Regional Contacts
Chicago
Chicago is the third largest city in the US and a city of many neighborhoods,
creating different pockets of culture and entertainment at each corner. Similar
to the way Chicago is laid out, the Chicago Burner Community is home to many
different views, focuses and interests. Since spring of 2002 about five different
groups of Burners and a whole slew of Burner newbies have been working together
to unify the many Burners in Chicago, create a community and ingest an avenue
for all things Burning Man and beyond in the central states. This Chicago group
is unique in the fact that we were all strangers at the outset of our experiment,
building our relationships and riding personal dynamics out of a desire to
create and continue a community. Now, after several challenging and inspiring
years, relationships have developed and a deeply connected family forged from
big fires and strange chaos remains.
Several annual events have been established over the course of the year, involving or supported by Burners: Decompression (in September), Halsted Halloween Parade (in October), Santa Kong (in December), SynchroniCity’s Christmas Tree Burn (in January), Chiditarod (in March), Resonate (in March), Town Hall (late spring), Earth Day and Green Festival (in April).
Every month, there are meet and greets and currently Entheon Village is holding music events at the Kinetic Playground to raise funds for their 2008 village.
Chicago's Burners Without Borders have joined forces with City government and agencies, neighborhood associations and residents to help people help themselves in cases where traditional infrastructures have failed. Together, we can make a difference. Projects have included: BMIR news recordings, downspout disconnections, recycled art projects, Earth Day and Green Festival performances.
Come be a participator in Chicago’s community and join the family.
More information can be found at Burning Man Chicago.
| main contact: | Boperella (Liz), Willard Skynard Devotionliner (Willy), Jon Groot |
| burning since: | 2003, 2003 |
| email: | Chicago Regional |
| announcement lists: | Subscribers to the announce list will receive updates about related events within their local community; announce lists are not open discussion lists, therefore all posts are routed through the Regional Contact. To subscribe to the announce list for this region, send a blank email to: chicago-announce-subscribe@burningman.com |
| discussion lists: |
Our discussion and announce lists are open to any and all discussion related
to Burning Man and the many events members of our Chicago community are supporting.
Join both for all the information. Chicago-list-subscribe@burningman.com |
| related url: | Burning Man Chicago |
| event photos: | Here’s a link to our group photo from 2005's SynchroniCity retreat. |
| local event calendar: | Don't forget to check the Calendar for year around events in your area. |
Past Events:
This year Radio Free Valhalla, PyroTechnique, SPUNN, the Sew-Op and a large collection of dancing Zombies took over the 10th Annual North Halsted Halloween Parade filling the streets of Chicago with the delicious glow of flame throwers and fire spinners.
We also held our first Urban Decompression in the mean streets of Chicago to great success.
SynchroniCity holds an annual retreat in July for a week down in KY. They also throw Halloween parties, drag shows, X-mas tree burns, workshops, camp outs and random acts of high love and big drink.
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