“D.C. has always been a good town for subcultures.” Locals have cultivated the Burning Man spirit here in the Washington region.

“I didn’t want it to be just an art installation. I wanted it to have an ephemeral life.”

It will be up for four months.

Used to be that experiencing the mind-bending experimental art of Burning Man involved flying to a scorching desert in Nevada.

Burning Man meets D.C. in a vigil for victims of all kinds of trauma.

They said they were going to burn a temple on the Mall, and they did.

A little bit of Burning Man is coming to the National Mall.

Photo by Catherine Finn So if you haven’t gotten your fill of the wacky and weird today, the Burning Man dragon is here! From what I heard at the 14th and U farmers market, some people thought today would be a great idea to get a permit for their huge metal dragon and drive it down 14th street. There are plenty of people dressed up as ninjas, circus freaks, chickens, and other strange things…

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With unseasonable weather descending upon much of North America, schools getting ready to reconvene, and sports seasons getting exciting, it’s a busy time of year for us here in the Ist-a-verse. Luckily, even with all the things we have to do, we still managed to get together to let you know what we’ve all been up to. After cooling down from a hot weekend of many badass Sunset Junction Street Fair photo dispatches, LAist asked…