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Dec 2 – 3: Come see our exhibition
Artist collective Belly & Bones (Stef Choi & Tony Candelaria) is creating an interactive zoetrope sculpture that presents a fungi life cycle, from mycelia to mushroom. This larger-than-life...
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Nov 29: Mushroom, Mold & Yeast Feast
Please join us for an intimate dinner prepared by Naoko Tamura of Chef Naoko’s Bento Café. We’ll explore and savor wild and cultivated mushrooms prepared with traditional Japanese ingredients that...
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Early trials of the zoetrope
Tony and Stef have been hard at work the past two weeks building trial versions of the zoetrope to test out timing, design, mechanics and more. When Tony and Stef conceived of the zoetrope as a way to...
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Here is our KBOO radio interview. Check it out!
Here is the radio program, hosted by the wonderful Chris Seigel of Wealth Underground Farm and Farm to Artist Road Snacks podcast, about our mushroom fair and the zoetrope, which aired on KBOO (90.7...
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Mushroom News We’re Reading
Glasstire: The future is fungal – so says artists Phil Ross, who build structures with reishi mushrooms. Oregon’s Agricultural Progress: The world of genomics goes fungal. High Country News: Startling...
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The mushroom zoetrope on video!
Here is a first attempt at capturing our zoetrope – How Mushrooms Grow, an Interactive Sculpture, by Belly & Bones – on film. Many thanks to Matty Sidle for filming and Esquivel for the music....
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A video tribute to the Purple Earth Tongue
Inspired by the Oregon Mushroom Stories project, artist Cynthia Star made this mesmerizing tribute to the endangered purple earth tongue mushroom. We are in love with Cynthia, and this video! Tagged:...
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Recap of the Mushroom, Mold and Yeast Feast!
This is almost a year overdue! Here is our menu and what follows are photos from the Mushroom, Mold and Yeast Feast that we hosted in collaboration with the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art last...
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Video: The Matsutake Hunter
I met Amy Peterson at an Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center matsutake hunt that my friend’s mother had invited me to join. Every year, members of Portland’s Japanese American community and their friends...
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Article: Underground Operators
I wrote a story for the Winter 2014-15 issue of Edible Portland about the Oregon truffle industry. Here it is! Entrepreneurs are feverishly trying to domesticate Oregon’s wild truffles. Will it work?...
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