Thursday, 2nd of June 2011 at 09:38:31 AMDid you catch the performance by Team Illuminate on America’s Got Talen
t?
Seattle has an extremely active, vibrant Burner commun ity
just waiting for you to get involved!
I’ve collected a list of links to help you get started. In particular if you’re new to the area or to the community, I hope that these resources will help you get plugged in:
Email lists:
A lot of discussion goes on online, and it’s a great way to find your community. From city-wide & beyond to individual neighborhoods, from dozens of messages per day to a handful of high-value
messages per week, you can find mail lists that will get you in touch with other Seattle-area burners.
Seattle-wide & beyond general discussion
BCWA (nominally British Columbia/Washington, but pretty Seattle-oriented)
To join: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/burningman-bcwa
General events (moderated)
To join: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/seavent
Critical Massive specific announcements (moderated)
To join: http://groups.google.com/group/criticalmassiveannounce
Burning Singles
To join: (need url!)
Neighborhood-focused:
North-end – The Bacon list
To join: http://lists.technosattva.org/mailman/listinfo/bcn
Capitol Hill/Central District/Burner Triangle – BT-Talk
To join: (need url!)
South end (but increasingly general) – Rat City Burners
To join: http://groups.google.com/group/ratcityburners
Official seattle-announce (moderated)
To join: http://www.ignitionnw.org/
Organizations:
Did you know Seattle has its own burning man organization? Ignition Northwest, or INW, supports burner art and burner events, and is the driving force behind amazing festivals like Critical Massive and SeaCompression. INW is also sponsoring Seattle-are public art grants, funding workshops & events and sponsoring apprenticeships at Pratt. Check out INW’s website and learn how you can get involved!
Ignition Northwest:
http://www.ignitionnw.org/
Biannual Ignition Northwest Town Hall meeting:
Come meet the board, come find out where we’ve been/where we’re going. There’s usually a potluck, too. 
http://www.ignitionnw.org/townhall/
Websites:
The web is full of great Burner resources. This are a great place to start:
Burning Man Seattle
http://www.BurningManSeattle.com
Also, there are assorted social network groups you may find useful:
http://burningseattle.tribe.net/
http://bcwa.tribe.net/
http://www.facebook.com/#!/bwbsea?ref=ts
http://fetlife.com/groups/7550 Note: Explicit content! Not work safe!
Events:
Now there’s never an excuse to sit at home bored. There’s events all year ’round.
Weekly:
Monday evening:
Burn night
http://burningseattle.tribe.net/thread/aa469abe-8094-438c-bcfa-1fad89a0f814
Tuesday evening:
Burning potluck
This is my weekly community excursion. Eva Luna has generously opened her house nearly every Tuesday of the year for the last few years, and this event has quickly become a center of the active community. It’s a great event; check it out!
http://www.burningmanseattle.com/upcoming-events/venueevents/2-grrrattitude
Annual/Biannual:
July:
Newbie Picnic
Not just for newbies! It’s a great place for new folk to meet up with veterens, to find out hot to survive and thrive, and maybe hook up with a camp. This is generally held in July near Green Lake, but it doesn’t look like it’ s been
scheduled yet.
Critical Massive
Critical Massive is like a mini burn, just for us that’s held about an hour and a half north of Seattle. It’s a fantastic event, and it’s getting better every year.
http://www.ignitionnw.org/criticalmassive/
November:
SeaCompression
When we come back from the playa, all we want to do is party. This is the place for it.
http://www.ignitionnw.org/seacompression/
Burner-operated businesses:
Let’s keep the economy in the family. Lot’s of burners have their own business, and it pays to support them. There’s massage therepists, photographers and even some guy selling EL wire.
