Post on 23-Mar-2023
Effigy
Temple
by The Great Northern Effigy Builders
The Snowman
Once again that madcap crew, The Great Northern Effigy Builders, will caravan in from the Great White (for once) North transporting their jaw-dropping brand of fine artistry and their mesmerizing control of the plasmatic essences to an exciting, frozen mountain-top near you! This year’s exciting master-piece will be different than any before, a majestically boring structure of simple spheres will loom at least 1-2-feet over your amazed and incredulous crania. What wonders! What sights! Experiences that you will always keep secret from your loved ones and heirs forever. Prepare to be there!
The Traveler by Daniel Kanner
All hail The Traveler! Simply stated, we have all lost a lot over the last two years. The Traveler, styled after a Viking funeral ship, was built to honor our losses and to give those still here a chance to mourn, express themselves, and heal. Climb aboard to create your own memorial shield art (shields and supplies provided) or to take a moment to reflect. Join us in sending off those we have lost and that which we grieve when we burn the ship on Sunday evening and send The Traveler off.
What?!Where?!When?! Guide
Frostburn 2022
Art Grants
Dunan Snowman
The Abominable Snowman
by Mssusss
by Saint
This furry beast, long misunderstood and veiled in mystery, will watch over our tundra as we prepare for burn night. As the flames take him, with the ashes rising into the dark sky, his true nature will be revealed as the malevolence of his in-ner being is released. You might want to bring marshmallows
The Dunan Snowman (Small Snowman Fort) is intended to pro-vide a sacred space to commemorate and honor our deceased friends, family and ancestors. The dunan will offer an enclosed, low structure to take shelter in from the wind and cold. Mod-eled after neolithic cairns, the arched entrance is aligned with the rising sun, to offer first light in a darker time.
Volunteer Training/Meetings
Ranger training for alphas
Friday 11AM-12PM @Ranger station
Conclave Fire Safety Meeting
Saturday 4pM-5pM @Effigy
Ranger training for alphas
Saturday 10AM-11aM @Ranger station
Required safety meeting if you want to perform OR fire safety with one of the most chillaxed and welcoming conclaves in town. All ages and skill levels are welcome, as we prepare you for a fantastic way to celebrate our community and gift your art. Bring: Your friend to fire safety!!!!!
Perimeter Fire Safety Meeting
Saturday 4pM-4:30pM @Effigy
This will be a discussion for anyone interested in helping with fire perimeter for any of the 4 burns. We will also be doing a walk through in preparation for the effigy burn. No experience needed, questions welcomed.
Gate: Ruby, Amethyst
Parking: Jeff
Rangers: Courtney, Klutch
DPW: Syphon, Chris
Medic: Dexter
Sanctuary: Genevieve
Early Access: Shawn
Placement: Bexx
Fire Safety: Bosco, BryanD
Conclave: Mama Lesball
What?! Where?! When?!: Mssuss
Volunteer Coordinator: Bexx
President: Bexx Rosenbloom
Vice President: Andrew "Teppy" Tepper
Secretary: Shawn Ferry
Treasurer: Noah Stern
Team Leads
Frostburn Board of Directors
Theme Camps
Space Space: We are in space. No one knows what's going on. I love you.
Campo Tato: Campo Tato is a potato lovers paradise. We share the Carbs. Come look for our Fryer fest throughout the weekend. All Spuds no Duds.
Donner Party: Welcome to the Donner Party. A celebration of human ingenuity and resourcefulness to meet our individ-ual nutritional needs. We are hosting nightly dance parties to keep things lively. Daily stews on a first come basis. Just want to get warm, we got you covered. Members of the Donner Party are not for the faint of heart. Remember we survived, we know how to camp on the tundra. Looking for roaming djs to help fill time slots.
Heathen Life: The Heathens return! Come celebrate life with us! Enjoy refreshments from our bar, warm by the fire and then stay warm by dancing to some good tunes and bass.
Raunch Ranch: Queer neon cowboys slangin’ eats and bumpin’ beats.
Burly 10 Pint Men: A merry band of medievalist misfits spreading the Pennsic love. Come join us around the fire for drinks, food, and hospitality. Pub songs and stories, fun and games, outrageous lies a specialty.
Semper Sursum: Hunting camp waiting for you to arrive. Snacks, stew & cards; come shoot the shit in a warm spot on the mountain and regale with tales of the wild.
Events
Sunday
Sweat
4PM @Habitat for Insanity
Do it.
THC Massage Friends
4:20PM-6:06pm @Phart Camp
Massages to get you highly relaxed! Come to get and give mas-sages with THC coconut oil balm, and feel the weird knots and kinks you've been building up all burn melt from your muscles. We will have CBD and hypo-allergenic massage oils as well. All non-self massages must begin with a consent-area conversa-tion :)
Poetry Reading
Right before temple burns @Temple
A complete reading of the epic poem THE by the late ac-claimed author Lance Preston Karstetter will take place prior to the Temple Burn. Written more than 20 years ago it is a criti-cal take on the world that was then and as it is now.
Events
Sunday
Members of the temple crew will have white cardboard ver-sions of The Traveler's shields and art supplies available for you to create your own memorials. If you leave your finished shield with us we will add it to the chest on the ship before it sets sail as ash on the wind. You are welcome to take a shield with you to work on privately or you can bring a seat and spend time under White Dragon Noodle Bar's carporch working in the company of others. If you choose to take a shield, please bring your finished piece to The Traveler and add it to the others by Sunday evening.
Create Temple Memorial Art
1:30pm-3pm@White Dragon Noodle Bar
Hot Vinyasa called poorly with improv. Tired of relentless posi-tivity and manifesting your best self? Take some time out of your busy hangover to get yelled at by sexy hags with attitude problems. Enjoy getting to know your pineapple pen pineap-ple chakra. Dress up like a moose.
Really bad yoga
2pm-3pm @Habitat For Insanity
Theme Camps
The Burlington GOAT Factory: Dive Bar dedicated to the Greatest(s) of All Time. Expect wobbly infrastructure, a shrine to the greats, a whole lot of Smash Mouth, and proba-bly some Andrew Lloyd Webber. Will the heating be ade-quate? Probably not.* Will the bartenders be surly? Maybe. Will the cups be clean? That's your problem, not ours. Check our puppet theater board for more offerings! *Unless you’re snuggling in our cuddle puddle in the yurt. (Open most of the time - we’ll have a sign out front.)
Loud Erudite Goblins on Fire: Loud, laud, adjective:
(1) marked by intensity or volume of sound (2) clamorous, noisy (3) obtrusive or offensive in appearance or smell Erudite, er·u·dite, adjective: (1) having or showing knowledge that is gained by studying (2) profound, recondite Goblin, gob·lin, noun: (1) an ugly or grotesque sprite that is usually mischie-vous and sometimes evil and malicious (2) fantastical creatures at war with merriam webster over the above definition Fire, fī(-)r, attributive noun: (1) the phenomenon of combustion man-ifested in light, flame, and heat (2) one of the four elements of the alchemists (3) burning passion (4) liveliness of imagination
OOOOPS ALL MISFITS: We're not, not a shitshow.
Habitat For Insanity: Yes.
Theme Camps
Rabbit Hole: Visit the yurt lounge for a chill time. We've got a cozy hearth, warm drinks, fun fidgets, and convivial conver-sation.
White Dragon Noodle Bar: White Dragon Noodle Bar re-turns to the tundra for another year of frozen mud and high winds (and noodles)! We have remodeled your favorite noodle bar and are pleased to present our new patio and carporch space, featuring Frost-burn classic heating elements, scenic views, and BYO-chair seating. This outdoor-outdoor concept brings the elements of the tundra directly to you (remember the high winds we men-tioned) while you enjoy the soothing sounds of snarky Noodle Barbarians and your fellow patrons. For the full experience, enjoy your vegan ramen noodles on our patio or under the car-porch, and toss your WDNB provided disposable paper cups and chopsticks into our cozy burn barrels when you are done. Real Talk: We are serving noodles Thursday - Sunday at sun-down-ish, but you can't come inside this year. Dress warm, stay hydrated, eat noodles!
Phart Camp: Philadelphia Art Camp: Frostburn's official liv-ing room, the warmest, driest, coziest Geohome since 2016. This year we'll be hosting a slew of events centered around what we know best: the musical arts. We're your host for this year's Mx. Frostburn pageant, so we'll also be practicing the art of (consensual) judgement.
ILLUMINATION: Lighting up the night. Music and Video play-ing throughout the night.
Events
Sunday
Bob begins his second half-century on the Tundra! Come by to fill your bellies at our oatmeal bar and wish him well! (There will probably also be bacon. Because !! )
Bob's 50th Birthday Brunch
10am-12PM @Burlington GOAT Factory
One reading of the intent of the second amendment is that the government and the people should be equally armed. Private ownership of nuclear weapons is clearly a terrible idea, which means that the second amendment should be changed. Let’s explore what a modern second amendment might look like.
Second Amendment 2.0 with Teppy
Noon @Habitat for insanity
A long tradition at Frostburn, sometimes with only a single par-ticipant, but this year should be awesome! Clothing optional and pictures only with permission. Just because this is listed in the What Where When does not imply that it's a good idea! Use radical self reliance when planning for how to warm up afterwards. We often stop at hot spots, like the steam palace or rocking music camps, to melt the ice from our bodies after-wards.
Polar Plunge!
1pm-1:30pm @The pond just past Greeter's station
Events
Saturday
Are you a fresh new face, or a well seasoned Frostburner? Ei-ther way, the Goblins would like to serve you at Midnight Meat. Uh... We mean, we want you to come and eat our meat. Er.. We're not looking to eat your meat (at least not till after the first date- consent and all). What? Right. Goblin Camp. Mid-night. We'll have meaty meat and vegan meat (the Veggies Kids Hate); come have some hot meat with us in the middle of the cold night.
Midnight Meat
11:30pm-1am @Loud Erudite Goblins on Fire
Boozy hot chocolate, mulled wine and tarot readings.
Hot Chocolate Bar & Tarot Readings
10PM-Midnight @Catastroph-ish
Theme Camps
Priority 5: Priority 5! Your home for everything at Frost-burn. The Music, bar, and cuddle tents will all be back again this year :)
Navios Fantasma: An exhibition of horse and chariot races, equestrian shows, staged battles, gladiatorial combat, and displays of trained animals is a small list of what you will not encounter at Navios Fantasma. What you will find hosts the tundras Worst Bar (it really is), offering a stroll down Mad Dog Memory Ln. Grab a drink and toast your buns at our fire or warming stations. Speaking of buns, we welcome every-one to join in our celebration of The Great Polseibrod, lord of all cased meats!
Wizard Nest: Stop by our glowing courtyard for drinks, warmth, groovy tunes, and pretty lights!
Fromagé Á Trois: We know you want our piping hot cheesy puns and almost gourmet grilled cheese sammiches. It's why we here at Fromagè Á Trois want you to enjoy the spoopy, reminisce in the ambience but seriously, if you want grilled cheese you gotta find our pop-up service. We've decided on a set schedule according to when we have the whim and de-sire to do a thing.
Catastroph-ish: If Baba Yaga was a carney, she’d camp here. Instructors of pretty good and very bad yoga. We’ll have a mid-day boozy hot chocolate bar until supplies run out. Also serving tea & reading tarot at our kotatsu table.
Events
Continuous
Charlie’s Constant Cooker @ Loud Erudite Goblins on Fire
We will have a towering grill, Made by Charlie L.
If in it you'd like to heat, the stuff you like to eat,
It's "Goblins!" you have to yell.
In short- if you've got something that you need heated or cooked, the Goblins will be happy to make sure that it gets done, whether for your personal consumption or as an offer-ing to serve to the community.
"Backwards up the mossy glen Turn’d and troop’d the goblin men,
With their shrill repeated cry, 'Come buy, come buy.'"
-- from Goblin Market, by C. Rossetti 1862
Most of the Market Goblins still slumber on, but the Kitchen Goblins don't want you to walk away empty handed, so along with food offerings throughout the days, whenever they hap-pen to be hot and ready, we'll be sure to have a small selection of trinkets and shiny things that you can take for a trade in kind, whether it be a reflection on a memory, a song, or some other bit of meaning or magic that you have to offer.
Goblin Mini-Mart
Events
Saturday
Discussion with JoEllen
Harm Reduction Strategies
2pm @Habitat for Insanity
Do YOU have what it takes to win the title of Mx. Frostburn 2022? Phart Camp is your fresh, hot, new, host this year... so prepare to be challenged! Your previous years' antics and lami-nated meat charms won't win you bonus points, but bribery and a clever/authentic talent just might. We look forward to judging you!
The 2022 Mx. Frostburn Pageant
3pm-4pm @Phart Camp
Once we've crowned our Mx. Frostburn 2022, get to BGF early to enjoy our signature sandwich: The GOAT - Jarlsberg and chili dark chocolate on marble rye (a surprisingly delicious combina-tion concocted by Plum Fairy and Corn Pants, of which we'll likely have limited supply). Or grab some traditional toasty, gooey grilled cheese goodness provided by GOATs (of which we'll have plenty)!
Grilled Cheese with GOATs
5pm-6pm @Burlington GOAT Factory
Sweat
4PM @Habitat for Insanity
Do it.
Events
Saturday
Fall into the Rabbit Hole and enjoy our selection of fine teas and herbs.
High Tea
2pM-4PM @Rabbit hole
Members of the temple crew will have white cardboard ver-sions of The Traveler's shields and art supplies available for you to create your own memorials. If you leave your finished shield with us we will add it to the chest on the ship before it sets sail as ash on the wind. You are welcome to take a shield with you to work on privately or you can bring a seat and spend time under White Dragon Noodle Bar's carporch working in the company of others. If you choose to take a shield, please bring your finished piece to The Traveler and add it to the others by Sunday evening.
Create Temple Memorial Art
1:30pm-3pm@White Dragon Noodle Bar
Tall Santa, whose history includes plenty of snow and cold from his years at the North Pole, will be visiting again this year, bringing gifts and festive joy for all. This is non-judgemental Santa, so don't sweat the naughty or nice business! Reindeer, elves, and Santa groupies are welcome to join in the fun. The event is random in time and location based on weather and other factors, so if you see Santa or hear the Christmas kazoo, come running to get a gift or join the fun!
Tall Santa visits the Tundra
2pm-5pm @Traveling /random locations
Events
Continuous
Snuggle Space Cuddle Puddle @ Burlington GOAT Factory
Come warm yourself in our super soft and snuggly space! Check the board out front to make sure it's open (probably is), and then come on through to our yurt where you'll find a nice nest of fleece and faux fur. Just be sure to leave your footwear at the entrance so we can keep the space clean and dry. (Who wants to cuddle in an ACTUAL puddle? Ew.)
Simple Sock Puppet Make & Take @ Burlington GOAT Factory
Behind the puppet theater billboard at the entrance of the Burlington GOAT Factory are the materials to make your own puppet! Feeling extra inspired? Use the theater with your new creation(s) to put on a show! (Bonus - if you need a dry sock or two, we have extras!)
As long as there are materials and the puppet theater is in place (most of the weekend), this activity will be available.
Dirty Snowmen @ Heathen Life
We will be serving Dirty Snowman drinks and hosting a Dirty Snowman competition. Come warm up with a delicious, hot beverage and try your hand at crafting the dirtiest snowman a burn has ever seen!
Events
Thursday through Sunday
Stop by your favorite noodle bar for a cup of our vegan shii-take and ramen noodle soup! We are serving you from our new outdoor-outdoor concept kitchen this year. Now you can enjoy your noodles under the carporch, by the burn barrels, or in our BYO-chair patio area. We will serve soup until it runs out.
As a heads up: We are providing paper cups and chopsticks for all patrons this year, please burn them in one of our burn bar-rels when you are done. We will not be accepting personal bowls.
Noodle service
5:30pm—7PM @White dragon noodle bar
Events
Saturday
Masked, please.
Yoga with miriam
11AM-11:45aM @Habitat for Insanity
A class with Todd
Fox’s massage tools
noon-1PM @Habitat for Insanity
Brunch! Hot dogs! Glory! Wholesomeness! The Worst Bar on the Tundra is happy to take you on a walk down Mad Dog Memory Lane all while while suckin’ on a chili dog. Chill hangs with friendly burners.
Glorious Wholesome Hot Dogs Presents Blackout at Brunch!
noon-1PM @Navios Fantasma Theme Camp
Carve a stamp and leave your mark, fold a one-page pocket-sized book for notes, play with an enormous spirograph set.
Stationary o’clock
1PM—3pm @Rabbit Hole
Cats are swarming the rabbit hole! Don't have an outfit? No worries, we've got all the hot glue and supplies you need to radically express your inner cat. Come for the glue, stay for high tea! Please like and subscribe.
Express your kitty
1PM—2pm @Rabbit Hole
Events
Friday
Beat Saber In Your Underwear (with Latkes)
8PM @Great Northern Effigy Builders Camp
You probably know what Beat Saber is already. If you don't - It's a VR thing. Search for it on YouTube. Look at all those peo-ple thinking they look cool playing Beat Saber in their comfy content provider studio setups. None of them are freezing their ass off playing Beat Saber on a cold mountain top at night outside in February in their underwear. But we're all griz-zly Frostburners, always up for a challenge, right? Stop by, strip down to your underwear, and slice-n-dice your way through a round of Beat Saber. Afterwards, warm back up with some Potato Latkes. We advise against sticking the Pota-to Latkes in your underwear, as tempting as that may be.
Navios Fantasma: the Movie! Midnight Screening
midnight @Navios Fantasma Theme Camp
In the not too distant future. Frostburn Friday AD
There was a camp called Navios Fantasma Come and watch our movie
La La La Heckling via puppet strongly encouraged. If you cannot pro-vide a puppet, one will be provided for you by you.
Boozy hot chocolate, mulled wine and tarot readings.
Hot Chocolate Bar & Tarot Readings
8PM-10pm @Catastroph-ish
Events
Thursday
Nocturne: Frostburn's Premiere Goth/Industrial Nightclub
9PM—1AM @Phart Camp
A highly curated playlist of Industrial//EBM//Dark EDM, at it's finest in it's fourth year running. This year held on Thursday to kick off Frostburn festivities. Your darkest attire and costumes highly encouraged, but no shoes are permitted in the Geo-home, so remember warm socks or slippers! BYOB.
midnight Sweat
11PM @Habitat for Insanity
Got pain? Maybe I can help. Learn some bodywork and geek out about anatomy with me, the perennial runner-up in the Mx. Frostburn pageant. I love bodies and I want you to love your body! Alternatively, come teach me what you know! I'll have some massage tools, but please bring your own lotion. I'll be in and out of Habitat throughout Thursday afternoon to prevent overheating.
Do it.
Office Hours
3pm—5PM @Habitat for Insanity
Events
Friday
Dancing Scarves! Egg shakers! A parachute! We'll be having our very own early childhood style music class at Phart Camp, perfect to get you singing n' moving right out of your hangover from Thursday night and all warmed up for our improv session at noon! Come honor your Inner Child by flying like a bird, chugging like a choo-choo train, and stomping like a big T-rex!
Music Games for Kids and Hungover Adults
11AM-11:45PM @Phart camp
We are expressing off the cuff! Everyone is welcome to partici-pate and/or observe. The goal here is for everyone to release; be and feel an essential part of the whole. A few gentle sug-gestions: -Listen first, and then join in :) -If you can't hear someone, try playing a little more softly. -Try Imagining how you would like to express before express-ing. -Anything can be an instrument including your body! Musician led- but artists of all kinds are welcome!
LISTENING - Conscientious Improv Session for Music & Art
noon-2PM @phart camp
Events
Friday
Short sci-fi stories on the meaning of life or the shape of the universe. Listen to Lexicon’s stories or bring your own to share!
Existential sci-fi story hour
3pM-4PM @Rabbit hole
Ry Noss Acoustic Set
4pM-4:45PM @phart camp
Cute lil queer ukulele originals from a Philly-based trans pre-k music teacher!! Including such hits as "Gender's Just Pretend," "Roar T-Rex Roar," and "Crocs"
Sweat
4PM @Habitat for Insanity
Do it.
Lady Lamb Tea/Cocktail Hour with Fire Opal and Friends
4:30pM-5:30PM @phart camp
Come in from the cold and warm up to the songs of Lady Lamb as performed by Fire Opal and Friends! Enjoy a hot bev-erage or signature themed cocktail while we serenade you with our own renditions of songs about love and life and friendship. Who is Lady Lamb, you might ask? Good question! She is one of Nicole(Fire Opal)'s favorite indie rock musicians whose mu-sic ranges from sweet sentimental love songs to rockin n rollin jams and we are excited to share them with you! BYO Mug/Cup/Spoon!
Events
Friday
Fall into the Rabbit Hole and enjoy our selection of fine teas and herbs.
High Tea
2pM-4PM @Rabbit hole
Do you like hot food? What about Buffalo wings? Have you considered the applications of Gamma Rays in cooking and making a powerful meal? Maybe you even like to eat when the sun is up and you can see your food? Well the Goblins are back with our signature Ruffalo Wings (they're like Buffalo Wings, but big, mean, green, and angry) and we're out to share them with you, not in the middle of the night, but in the light so you can see exactly what you're putting in your mouth. And since all class dining establishments have a gift shop, check out the Goblin Mini-Mart while you're here- it's always better to make deals on a full stomach, after all.
Flight of the Ruffalo
3pM-4PM @Loud Erudite Goblins on Fire
Hack Your ADHD: Discussion and Buddy Match-Up
3pM-4PM @Raunch Ranch
Think you might have ADHD? Pursuing medical and therapeutic support for ADHD can be intimidating, and this event aims to open a discussion about how to advocate for yourself and your care. We’ll pair folks who are earlier in their diagnosis journey or curious about being diagnosed with experienced ADHDers for continuing support and experience sharing after the event.
Events
Friday
Tall Santa, whose history includes plenty of snow and cold from his years at the North Pole, will be visiting again this year, bringing gifts and festive joy for all. This is non-judgemental Santa, so don't sweat the naughty or nice business! Reindeer, elves, and Santa groupies are welcome to join in the fun. The event is random in time and location based on weather and other factors, so if you see Santa or hear the Christmas kazoo, come running to get a gift or join the fun!
Tall Santa visits the Tundra
2pm-5pm @Traveling /random locations
Calling all Rangers. Volunteering at this event or not. Let's do a meet and greet, and have some yummy hot chocolate while mingling. We can share a few of our mermissbke funny stories, and make connections that can follow to our next burns. Bring your own cup for some yummy goodness.
Rangers meet and greet with hot cocoa
2pm-3pm @Effigy
Zero knowledge proofs are one of the hottest topics in mod-ern cryptography, and are a key component in privacy focused cryptocurrencies. We will explore what these are (no math background needed), and then apply them to design a dating game.
Crypto-Kisses (discussion) with Teppy
2pM-3PM @habitat for insanity