In the heart of the Black Rock Desert in Northern Nevada, where the annual Burning Man event unfolds, a heartwarming initiative has emerged to bring joy and education to the lives of Native American children at the Pyramid Lake Paiute Reservation. The Intertribal Council of Nevada (ITCN) is teaming ...

Native Solidarity Project is looking for volunteers from the Burning Man community to join our "Food is Love" team, which is cooking (un)Thanksgiving dinner for about a dozen visiting Paiutes from Pyramid Lake & the Black Rock Desert region who are coming to San Francisco for the Alcatraz Island Sun...

Native Solidarity Project is excited to announce the “ Learn By Playing Toy Drive, ” a new partnership with the Intertribal Council of Nevada (ITCN) aiming to enrich their Head Start Program with educational toys, books and teaching resources donated by members of the Burning Man community. Head Sta...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

On Friday, June 3rd, Duplicity Presents – “Metamorphosisâ€

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...

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€

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 ...

Always such a good experience with your hospitality! very high meows all around...

...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...

rootless wrote:i'd say you're both right.

although, fresh ideas would be a bit more enticing. a remake of a remake of a movie from the 1990s isn't exactly a fresh take on 'the city' - but still, you can't go wrong with john waters.

Clearly you didn't see the show! Duplicity did a great job...

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...

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...

"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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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“After-Visionâ€

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...

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...

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...