She held her grief behind her eyes like an ocean & when she leaned forward into the day it spilled onto the floor & she wiped at it quickly with her foot & pretended no one had seen. - StoryPeople
(No, this isn't really our ticket design for 2009)
By popular demand, we are pleased to announce the resurrection of the Burning Man Ticket Pre-sale, in advance of the holidays, for Burning Man 2009!
For years we’ve heard feedback from enthusiastic early-planner types who’d like to be able to gift Burning Man tickets to friends and loved ones at the holidays instead of waiting until January. As always, this year’s ticket will illustrate our art theme - Evolution - and we deem it particularly beautiful; a perfect gift. Other participants aren’t so concerned about holding out for the lower-priced tickets available on launch day, and would rather get a ticket now, and thus avoid the rush.
In answer, we give you the Holiday Ticket Pre-sale. Here’s how it will work: we’ll offer 1,000 tickets at $260 each (this will be the third tier ticket price for ‘09; more details on the full ticket launch will be posted on our web site on December 12). These tickets will be a special allotment and the quantity will NOT come out of any of the pricing tiers for our regular ticket launch on January 14. (And no, it won’t affect your chances to try for any of the first or second tier tickets when they’re available.)
Pre-sale tickets will be available online beginning Friday, 11/14 at 10:00am PST.
Tickets will stay on sale until 11:59pm PST December 28 OR the allotment of 1,000 presale tickets run out, whichever comes first.
For all the nitty gritty details, please visit tickets.burningman.com.
Homeofpoi has found a great supplier for Colored Flames: Tribal Neon Fire Dyes.
I used the green flame with a fire puppet at the Halifax Busker Festival, and the effect was fantastic. Homeofpoi looked far and wide before choosing Tribal Neon. The colors are very strong.
If you use them, make sure to read the directions carefully. I used it with "Methyl Hydrate," which is basically pure methanol, with great success. The names of these products change in different regions, so you might need to do some homework to find the right thing. Enjoy!
If only I could have made it to AfrikaBurn 2008.
It looks like an amazing event, check out this short slide show and interview with Monique Schiess, one of our Regional Contacts.
http://www.24.com/news/2008/soundslides/AfrikaBurn_festival/index.html
A remix of When Circles Dream, with lots of new footage and photos! (Note: Please scroll down to also learn about the NEW DVD and the POI RETREATS in COSTA RICA"!)
Red Eye Diner, 2008; image by Nightshade
If you dropped off your Burning Man recycling at one of the free 24-hour drop off centers in Reno-Sparks, perhaps you’re wondering what happened to your cans and bottles? Here is a summary of the free drive-thru recycling project operated by Save Mart in the Reno~Sparks area for burners during and following the week of Burning Man.
The total amount of recyclable materials dropped off in ‘08 was about three times larger than in 2007.
Sadly, we’re told that although lots of aluminum was dropped off, a large chunk of this valuable metal was stolen from the parking lots one night. Other metals deposited amounted to 6-7 times as much as in 2007, however, so the project raised $633 overall — and Save Mart is matching that amount, meaning that $1366 will be donated to the Nevada Discovery Museum in Reno for maintenance of their solar energy installation, which is soon to be built by Black Rock Solar.
All aluminum and metals went to Solid Waste Reduction Services, plastics to Earth First Recycling, glass to Waste Management, and cardboard and plastic bags remained in-house with Save Mart’s regular recycling. All bicycles have gone to the Kiwanis Bike Project. Garbage deposit was also apparently a big help to burners — eleven 30-foot dumpsters were filled.
Here is the breakdown of the most notable recyclables totals for 2008 (and in parentheses, for 2007). Unit of measurement is one bin, 4′x4′x3′.
Plastics — 183 bins (55)
Aluminum — 9 (18)
Other Metals — 7 (1)
Glass — 34 (12)
Cardboard — 64 (24)
Bicycles — 61 bicycles (7)
(Note: although Whole Foods in Reno also operated a 24-hour dropoff recycling project this year, its scope was not quite as large and exact numbers of recyclables were not tracked; we are however told it was also a successful operation and the two stores may partner for this project in 2009.) We would like to thank both these stores and the Reno area burners who helped with this project for keeping these recyclables from turning into trash…and thank YOU for separating your camp’s trash and being sure to recycle at Burning Man 2008 — and, we hope, all year long.