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Regional Contacts

Albany-Troy

We are burners of New York's Capital District and surrounding areas. From Albany and Troy to Saratoga to Woodstock and even pieces of western Massachusetts, Vermont, and New Hampshire. We've been making an annual caravan up to Firefly, a semiannual caravan down south for Playa del Fuego, and enjoy hooking up with NYC burners. There are local arts events happening every week like Troy Night Out (last Friday of every month) and First Fridays in Albany. Participants welcome!

main contact: Jonathan Lee Marcus a.k.a. true
Tom Van Waardhuizen a.k.a. Tall Tom a.k.a. TT
burning since: true – burning since 2000
Tall Tom – burning since 2001
personal quote:

true –
"When you set someone up as an authority, never forget that the belief that you have in this authority is just your opinion."
—Alan Watts, from 'Still the Mind'

Tall Tom –
"You should view the world as a conspiracy run by a very closely-knit group of nearly omnipotent people, and you should think of those people as yourself and your friends." —Robert Anton Wilson

email: Albany-Troy 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: albany-troy-announce-subscribe@burningman.com
discussion lists: To join a discussion list with other participants in this area, send a blank email to: albany-troy-burning-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
or visit groups.yahoo.com/group/albany-troy-burning
The list is pretty small and volume is quite low. Discussions include local arts events, planning art projects and theme camps, the nature of the universe, fire, and anything else you feel like talking about.
related urls: Firefly
Playa del Fuego
local event calendar: Don't forget to check the Calendar for year around events in your area.

Recent Events:

We have sporadic Burner dinner outings and Burner potlucks and parties whenever people host them. We collaborate on art and travel for nearby events, such as Firefly in Vermont, Playa del Fuego in Delaware, NYC Decom, PEX in Philadelphia, and… Burning Man! =)

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