Exhibition Opening Breakdown: The Promise of Decay Saturday, January 25, 2025 2:00PM - 4:00PM Staten Island Museum 1000 Richmond Terrace, Building A Staten Island, NY 10301 […]
Our February reading will be of Finding the Mother Tree by Suzanne Simard. Many of you have read it, some of you have not, but we've yet to discuss it in our book club so the time is ripe to revisit this now somewhat controversial "classic."
Back by popular demand - NYMS is collaborating with the fabulous Red Hook Brooklyn arts, science, and performance space Pioneer Works for the March 2025 relaunch […]
**12/2025 UPDATE: Please join Lesley Wheeler on 12/18/2025 at 8PM ET for her virtual presentation and book club discussion of Mycocosmic, presented by NAMA. Free for […]
NYMS is collaborating with the Staten Island Museum on a series of mini-forays on the museum grounds for "Breakdown," their current exhibition featuring fungi (and two […]
Check out the world's first off-Broadway musical about fungi! Microbes! The Musical , directed by Caroline Chou, is an absurdist, multimedia musical performance about bacteria and […]
Fungi & Plant Hat Making Workshop on Mon 4/21 for LIVING SOILS RISING Mon, Apr 21 (5-9pm) at Henson Carriage House Create hats and wearables of […]
Get ready for a night of science and storytelling inspired by HBO’s The Last of Us, where a fungal outbreak drives the plot—and the panic.
Our first speaker will explore the real-world microbes that can infect humans, and the growing risks they pose. Our second speaker will uncover the bizarre world of slime molds—single-celled organisms that move, solve puzzles, and defy expectations.
From terrifying spores to brainless brilliance, come explore the strange, spore-filled side of science that might just be stranger than fiction.
Wed May 7 2025 07:00 PM Czech Center Cinema, Bohemian National Hall, 321 East 73rd Street New York, NY 10021 Fresh after its North American premiere […]
STINK HORN: a mycological musical performance-lecture by Siôn Parkinson May 8th in Annandale-on-Hudson and May 9th in Hudson, NY. How can a mushroom’s noxious stench—and the […]
STINK HORN: a mycological musical performance-lecture by Siôn Parkinson May 8th in Annandale-on-Hudson and May 9th in Hudson, NY. How can a mushroom’s noxious stench—and the […]
NYMS at Pioneer Works, "Second Sundays" - Sun. July 13, 2025 (1-4pm) We’re back for more Second Sundays fun in the beautiful back garden at this […]
Our Cultural program cultivates a dialogue between mycology and the arts, with many of our members in both worlds. Our new cultural initiatives include a Myco Book Club, pop-up cultural excursions and film screenings, our inaugural Myco Film Festival, and exhibitions on mycological art. Our programming foregrounds diversity, aims to promote artists within our membership as well as mycological programming in partnership with local arts and culture organizations — from grass-roots groups to established institutions. If you are a mycologically-focused artist in any medium, or would like to partner with NYMS for a cultural event, please reach out to Maya
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