Burning Man 2010 at Home: All The Freaky People ArtRide Report & photos!
Since I knew we weren’t going to make it to Burning Man 2010, we brought a little bit of the Burn home to Ventura by way of a “All The Freaky People Make the Beauty in the World” ArtRide.
And thanks to Daniel Boggs and his small pink camera, I have plenty of fun photos of all the Freaky people on Friday’s ArtRide to share with you!
We met up at the Artists Union Gallery where there was live music in addition to artwork, then we rode along the ocean front promenade to Main, and up Main for a quick visit at the newly remodeled Museum, then up Main again to Chestnut where we circled back on Santa Clara to find that the photo studio we were going to see was CLOSED once again!
We zipped up Santa Clara to Kalorama where we couldn’t find Kevin Eckart-Smith’s gallery, so we went to 255 Laurel which was celebrating the annual Inkspots show an where people packed the place! From Laurel, we rode across town, taking Main (legally!) and then Ventura Avenue, passing up visit to WAV and Bell Arts to go see Chad Sorg at 643 Project Space.
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FINALLY! Here are so
me of my favorite shots from last month’s ArtRide “Western Nghts & Carnival Lights” that I took with my handy iPhone. Daniel took a lot more and when I get a chance, I’ll post some!
We started at the promenade where 
we took photos and then more photos at the Ventura River and the sea. We cruised Main and Ventura Avenue; ArtRide stops included Bell Arts Factory and the WAV and more before we stopped for chow at Anacapa Brewery where Danny generously discounted our beer and food. Then we rode down to the Fairgrounds and the ocean to watch the fireworks! What a great night!
And here it is, time for another “All the Freaky People” will join the First Friday ArtRide Sept 3!
Michael Franti sings “All the Freaky People Make the Beauty in the World”…and, along with Burning Man, inspired the theme for the September 3 First Friday ArtRide around downtown Ventura. F
or all those freaks missing Burning Man, and for all those wannabe Burners, this ArtRide is for you!
Dress in your playa best or in your most fun, most outrageous clothing (think Mardi Gras then kick it up a notch!) and join the San Buenaventura Bicycle and Social Club for a free ArtRide around town with an after party at Art City featuring beer from Anacapa, wine from Frei Brothers, and music by DJ Jeremy Walker.
Donations requested for beverages and food will go to arts, bicycle, and climate advocacy groups; please bring your own mug.
The ArtRide is family friendly; children under 18 must wear a helmet and children under 8 must ride with a parent in a seat, trailer or trailabike.
Meet at 5:30pm at the Ventura Beach Promenade near the fountain and the Artists Union Gallery, 33
0 S. California St.
Ride at 6pm along the Promenade to Main Street to various art galleries, exhibits and studios. We’ll start over on Laurel/Front, then back on Main to CA & Santa Clara, then up Ventura Avenue to WAV, Bell Arts & 643 Project Space, then over to Art City with a stop at Stoneworks for those so inclined.
Follow the ArtRide to the afterparty at Art City 197 Dubbers Ventura. A special thanks to Frei Brothers and Anacapa Brewery for their after party beverage donations.
Scroll down to see the flyer in a previous post!
UPDATE August 24, 2011: here’s a post about 2011 Ganesh Chaturthi 2011
Saturday, Sept. 11 in 2010 marks the date of the end of the 10 day Hindu festival Ganesh Chaturthi celebrating the birthday of Lord Ganesh. During the Hindu festival of Ganesha, the elephant-headed son of Shiva and Parvati is believed to bestow his presence on earth for all his devotees. His birthday is celebrated on a slightly different day each year as it coincides with the phase of the moon. Here’s more from Wikipedia on Ganesh Chaturthi; I found the photo below there.
Lord Ganesha is widely worshiped as the god of wisdom, prosperity and good fortune. While I am not a practicing Hindu, I still celebrate Lord Ganesh, Remover of Obstacles and Patron Saint for Writers and Artists, and I wrote several 3:15 Experiment Poems about Him in 2009 August 5, 2009 “It’s Lord Ganesh,” August 11, 2009 “Celebrating Lord Ganesh’s Birthday,” and August 20, 2009: “Lord Ganesh Returns.”
Last year for Burning Man, I asked Rajan of Rajan Draws to do a Ganesh on a bicycle for me: his whole blog is dedicated to his drawings of Ganesh. He sent me these two drawings right away and we turned the top drawing into stickers and tie-dyed bandanas. As Ganesh Chaturthi last year was on the First Friday of the month and during Burning Man, we led a bike ride with beautiful banners with Ganesh on them, and we gave out the banners and bandanas. We told hundreds of people about Ganesh and asked them to celebrate his birthday with us.
This year, we’re not at Burning Man
, but as it is the First Friday in September, we’re going on an ArtRide tomorrow! We meet at 5:30pm at the Artists Union Gallery, 330. So. California St, Ventura at the Beach Promenade and we ride at 6pm. Since we haven’t decided on the theme for October, I’m going to make flyers with Ganesh on them, and I’m going to try to get the banner rigged for my bike.
Part of the celebration for Ganesh is making or buying a figure of Ganesh, praying to Him, and then setting him to sail to Mt Kailash. Last year, a gathering of us made small clay figures of Ganesh. I took mine to Burning Man, but instead of immersing him in water at the end of the 10 days, I brought him home; he’s been traveling with me in my car this year. He’s now in the house again. On Saturday Sept 11, I will take him to the sea.
Last year, I hosted two wine tasting events at our camp in Kidsville at Burning Man and attended two others!
via Wine Predator
When I pulled into Wadsworth, Nevada Labor Day weekend 1992 to get gas on my way to my first experience at Burning Man, did I see signs for BMIR directing me to a certain frequency to hear a radio signal from Burning Man? Or was it on my way to my next Burn in 1995?
Finding flyers and posters for BMIR and other pirate radio stations beckoned me further and key indicated that I was getting close to “home” at Black Rock City. Back in the 90s there was an explosion of pirate radio stations all over the dial.
Now you too can listen to radio from Burning Man. Simply click to BMIR and you, like me, can listen to BMIR from the comfort of your couch.
If you can stand it. Listening to BMIR right now is just making me want to start throwing caution ot the wind and everything I need into the van and hitting the road.
Up next: more photos by Jennifer V Baum from her pre-Burning Man jaunt out to the Playa.
And then photos from last month’s ArtRide as we gear up for “All the Freaky People” Friday Sept. 3 for all those “Burners Out of Water.”
3:15 Experiment Poetry: a magic image & a bag of tricks plus 2010 Burning Man Temple
If you’re going to Burning Man, please visit the Temple for me. My mother Suzanne Lawrence passed away recently and I think she’s hanging out there…
3:15 Experiment Poem
Fri. August 27, 2010
Lying in bed
not quite awake or asleep
I am trying to gather
in my mind
the words I want to say
about my mother
and her passing.
In a paper bag with me
(a paper bag that I realize
only exists in the dream state)
I’ve collected possessions of hers
and about her to help me
& to share
In the bag there is a
magic image that I saw of her
an image that in this dream state
made me know I was doing the right thing
newspaper clippings of her
obituaries & more that
I was taking to the Skirball Center.
This destiny in itself is not
surprising–last night my son, husband & I
were there for a concert & to see
the Museum show & I
cried because we had never
gotten around to taking her.
But as I wrestled with the words
& what to put in this bag
that really only existed in the dream state
the alarm wakes me to this reality
one without a magic image of her
one without that bag of tricks
sense of purpose or
confidence she is with me.
My mother Suzanne Lawrence passed away July 30; here’s more about her and more 3:15 poems about her too. I posted one last week about my mom departing for Burning Man; I see her hanging out at the Temple. Back in June, we decided NOT to go to Burning Man this year, for a number of reasons including finances, work demands, and this one. Now I really want to go, just to spend time in this beautiful Temple to grieve for my mom and poet Paul Squires who died just before my mom did. It’s been quite a challenging year for me and I could use time on the playa like never before…and I’ve gone a dozen times sine 1992.
Thanks to fellow Burning Mom Jennifer Baum for letting me share the 2010 Temple at Burning Man photos. I will be adding more of “Absinthia’s” 2010 Burning Man photos in a new post up soon.
For more poetry by other people, catch a ride on the Monday Poetry Train.
By the way, tonight is the last night of the 2010 3:15 Experiment! One night to go!
If you, like me, can’t make it out to that Big Metropolis in the desert aka Black Rock City aka Burning Man in 2010, check this idea out: it’s a social experiment that suggests we spend burn week as if we’re in Black Rock City. It’s called “Burner Out of Water.” According to organizers:
“Don your finest (but legal) playa wear.
Strike up deep conversations with strangers.
Ride your (decorated) bike or walk everywhere.
Don’t watch any TV.
Make your car an art car.
Spin poi or do yoga in the park.
Bathe with baby wipes.
Dance all night.
Enjoy a sunrise with your friends.
Burn something.
Give gifts.
Take lots of pictures.Write about your off-playa Burn week adventures and send them to burneroutofwater@hotmail.com.
Check http://burneroutofwater.weebly.com to see what your fellow Black Rock City lovers did when not residing in Black Rock City. Maybe it’ll be so much fun, it’ll last longer than a week…”
The whole week? That would be a trick. But certainly I’m game for Friday night–that’s the next ArtRide and we themed it “All the Freaky People” keeping in mind that we weren’t going to make it to the playa. While it’s not a Critical Tits ride, our First Friday ArtRides do seek to bring the playa energy home every month.
So please join us next Friday Sept. 3 at 5:30pm on the Ventura Beach Promenade in your Burning Man best. We’ll ride about 6pm along the beach and to various art exhibits. We’ll land at Art City for an after party with beer from Anacapa, wine from Frei Brothers, and music from DJ Jeremy Walker.If you’re on facebook, please friend the San Buenaventura ArtRiders Bicycle & Social Club.
It won’t be Burning Man, but it may be the next best thing around.
Burning Man 2010: Music? DJs? Who? Where? When?
The Grand Exodus has begun from the cities in the West and from all over the world to the Black Rock Desert for the grand event known as the Black Rock Arts Festival aka Burning Man. People are on their way and starting to line-up. The gates open Sunday night at midnight which is when the great real estate rush is really ON as a city of 50,000 materializes over the next week!
Wanna know what’s going on at Burning Man music-wise because you want to plan before you get out there ? (HAHA you’re a newbie–you can’t plan at Burning Man–no matter how you try!) Ok, it’s worth trying, I know I did last year…
Or maybe you just aanna know what’s going on at Burning Man even if you can’t go?
Then check out ROCK STAR LIBRARIAN’S ULTIMATE SOUND CAMP MUSIC SCHEDULE!
http://rockstarlibrarian.com/?p=132 ”
And if you’re going, dance a few bars for me. Or dance on a few bars. It’s all good out there.
Oh and bring a jacket–they’re saying it might be a bit cold at night; you might even see some snow on the nearby hills like we did in 2001.
More pictures pretty please? Check out these photos from Burning Man 2009.
This photo by Phil Spitler. Thanks Phil! See you in Kidsville in 2011!
Since I am NOT going to be packing for Burning Man this weekend, I’m free to go have a good time this weekend. (Technically.)
And there are lots of good times to be had here in old Ventucky!
During the day, Spencer Mackenzie’s is hosting a HUGE free music festival Saturday and Sunday while just down the street on Saturday, the gay Pride Festival attracts attention, and Saturday night is VCCOOL’s fund raising concert at Zanzilla’s where City Council member Brian Brennan and I will be pouring donated Frei Brothers Chardonnay and Syrah from the Russian River Valley in Sonoma and Cabernet Sauvignon from the Alexander Valley..
What to do?
Since I’m partial to VCCOOL, I’ll start there.
VCCOOL is a global warming or climate change activist group. They promote ways to reduce your carbon footprint and they organize events like the bike rodeo. The VCCOOL fund raising concert will offer traditional, old time good time music and room to dance for $20. Members are making treats and there will be non-alcoholic drinks as well as wine pours for $5 each from Frei Brothers Winery in Sonoma which, for a large organization (200,000 cases), is trying its best to be good to the land the brothers have been working for over 100 years. We will be pouring their reserve Russian River Chardonnay and Syrah ($20 at Vons) and their reserve Cabernet
Sauvignon from the Alexander Valley ($25 at Vons). Thanks to Brian Brennan for bringing real glasses for us to drink and taste out of! And thanks so much to Frei Brothers for donating the wine!
Why is Frei special? Why did I seek Frei to donate wine for the VCCOOL event? Because Frei Brothers is driven by an “overriding principle to conduct business in a manner that will protect and preserve the environment.” This includes exceeding government regulations and setting aside an acre of land for every one planted with vines to protect the natural environment in which indigenous animals live. Here’s a blog post by Rob Bralow with an interview with Chief Viticulturist Jim Collins which discusses some specifics. And Frei makes great wine–I had the syrah at the 2009 Wine Blogger’s Conference and I’ve bought it too! And just to make sure everything was good, I tested out a glass of the chardonnay–nice and balanced, it will be a pleaser tomorrow especially if it’s warm!
During the day on Saturday, ride your bike and attend both Pride and Spencer Makinezie’s free festivals! The schedules for both follow: Read more…
“Sometimes there is music that is so welcoming that it instantly puts a smile on your face.”—fRoots says about Kenge Kenge. I agree! That’s just one of the reasons I plan to drive to LA this evening with my family.
Tonight, the Skirball Cultural Center (off Interstate 405 near the Getty Center in Los Angeles) presents African Music by Kenge Kenge in a free outdoor show at sunset. You can bring a picnic like I did for Omar Faruk Tekbelik’s concert last summer (read the post here Superman, Mardi Gras & Omar Faruk Tekbelik: All at the Skirball in LA) or you can buy food there.
According to the Skirball website, this is the California debut for Kenge Kenge: Kenge Kenge creates joyous high-energy dance music with pulsing beats. This eleven-piece Kenyan band uses traditional and hand-crafted instruments, like the the orutu (one-stringed fiddle) and the nyangile (gong), to create a strikingly contemporary sound featuring dense textures of rhythm and chant. While this marks Kenge Kenge’s premiere U.S. tour, audiences will be familiar with the group from their “Obama for Change” video, which was a YouTube sensation.
Here’s a Sample of Kenge Kenge’s music which will be performed tonight at 8:00 p.m. and here’s more details on Sunset Concerts in general. While admission is free, they accept no reservations. Since capacity is limited, people start lining up around 4:30 or 5pm to get tickets as soon as they start passing them out about 5pm. Doors open at 7pm.
Parking is $5 per car carrying three or more people, otherwise $10 per car (cash only). Or take Metro Rapid Bus 761 or ride your bicycle to the concert. As street parking strictly prohibited, you must bring proof of parking in the Skirball lot or arriving via another method. To receive a concert ticket you must bring with you:
• the parking stub from our lot (across the street from the Skirball at Sepulveda and Bergreen Place),
• your bus ticket or Metro card,
• a taxi receipt.
Click here for additional detail on the Sunset Concerts at the Skirball series.
Click to hear another music sample.
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