorial Day weekend; and we have a setup weekend, the weekend before. We are trying to lay the groundwork that will grow into a full-on burn, with an amazing site, roads for art cars, a $4,000 art grant budget and plans for a stupendous effigy.

We will be using Four Quarters as our site, which has the rep as one of the most edgy and progressive non-profit camps on the east coast. They have given us their full support for Wicker Man. Four Quarters has a piped water system, hot showers, flush toilets and of course port-a-potties. Buried power lines for their bio-fueled camp generator, a covered stage and three swimming holes. Lots of camping under tall trees and out in the sun too. And 2 miles of gravelled roads. Four Quarters is located 100 miles west of DC and Baltimore, just off I-68.

We want to develop a burn that is art focused and will support big art. And one that has a vision of the future of burns that is sustainable, ecologically responsible and leaves behind a small foot print. Thus "Wicker Man;" the old celebration of the Green Man and Green energy. We already have over 20 theme camps and art projects registered, and we are just beginning our announcements. We plan to have three "Theme Towns." "Sound Town," where we can run sound all night long, like the Gaian MInd psytrance festival held at Four Quarters. "Sin City" down along the river, a cure for what ever ails you. And "Center Circle," a place for nature and spirit; held inside the amazing stone circle at Four Quarters. (Yes, there is a circle of standing stones and they are BIG!)

And then there is the Man. Planned at 35 feet high our man stands on a round Temple to the Spirit of Fire, a big enough room that you can enter and place your own art and offerings to the burn. The roof of the temple is a deck upon which stands the Man, and people can stand too.. His belly is the Upper Temple, with room for just one person at a time. Each of his arms will hold a flaming fire pot, and we hope, will move as he burns. This is a huge project and we are looking to get as many people involved in his construction as possible. Ground breaking for the Man is Friday, May 9th, and then the next two weekends until he burns.

I could go on and on, but our web site is up, with the first design drawings for the Man, pictures of art grant projects and theme camps. We have a list serve / forum too. So visit the web site at wickermanburning.org for much more info.

"Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust,
Wicker Man Burning, In Fire We Trust."

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2nd Round Playa del Fueog Tickets onSale Tonight, 4/2/08!

2008-04-02T21:02:32Z

Playa del Fuego
The Mid Atlantic Regional Burn
Odessa, Delaware
May 22 -26

The second half of PDF tickets go on sale tonight, Wednesday 4/2, at
9PM est!

Be sure to log in to the site tonight, to make sure your account is up
to date, and you still remember your password!
http://www.playadelfuego.org/component/option,com_wrapper/Itemid,80/

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Burning man event?

2008-03-20T20:47:55Z

When will be the next burn? I reeeaallly need to experience one.

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Playa del Fuego Tickets on Sale this Saturday, March 22

2008-03-17T16:23:34Z

Playa del Fuego
The Mid Atlantic Regional Burn
Odessa, Delaware
May 22 -26

Tickets on sale this Saturday, March 22, at noon (EST)

http://www.playadelfuego.org/content/view/147/47/

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Room for rent in Carytown - $400

2008-02-08T19:09:19Z

Hey all,

I've got a room for rent in my Carytown home. If you're interested check out my Craigslist ad and/or give me a call. I'm a burner and would love to get another burner in there since I feel they'd respect my place more than normal people.

http://richmond.craigslist.org/roo/567314070.html

Terry
415-260-1105

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SNOWBALL party~Richmond Sat jan 19

2008-01-11T01:18:53Z

Snowball Party: Sat Jan 19. Be there.
you all probably know about it, but I'm on posting spree. suffer!

lrighty folks, it's been a long time since their last major party,
Timeless, but now they're back in full effect.
IT's PLF's SNOWBALL!!!!
Please join us as PLF throws its first fundraiser event of the new year.

FEATURING!!!!,
but def.not limited to:

*12 ( coutn em) 12! kickass deejays
bringin the bump (as well as the chill...)

*blacklight and glow performanceS from:
Cari and Ignytor of Arati Fire & more special performers!

*Sweet Tease Burlesque, Tantalizing!

* & Emcee host Bash!
entertaining in-between sets, making sure your groove is set on "open".

NOTE:

SNOWBALL is a costume party!!!!
~so make sure you wear your funkiest.
Think snow for your inspiration... failing that, feel free to wear
your favorite playa wear or whatever crazy outfit tickles your fancy.

ALthough technically an invitation only event,
if you show up in a kickass costume,
no one is going to give you heat.
If you have friends who want to join us, by all means, give them an invite or
bring them as your guest.
Email clumpkin@gmail.com for your invite
or find out more by joining this tribe:
http://tribes.tribe.net/plf

Can we kick it?

(paraphrased from original invite of ~RRRRRabbit!)

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Frostburn - Western PA Regional Burn, Feb 15 - 18

2007-11-26T17:23:28Z

The Pittsburgh-area burner community is pleased to announce:

FROSTBURN
Western Pennsylvania' s Premiere Regional Burn
www.frostburnpgh. com

Imagine the climatic opposite of Burning Man: a frozen forest where
ice and snow join fire and steam as viable art forms; where radical
self-reliance and communal effort are critical for human survival.

Envision an event where huddled masses and daring individuals
venture from warm quarters into the chilled air, discovering
participatory art and radical self-expression no matter which way
they turn.

Dream of a retreat just when you need it most: in the middle of
winter, six months from your annual pilgrimage to the Black Rock
Desert.

Escape for a weekend to an environment that is harsh, yet
comfortable. Familiar, with a radical new twist. A place to warm
your heart and soul and express your creativity in ways the playa
could never allow.

Help us invent a great weekend of community, immediacy and art.

FROSTBURN: Share The Warmth!
Presidents Day Weekend
February 15-18, 2008

Cooper's Lake Campground
Slippery Rock, PA
www.cooperslake. com

Tickets available soon!
www.frostburnpgh. com

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land for sale?

2007-10-04T04:13:57Z

Who got some tips, send me notes off list I'm interested..looking for land, for sale with or without buildings...

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Space available for riders and gear from Virginia to PDF

2007-10-02T23:29:54Z

Hi all,
I've decided to haul my VW Van out for PDF. I'll be leaving from Fredericksburg, Va sometime on Thursday around 2:00pm-ish. I can take up to 6 passengers and light gear or fewer people and some larger stuff. Looking for easy-going company & whatever help with gas you can contribute. I'll take care of the driving. I plan to leave on Monday if anyone wants to head back then as well.
Hoping to find easy in/out pick-ups so I don't get caught up in the city.
Email me for more info (fortuneasker@yahoo.com).
Thanks,
linda

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extra free ticket for bob dylan tonight

2007-09-25T15:28:24Z

hey all who live in virginia,

my friend decieded to punk out last minute...so i got a free ticket for bob dylan and elvis costello tonight...only catch is you have to be my date for the night, lol. and you ahve to put out....lol...just kiding.

i live in williamsburg, va and the the show is happening up in norfolk at the constent convocation center so if you live anywhere else you'll need to find a ride..other then that as long as you are along the way i can pick you up.

send me a message...first person to message me wins!!!!!!!

//liz

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why va?

2007-09-17T04:22:51Z

we have the resources. we have the people. there are also other people with other resources in different states.

if we can't find proper land in va, why not do something in a state close by?

as long as SOMETHING is being done, that's what matters.

crowded venues with tickets that sell out at the blink of an eye.

bulging.

where there is a venue there are burners.....

true it's nice being in the middle of the east coast.... but we must find venues. also, alot of burners love to be nude.... va has an anti nudity law or something.

just my two cents.

answer these questions and lets get rolling?

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2nd Round Playa del Fuego Tickets on Sale this Friday

2007-08-16T18:30:31Z

Playa del Fuego - the Mid-Atlantic Regional Burn
October 4 -8
Odessa, Delaware

Tickets for Playa del Fuego fall 2007 will go on sale this Friday 9:00pm (Eastern Time).

Release Date Time Quantity Price
Release 2 Begins Friday, August 17th 09:00 PM Eastern TBA* $35
Gates Open Thursday, October 4th 05:00 PM Eastern ** $35

* Minus any essential participant reserved tickets sold
** Any remaining unsold tickets will be sold at the gate (but don't count on there being any)

Please also note that this event will have no will-call, meaning all tickets will be physically mailed out. Please take the time to log in and verify your address is correct before tickets go on sale.

www.playadel fuego.org/

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Playa del Fuego Tickets on Sale this Saturday

2007-07-31T16:02:40Z

Playa del Fuego - the Mid-Atlantic Regional Burn
October 4 -8
Odessa, Delaware

Tickets for Playa del Fuego fall 2007 will go on sale Saturday, August 4th at 12:00 noon (Eastern Time). The second ticket release will be 13 days later. Because of this, payment deadlines will be much more strictly enforced, and there will not be a "bonus round" at least until after the second ticket release.

Release Date Time Quantity Price
Release 1 Begins Saturday, August 4th 12:00 Noon Eastern TBA $35
Release 2 Begins Friday, August 17th 09:00 PM Eastern TBA* $35
Gates Open Thursday, October 4th 05:00 PM Eastern ** $35

* Minus any essential participant reserved tickets sold
** Any remaining unsold tickets will be sold at the gate (but don't count on there being any)

Please also note that this event will have no will-call, meaning all tickets will be physically mailed out. Please take the time to log in and verify your address is correct before tickets go on sale.

http://www.playadel fuego.org/

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BM 2007

2007-07-25T04:25:50Z

Just joined and there doesn't seem to be a lot going on.
Just curious about Virginians (Esp. Richmond) who are going to BM this year...

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Improv Del Fuego, June 29 - July 1

2007-06-23T05:03:48Z

This is in Virginia (barely) and I thought you might be interested.

In the course of searching for new sites for Playa Del Fuego, a possible site was found - The Cove.

Improv Del Fuego has been (un)organized to check out the site and to see all your lovely friends again. Bring all your toys!

Enjoy!

WHAT: "Improv Del Fuego"

WHERE: The Cove in Gore, VA http://www.vvalley.com/cove

WHEN: June 29-July 1, starting at around 10 a.m. Please arrive either
Friday or Saturday before 9 p.m.

WHAT: Unorganized camp-out in a beautiful spot! Bring your tents, RV's,
your dogs, your fire toys, your food, your booze, your love!

PLEASE NOTE:
Slight location change. We'll be at Camp Five, not Camp Six. There will be
a sign indicating our location. This means we don't have to share with the
Music festival up the road, but we're more than welcome to visit them!

Also be aware to stash your food and booze when not in use, preferably in
the trunk of your car. There are critters in them hills.

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Official 2007 Effigy Design Winner

2007-05-16T17:49:00Z

Greetings Mysteria,

As you may have already heard this is to officially notify everyone that the Dixie BelleBoozler has been selected as the effigy for the Transformus 2007 Saturday night burn, which was submitted by Verbena Maya and Danielle Potheau. If anyone would like to volunteer or help make the Dixie BelleBoozler you can jump on board at: http://groups. yahoo.com/ group/burnart/

The Board of Directors would like to thank everyone who took the time and energy to submit effigy design proposals.

Inspire to Create,

Transformus LLC

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Last Work/Play Weekend May 4th thru 6th!!!

2007-04-25T19:54:13Z

Greetings Mysterians,

My name is dave the rave a.k.a (dtr) and I am the newest board member and community relations lead so, you will be seeing e-mails from me from time to time. May 4th thru the 6th will be the LAST WORK/PLAY WEEKEND before Transfromus 07. With that said Mysteria needs your help and participation during this last work weekend. One of the main projects for this last work/play weekend will be to fortify the roads at Deerfields. There will also be a lot of other projects that you can help participate in throughout the weekend. I want to go ahead and say thanks to everyone who is participating and helping to make Mysteria come to life this year.

Tickets will not be sold at this work/play weekend and the last group will go on sale May 15.

Inspire to Create,

dtr

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Larry Harvey Appearing at the DC/VA Burning Man Film Festival!

2007-04-24T03:42:13Z

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!

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Playa Del Fuego Tickets on Sale Saturday, April 21st at Noon EST

2007-04-20T21:32:46Z

Playa del Fuego is the burning event of the Mid-Atlantic Region. Our Spring 2007 event will take place this May Memorial Day weekend,(5/24-28) from Thursday 5 pm through Monday noon, near Odessa, Delaware.

Round Two Sales: Saturday April 21 at 12:00pm (noon) EST. They will sell at $35 each, until 425 have been sold.

http://www.playadelfuego.org/

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breakbeats in VA????

2007-04-02T17:52:02Z

Hi there guys... I'll be moving to Virginia Beach from San Francisco very soon... Looking for burners and breaks parties in that area so I can meet new cool peeps and feel a little more at home... (I'll be so far from my fellow SF burners, friends and family)...

e

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Burn event meet-n-greet!

2007-01-24T23:23:25Z

Cross-post from Virginia fire:
http://tribes.tribe.net/vafire/thread/054fde22-0d0b-4540-88ec-998f9a800e49

Please respond to the thread in VA fire, not here, so we don't have to surf too much to figure things out. This tribe has kinda been obviated by VA fire in general, so... Yeah! Thanks.

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Friday night at G5: Puppet theatre, spaghetti, live music, and FIRE(?)

2007-01-24T17:48:52Z

Dear G5 FIRE, you guys are more than welcome (and encouraged) to come to this and you most certaintly can do your thing out front!!! We are going to make this a monthly (or every 2 months) tradition at G5! Come be a part of history in the making...it will be special and FUN!

Gallery5 on Friday, January 26 at 7PM.
…….
All the Saints Theater Company Presents:

Ten years ago, seven volunteers with the Great Works Theatre in New York got together and began monthly Spaghetti Dinners. These dinners were put on with the purpose of satisfying the hungers of all of those in attendance, not only their hunger for food, but their hunger for art. The individuals who began these dinners knew that art, like food, is a necessity, and by putting the two together, they could provide nourishment for the bodies and minds of all of those in attendance. The dinners are a convergence of ideas, art mediums and radicals. These monthly dinners successfully accomplished their goal of creating a forgiving atmosphere where people could explore performance styles, eat and be entertained. The entertainment aspect was typically in the form of a puppet show. Puppets are the strongest tool in expressing one’s hatred for capitalism and what it has done to the people of this world. Puppets are the ideal tool for humor and violence.

Since the Great Works Theatre began it’s dinners in New York, communities in Philadelphia, Asheville and the Northeast Kingdom have adopted the tradition. These dinners have fed and entertained hundreds, and helped communities grow stronger in doing so.

Now is the time to help bring our community a little closer together. The folks who brought you Richmond’s First Halloween Parade and the Angel of Death Ceremony in the streets of Richmond have paired together with Gallery5 to bring these Spaghetti Dinners to our city. Through gathering and sharing digestion of the brain and belly, we will create a strong community that can manifest a better tomorrow. Door prices will be a sliding scale of $5- $10 (though donations are always welcome and remember you are getting food and the entertainment must be paid). For this price, you will be able to enjoy a vegetarian spaghetti and garlic bread dinner, social commentary, music, puppet shows and CHEAP ART. Please refer to the Cheap Art Manifesto c/o Bread & Puppet Press. Cheap art hopes to reestablish the appreciation of artistic creation and its availability to all people. It is anonymous and ranges from five cents to fifty dollars.

These Spaghetti Dinners will all be held at Gallery5 and the encore dinner will feature a group of puppeteers from Philadelphia performing “Going Nowhere.” It is the first shadow puppet collaboration between Erik Ruin and Morgan F.P. Andrews. It journeys a dozen short scenes all based around the question: “If you had to give up all your senses, except one, which one would you keep?” All the Saints will also perform, “A Soldier’s Story Told by a Cockroach,” a puppet show based around Babel’s “The Death of Dulgoshov.” Those who attend will also enjoy a song from Three Penny Opera and stories by John Cage which offer glimpses at the lives of undercover pirates, daydreaming butterflies, flag-burning patriots and the linguistically tortured wife of a former New England mayor.

There will also be a lovely soundtrack by the Minneapolis duo Dreamland Faces and live music by local improvisers. Also featured will be the antics of puppet theatre troupe PunkSinatra as well as Rose Csorba's "Suspended Disbelief" marionette theatre. Music by local acts DinoSupreme and No BS brass band...

Doors will open at 7pm. Please come and help us bring this fantastic tradition to our local community.

Gallery5
200 West Marshall Street
Richmond, Virginia 23220
804 644 0005
www.gallery5arts.com
gallery5@gallery5arts.com

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New year's eve

2006-12-28T21:49:00Z

For any of you guys who are in the northern virginia/dc area, or feel like heading up that way for New year's eve - The Kittens are hosting a New Year's Eve party slightly south of Baltimore. Fire, food, drinks and fun. Lots of the PDF folks coming, and crash space for any who want it.
We're setting up the HO-mewrecker Saloon, and are open to any other theme camps who feel like settin' up. dj's who want to spin. fire performers. whatever you want to do really

Let me know if you're interested and I'll send the details.

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Principles

2006-12-05T04:20:49Z

These are the 10 principles of burning man that I have refered to.
http://www.burningman.com/whatisburningman/about_burningman/principles.html

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Free Fire Safety Workshop at The Blue House

2006-12-04T16:10:44Z

On Saturday December 23rd at 3:00 pm I will be instructing on safe fire performance. I encourage all who would like to know about safe fire performance to attend. I will be going over everything from fuel safety to clothing safety. I will also go over some of the other hazards of fire performance. I support the safety standards of www.nafaa.org I hope that you will too. If you don't already know how to get to the blue house contact myself or Cari for directions.

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Dudetown

2006-10-24T00:54:54Z

The Dudetown people are having a halloween bash on the 28th. Its going to be a good one again. Camping is optional of course. They'll be doing a play or haunted trail or some wonderful surprise like that. To date they've asked no sort of compensation and I adore that beautiful burner spirit. However I've been thinking should we still compensate them somehow? I wouldn't want it to be an insult to them but it would also help them to keep this thing going. Any ideas?

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Zarbek on Thursday!

2006-10-09T21:39:56Z

Hey all, I'm trekking up to Annandale on Thursday to burn with the Zarbekkians: http://tribes.tribe.net/zarbek
Anyone want to come along?

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Zendoh here

2006-09-20T02:40:40Z

Hi all - Our friend Jack Rabbit bailed out of Tribe recently and passed this moderator job to me. I have been busy with many personal issues and have neglected this duty, but now I want to at least say hi to all, and to say that I have this in mind and it's stirring around. When there is enough energy built up by this group, we'll feel it and then we'll move together and meet and map out some ideas for getting this event to leave the realm of posibility and move into the realm of pure intention. I wish you all peace and happiness and a full plate of what you need. - Z

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invite for all here to join

2006-09-14T01:28:01Z

join va fire where we discuss events, festivals, and gatherings that may lead up to setting up a burn in this commonwealth that runs in the center of the east coast

http://tribes.tribe.net/vafire

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passing the torch

2006-09-01T23:54:39Z

hey folks,

i'm moving on from tribe for personal reasons. I passed the moderator job over to my good friend Zendoh. I still subscribe to the transformus email list, so drop a line there if you need to reach me.

peace,
jack rabbit

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Gathering

2006-08-21T12:46:53Z

Hey burners,

I'd like to have our first gathering to explore the idea of a burn here in VA. We still need a venue for this meeting, hopefully a place where we can light up some fire to consummate our little fellowship! I know we can find couches for any out-of-towners, so give me a shout if you want to come, especially if you have a place available for 15 or so humans (just a guess).

ciao,
rabbit

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welcome home!

2006-08-17T05:17:05Z

hey folks,

thanks for joining the tribe. just to add some structure to our thoughts, here's some items to mull over...

- this burn should happen here in central VA; we have highways, airports, and lots of open space, all without DC traffic
- i'm initially thinking of a first burn of roughly 200 participants, seems a manageable size for a first burn
- we need a place to host "meet 'n' greet" events, mini-burns of 10-20 interested parties who will become the committee members
- it would be nice if we could put our first small burn together by early 2007, even if it's only 50 people
- pretty woodsy place, maybe @20 acres+, port-a-potties?
- a name...

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let's get down to busy-ness!

2006-08-16T05:14:57Z

hey folks,

this idea hatched on the transformus email list, an inspiration I had after transformus which attracted some interest. originally I wanted to host a burn in central VA this fall, but wiser souls cautioned me to wait, plan, and see who else is interested in chipping in. we should get together once a month and spin fire, socialize, and kick around ideas for a centrally located burn event in VA.

everyone feel free to chime in with ideas, comments, questions, or abusive remarks.

welcome home,
rabbit

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