For over 25 years, the Burning Man festival has been an annual pilgrimage for tens of thousands of artists and counter-culture seekers. Held in the desert flats of northwestern Nevada during the last days of summer, attendees take part in a week-long celebration focused on the creation of art. In recent years, it has become more than an arts festival and has morphed into an experiment in creating... [read more]

For over 25 years, the Burning Man festival has been an annual pilgrimage for tens of thousands of artists and counter-culture seekers. Held in the desert flats of northwestern Nevada during the last days of summer, attendees take part in a week-long celebration focused on the creation of art. In recent years, it has become more than an arts festival and has morphed into an experiment in creating a community. Join Steven T. Jones, author of The Tribes of Burning Man: How an Experimental City in the Desert is Shaping the New American Counterculture; Barbara Traub, author of Desert to Dream: A Decade of Burning Man Photography, Christopher Bently, a board member for the Burning Man Project; and Alix Rosenthal of the Black Rock Arts Foundation for an insider’s view on the past and future of this significant cultural phenomenon.