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movie ‣ Eugenia Bone was the first to open our eyes to the 'weird world of mushrooms' in her book Mycophilia. Ms. Bone appears with longtime advocate of medicinal mushrooms Paul Stamets in Fantastic Fungi, a documentary screening at the Village East. Mr. Stamets edited the companion book Fantastic Fungi: How Mushrooms Can Heal, Shift Consciousness, and Save the Planet.

theater ‣ Bella Bella is the new Harvey Fierstein play, a hat-tip to the larger-than-life political pioneer Bella Abzug.

art ‣ Agnes Denes: Absolutes and Intermediates at The Shed is a retrospective of the conceptual artist's long career.

book ‣ André Aciman revisits the characters of Call Me By Your Name in Find Me, out October 29.

music ‣ The inestimable Dessoff Choirs launches its 95th season on Saturday, October 26, 4pm, at James Chapel, Union Theological Seminary, 3041 Bway [121st] with Fauré's sublime Requiem.