Join us in Vancouver for a night of true, personal stories about fungi, fruiting bodies, and toadstool trips.

Hosted by Charlie Cook and Josh Silberg

Please note that this show will be seated indoors. We strongly encourage people to be up-to-date on COVID-19 vaccines to attend. Masks are welcome and strongly recommended. Doors at 6:30 pm

Stories by:

Laura Fukumoto graduated with a BFA from the University of British Columbia and has worked in so-called Vancouver for more than a decade, wearing many hats to survive. More recent hats include fabric wizard, poet, costume designer, playwright, and graduate of Simon Fraser University’s Writer’s Studio. Recent poetry performances include Diasporic Dynasty, Queer Arts Festival, and Powell Street Festival, as well as a small tour of her co-written play “Mending Circle”. She writes about her Japanese-Canadian heritage, queer joy, and hopes to more fully explore her love of mycology.

Dust Cwaine (aka David Cutting) is a Singer-Songwriter and Drag Artist. They are a Non-Binary Aromantic, known for their bright and earthy creativity. Dust’s art centers itself in the political nature of queer identity, evoking a sense of belonging and togetherness with their presence in live spaces. Dust Cwaine started Drag in 2016, since their debut They have Produced and Hosted over 250 shows, and They have written 3 Drag musicals.

You can listen to Dust Cwaine’s music on any streaming service, visit their website dustcwaine.ca to learn more!

With hands of an artist, eyes of an ecologist, and the heart of a deeply connected human, Willoughby Arevalo brings the practical and the joyful together through the science and wonder of mycology, interdisciplinary visual and performing arts, and education. His community-engaged artwork is an invitation for community members to not only learn from fungi, but to grow their true earthy relationships. Raised in Arcata, California (Wiyot and Yurok Territories), he strives to be a good guest on Coast Salish Territory.

Charlie Cook is a museum programmer, with a deep love for science communication, natural history, and hope-filled climate change calls to action. When they’re not rambling about the West Coast’s biodiversity, Charlie is a drag artist who revels in gender euphoria and campy, positive representations of masculinity. They hold a BFA in Original Works- an interdisciplinary theatre arts degree- from Cornish College of the Arts, because even in school this non-binary bisexual with ADHD couldn’t focus on just one thing. Charlie is very grateful for the way Story Collider combines storytelling and science and hopes you will be too!