Cultures and traditions around the globe and throughout history share a similar concept of axis mundi, the center of the world. This concept of axis mundi is the official theme for Burning Man 2026, ...

Have you ever wanted to burn a man? In June 1986, the founders of the Burning Man project and nonprofit, Larry Harvey and Jerry James, built a wooden human effigy and set it on fire on San Francisco’s ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Going into my 26th Burning Man, I admit I was crestfallen at the news that “Midnight Poutine” was not returning. The Canadian dish is a funny mix of fries, ...

VALLEJO, Calif. -- A Bay Area resident returning home from Burning Man Sunday experienced an unusual turn of events in the past week. "Burning Man was such an experience all around. A mixed bag," said ...

On a balmy day in July, I took the elevator up to the 22nd floor of the old Oakland Tribune Tower to meet John Law, one of the co-founders of Burning Man and a walking encyclopedia of San Francisco ...

The devastation left at the iconic Burning Man festival by intense dust storms has been laid bare by revellers. The week-long annual gathering sees attendees build a city in Black Rock Desert, Nevada, ...

Burning Man is a counterculture community event held the last week of August each year in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada that draws upwards of 70,000 people. Photo credit: MIKE NELSON/AFP Last week ...