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- Fri Mar 22, 2013 12:36 pm
- Forum: Off-Playa Meetups
- Topic: FUNDRAISER: Comfort & Joy presents "Queericulum" in SF 3/30
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FUNDRAISER: Comfort & Joy presents "Queericulum" in SF 3/30
QUEERICULUM [kweer-rik-yuh-luhm]: (n) A fun filled, educational, regenerative, homocentric urban retreat, presented by Burning Man theme camp village Comfort & Joy. http://playajoy.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/queericulum-poster2013.gif Our community comes together at Queericulum all day & all ni...
- Wed Aug 08, 2012 9:11 pm
- Forum: Food & Drink
- Topic: 2012 FERTILITY FOOD DRIVE - After the burn, give back!
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1035
2012 FERTILITY FOOD DRIVE - After the burn, give back!
http://playajoy.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/FFD_2012_flyer_450px.jpg After Burning Man winds down, donate your leftover non-perishable camp food to the Pyramid Lake Paiute Food Bank, which helps local foster children, elders & victims of domestic violence. As you drive through the Pyramid Lake P...
- Wed Aug 08, 2012 9:00 pm
- Forum: 2012 Theme Camps
- Topic: 7:30 Neighborhood camps for 2012
- Replies: 78
- Views: 63130
Re: 7:30 Neighborhood camps for 2012
http://playajoy.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/CJ_Sign_500px.jpg Comfort & Joy Village is at 7:30 & Edelweiss. We are a friendly gayborhood of several collectives united in pursuit of comfortable joyousness! Our events include the Mr. Pink Gym Pageant , the Goddess Rampage , the Healthy Friction Ci...
- Wed May 16, 2012 10:01 pm
- Forum: 2012 Theme Camps
- Topic: Theme Camps Seeking Participants
- Replies: 51
- Views: 50375
Comfort & Joy Registration Open to Queers & Our Friends
Comfort & Joy's Village Registration is Now Open! Yes, our 2012 Camp Registration is now open! Want to be part of the fabulous Comfort & Joy Village Camp at 2012 Burning Man? Complete our camp census and pay a camp fee deposit by July 1st to secure a spot. Read on to find out more! http://playajoy.o...
- Wed May 16, 2012 9:05 pm
- Forum: Off-Playa Meetups
- Topic: Bay Area Queer Burners: Are you ready to turn "Inside Out"?
- Replies: 0
- Views: 746
Bay Area Queer Burners: Are you ready to turn "Inside Out"?
Upside Down You're Turning Me! http://playajoy.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/UpsideDown.jpg This Friday, May 18th, Suppositori Spelling and DJ BUS STATION JOHN are giving love, instinctively on the Touch dancefloor! http://playajoy.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/spaz_chest.jpg The Comfort & Joy th...
- Thu Sep 22, 2011 2:43 pm
- Forum: Off-Playa Meetups
- Topic: San Francisco (Free) QUEER PLAYA REUNION
- Replies: 0
- Views: 684
San Francisco (Free) QUEER PLAYA REUNION
Going through playa dust withdrawal? Miss seeing hot men in crazy genderfuck drag? Get your fixxx at San Francisco’s free QUEER PLAYA REUNION! http://playajoy.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Queer_playa_reunion.jpg Kicking off Castro Street Fair Weekend, Michael Brandon presents an easy way to reconn...
- Thu Sep 22, 2011 2:40 pm
- Forum: Off-Playa Meetups
- Topic: LOOKING FOR CALIFORNIAN AFTERBURNS
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1513
Re: LOOKING FOR CALIFORNIAN AFTERBURNS
We Queer Burners are super-active post-Burning Man in San Francisco, too. Some Comfort & Joy Village folks ( Honey Soundsystem ) are the lead organizers for the Official Folsom Street Fair Afterparty: Deviants http://playajoy.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Deviants.jpg SEE VIDEO FLYER HERE: http://v...
- Sat Sep 17, 2011 11:37 am
- Forum: Off-Playa Meetups
- Topic: a FRESH UPDATE from Gay Burners / Post-playa shenanigans
- Replies: 0
- Views: 604
a FRESH UPDATE from Gay Burners / Post-playa shenanigans
http://gallery.mailchimp.com/2451bd0394f69d611ca7d908e/images/Fresh_Update.jpg A FRESH UPDATE from Comfort & Joy : this is a weekend of beautiful beats in both NYC + SF via Discodromo + QT Soundsystem. Plus: "Bring Your Own Queer" daytime rave scenario in Golden Gate Park TODAY (SAT Sept 17th) noon...
- Tue Aug 16, 2011 4:56 pm
- Forum: 2011 Art & Performance
- Topic: PLAYA BOOK CLUB: Sand in a Whirlwind
- Replies: 0
- Views: 763
PLAYA BOOK CLUB: Sand in a Whirlwind
Did you know that most people drive through a huge battlefield site on the way to the Burning Man? The Pyramid Lake War of 1860 was the single greatest confrontation between native peoples and whites in Nevada's history. It happened during the time of Wovoka's father, near the Black Rock Desert (whe...
- Tue Aug 16, 2011 4:43 pm
- Forum: 2011 Share Resources
- Topic: Post-Burning Man FOOD DRIVE: Help Pyramid Lake Charities
- Replies: 2
- Views: 722
Post-Burning Man FOOD DRIVE: Help Pyramid Lake Charities
On your way home from the Burn, Donate your leftover non-perishable camp food to local Paiute tribal charities helping foster children & victims of domestic violence. As you drive through the Pyramid Lake Paiute Reservation, Look for Comfort & Joy 's bright Day-Glo flags decorating Taco Stands in Ni...
- Mon May 30, 2011 1:36 pm
- Forum: 2011 Art & Performance
- Topic: Experience “Metamorphosisâ€
- Replies: 0
- Views: 472
Experience “Metamorphosisâ€
On Friday, June 3rd, Duplicity Presents – “Metamorphosisâ€
- Fri May 20, 2011 3:47 am
- Forum: Off-Playa Meetups
- Topic: Just Touch: Just Dance: Just Love
- Replies: 0
- Views: 698
Just Touch: Just Dance: Just Love
Just a touch of... tiki Just a touch of... tranny Just a touch of... electrodisco Just a touch of... faggotry Just a touch of... realness Just a touch of... affection Just a touch of... comfort & joy Comfort & Joy invites you to a special queer Burning Man Village fundraiser in San Francisco on Frid...
- Mon Mar 28, 2011 9:20 pm
- Forum: Off-Playa Meetups
- Topic: Leaves of Grass: The Musical
- Replies: 0
- Views: 707
Leaves of Grass: The Musical
Joey Cain’s Walt Whitman/Radical Faeries exhibit ...at the SF Library continues into it’s second month with a special performance by Daniel Redman celebrating the queer poetry of “Leaves of Grassâ€
- Tue Feb 15, 2011 1:58 am
- Forum: Off-Playa Meetups
- Topic: A Fresh Touch - by Comfort & Joy [SF benefit March 4]
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1202
A Fresh Touch - by Comfort & Joy [SF benefit March 4]
Comfort & Joy is excited to celebrate a new Burning Man fundraising season with " A Fresh Touch " featuring the San Francisco debut of DJ DOCROOT (Montréal) on Friday, March 4th. Docroot will spin French House and Electro, old and new, remixing novel tracks & classic beats after a midnight set by ...
- Tue Feb 15, 2011 1:26 am
- Forum: 2011 Theme Camps
- Topic: Paradise Motel - SF Queers return with more Snow Cones!
- Replies: 18
- Views: 5594
Gotta say we love you boys
Always such a good experience with your hospitality! very high meows all around...
- Thu Feb 03, 2011 3:52 am
- Forum: Open Discussion
- Topic: US Gypsum to close. Gerlach to dry up and blow away?
- Replies: 158
- Views: 16480
NPR story on the closing Empire Plant
...from KNPR ... The Story of Empire: What Happens to Small Towns When Their Main Industry Shuts Its Doors AIR DATE: January 25, 2011: See Program Page | Download MP3 The USG Corporation announced it would close its local operations. That would be fine - except it employs nearly everyone who lives i...
- Wed May 12, 2010 9:43 am
- Forum: Off-Playa Meetups
- Topic: Kicking Off the Season w/ CANNED HAIRSPRAY
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1724
- Fri May 07, 2010 12:55 pm
- Forum: Off-Playa Meetups
- Topic: SAN FRANCISCO---> Do you Know Talent?
- Replies: 0
- Views: 669
SAN FRANCISCO---> Do you Know Talent?
Well honey don't hide it! http://playajoy.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/know_talent_comedy_twink.jpg Hosted by Joan Crawford-Texas and Barry King Featuring a bevy of performers (perhaps even YOU!) competing for the Title: "Miss KNOW TALENT" Who will snatch the trophy? How much will they bribe the j...
- Wed May 05, 2010 1:44 pm
- Forum: Off-Playa Meetups
- Topic: Kicking Off the Season w/ CANNED HAIRSPRAY
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1724
Hey I agree it's hard to place content like this
Yes this post in the Theme Camps folder is about how a Theme Camp is interpreting this year's Burning Man theme... relating it back to popular movies about Self empowerment in an urban context ... which seems very on-topic & spam-free to me... hell I would love it if every camp would grab a bullhorn...
- Wed May 05, 2010 6:44 am
- Forum: Off-Playa Meetups
- Topic: Kicking Off the Season w/ CANNED HAIRSPRAY
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1724
Kicking Off the Season w/ CANNED HAIRSPRAY
"Ma, it's changing out there! You'll like it! People who are different, their time is coming!" -- Tracy Turnblat , Dancefloor Activist "Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody." -- Metropolis : Burning Man 2010 Dupl...
- Thu Oct 15, 2009 8:29 pm
- Forum: Philosophical Center
- Topic: Theme Camp Incorporation: Who has advice / experience?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 4342
A few further thoughts...
We're really tempted by the LLC option... but have run into some things that have given us pause... like CA makes LLCs pay $800/yr minimum in taxes? ( link ) Not sure if forming an LLC in Nevada is a better deal or not ( link ) Do all of these things apply to LLCs that are operate for 'public benefi...
- Thu Oct 15, 2009 7:50 pm
- Forum: Philosophical Center
- Topic: Theme Camp Incorporation: Who has advice / experience?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 4342
Theme Camp Incorporation: Who has advice / experience?
My theme camp has grown quite a bit over the years, and we're looking into various Incorporation options as we now have a bank account for fundraiser proceeds & other assets (camp supplies etc) to manage year-round. We want to learn from other theme camps that have already gone down that road. Did y...
- Thu Jun 04, 2009 9:41 pm
- Forum: Open Discussion
- Topic: Did your Theme Camp go Nonprofit? How's that going?
- Replies: 0
- Views: 504
Did your Theme Camp go Nonprofit? How's that going?
Did your theme camp start informally & then go official... aka incorporate as a nonprofit, LLC or other type of organization? How'd that go for you? From your experience, what do you recommend? My theme camp has developed into a growing community with various assets to manage as a group, yet we are ...
- Fri Jan 09, 2009 7:41 pm
- Forum: Off-Playa Meetups
- Topic: Suppervision 3 :: queer burner pajama party in sf ::
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1017
Suppervision 3 :: queer burner pajama party in sf ::
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- Fri Oct 10, 2008 4:25 pm
- Forum: Off-Playa Meetups
- Topic: Meet PUDDLES - the Comfort & Joy COURTESY BOTTOM
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1289
Meet PUDDLES - the Comfort & Joy COURTESY BOTTOM
Often misunderstood, but used throughout the hood, it's Puddles the Courtesy Bottom For the horny or the loner, Anyone with half a boner, it's Puddles the Courtesy Bottom For spin the bottom games, Or if you can't get laid, call Puddles the Courtesy Bottom When your orgy's short on holes Pass aroun...
- Fri Oct 10, 2008 1:37 pm
- Forum: 2008 Theme Camps
- Topic: FOUND on HIGHWAY: Full Care Bear Costume!
- Replies: 0
- Views: 7555
FOUND on HIGHWAY: Full Care Bear Costume!
http://playajoy.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/care_bears.jpg I hate all the trash that accumulates on the side of the highway to Reno after each burn. So this year when I saw a bag of stuff in the middle of the yellow stripes, I think tuesday after the burn, I stopped to pick it up. But what I fou...
- Tue Jun 17, 2008 5:12 pm
- Forum: Off-Playa Meetups
- Topic: Comfort & Joy presents AFTERGLOW - a blacklight disco
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1114
Comfort & Joy presents AFTERGLOW - a blacklight disco
Comfort & Joy presents the third annual Pink Saturday AFTERGLOW a blacklight discothèque http://playajoy.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/afterglow.jpg .... featuring.... EYE POPPING COLOR, ART + SPECTACLE DANCING 'TIL DAWN on HARDWOOD FLOORS with sweet beats by DJs Malakai + Afro Mighty MIDNIGHT GLI...
- Thu Mar 27, 2008 9:05 pm
- Forum: Off-Playa Meetups
- Topic: Comfort & Joy presents "SUPPERVISION" (SF)
- Replies: 0
- Views: 963
Comfort & Joy presents "SUPPERVISION" (SF)
Are you READY FOR BED? Climb on in for a fabulously unique experience featuring.. .. kaleidoscopic live peformances .... visionary experimental film ...... bizarre catwalk fashions ......... live music + dj's in your pajamas, in GIANT GROUP BEDS, at SUPPERCLUB next week... it's SupperVISION! http:/...
- Tue Nov 27, 2007 1:05 am
- Forum: Off-Playa Meetups
- Topic: Call for Art - Winter Solstice Celebration
- Replies: 0
- Views: 913
Call for Art - Winter Solstice Celebration
http://www.klodhopper.com/joy/2007/media/call_for_art.jpg CALL FOR ART Silent Art Auction Benefits Faerie Sanctuary as part of Solstice Celebration The Comfort & Joy collective is actively seeking art submissions for a Silent Auction raising funds to help a legendary faerie sanctuary in Tennessee e...
- Thu Sep 27, 2007 4:28 pm
- Forum: 2008 Theme Camps
- Topic: Over 50 camps?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 8594