Comments on: Event Horizon: Burning Man, Burning Reno http://blog.burningman.com/2012/06/afield-in-the-world/event-horizon-burning-man-burning-reno/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=event-horizon-burning-man-burning-reno Sat, 18 May 2013 13:17:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Leutzy http://blog.burningman.com/2012/06/afield-in-the-world/event-horizon-burning-man-burning-reno/comment-page-1/#comment-42972 Leutzy Fri, 15 Jun 2012 18:24:41 +0000 http://blog.burningman.com/?p=18921#comment-42972 I first heard about Burning Man in 1992, my freshman year of college in Reno. As the event grew, I remember going to an IHop on Labor Day and falling in love with the looks of happiness on some dusty colorful people sitting a few tables over. I knew I needed to go.

Naysayers can say what they want, but in addition to trampling some dust into the casinos, burners are also bringing amazing art to the community — The Salvagery, Reno Art Works, Nada Dada, not to mention all the fabulous performance artists popping up through music, burlesque, and theater. And it’s not unusual to see somebody wearing something stunning that they made themselves. If anything, Reno has learned that we have the capability to build a pretty special culture through following dreams, community, and hard work.

I think the influence the playa has brought to my city makes this a pretty special place to live.

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]]> By: nada http://blog.burningman.com/2012/06/afield-in-the-world/event-horizon-burning-man-burning-reno/comment-page-1/#comment-42950 nada Thu, 14 Jun 2012 21:50:00 +0000 http://blog.burningman.com/?p=18921#comment-42950 reno braces itself after burning man ends. hotel rooms are covered in playa dust as burners triple up on rooms. who do you think cleans those messes up? ever hear of ‘leave no trace’?

the carpets in the lobby of circus circus take days to clean up after so many burners blow through there.

trash bags and fried-out $500 craigslist campers litter the sides of the freeway.

reno gets about 30,000 burners staying over – all thinking they’re the reincarnation of hunter s thompson and causing mayhem for the locals is justifiable as artistic expression.

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