All the Playa's Your Stage: The Musicians
Friday, 15 April 2016, American Steel Studios at Love Potion Collective and produced by Scott McNeil

As a part of East Bay Burner's Friday Night Socials Speaker Series of 2016, a variety of musicians were invited to talk about what happens when musicians bring their talents to the playa.  Well, You wouldn't believe the things that happen when you bring a musical instrument to the desert.  It can completely change your whole Burn!  The month of April's Social featured aural artists who will regale us with both sound and vision...plus some musical surprises!

From members of a Burning Man symphony orchestra to a bawdy jazz singer, we'll have a potpourri of genres and sagas that you wont want to miss!

Featured speakers/performers:

* Burning Man Orphan Band
https://www.facebook.com/groups/411391882292673/

* Playa Choir
https://www.facebook.com/groups/playachoir/

* Meghan Rutigliano: MegaFlame Big Band and Cabaret, Megs and the
Bootleggers, et al.
https://www.facebook.com/meghan.rutigliano

* Playa Pops Symphony
https://www.facebook.com/groups/590960854315354/

* Gamelan X
https://www.facebook.com/GamelanX/

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​East Bay Burner Social Presents: Playa Arts Sneak Peek
Friday, May 20th, 2016, American Steel Studios at  Love Potion Collective and produced by Scott McNeil

Our May Friday Night Social Speaker Series brought out a collection of artists who are playa-bound this year.  If you are curious about what art projects that are coming to Burning Man, then listen to the ten artists presenting their forthcoming works.  Check out their websites below for more info on what was posted on the presentation's slides. There are  a variety of projects, both colossus and small, discussed.  Each of them so mind blowing that you'll want to participate in their creation. And maybe you can!   All art pieces presented will offer opportunities for you to get involved.

From the mystery of the The Last Apothecary to the HUMONGOUS Catacomb of Veils, this will be a presentation of awe and inspiration!

Hear from...

* La Victrola
http://www.lavictrola2016.com/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/LaVictrola/

* Adventure Vending for Burning Man
http://lamearts.org/
https://www.facebook.com/adventurevending

* Ursa Major
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Mr-and-Mrs-Ferguson-Art/434710516694820

* Mobility Camp
http://www.mobilitycamp.org/
https://www.facebook.com/Burning-Man-Mobility-Camp-902678119812600

* The Last Apothecary
http://www.sawdustbear.com/apothecary/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1011245952255340/

* Fireball Shooting Gallery
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1503688839945460

* So-So Cupid
https://www.facebook.com/So-So-Cupid-1075991115763162

* Wheels on Meals
https://www.facebook.com/groups/BRCWheelsOnMeals/

* Black Rock Lighthouse Service
https://brlighthouse.org/
https://www.facebook.com/brlighthouse

* The Sonic Runway
http://www.sonicrunway.net/
https://www.facebook.com/sonicrunway

* Catacomb of Veils
https://www.facebook.com/CatacombofVeils
The Space Whale
https://www.facebook.com/thespacewhale/

Big Imagination
https://www.facebook.com/bigimaginationfoundation/

​Arash leads a roundtable discussion with five candidates running for open seats on the San Diego Collaborative Arts Project's board of directors. Chaos ensues.