Field Notes: Local Landmark Love, the Mushroom Train, and Faith No More’s Roddy Bottum

Field Notes: Local Landmark Love, the Mushroom Train, and Faith No More’s Roddy Bottum

This week: Arab Film Festival in Oakland; street cuts in the Tenderloin; and mutual aid in Berkeley. Plus, Mendocino’s Mushroom Train, Visitacion Valley library, musician Roddy Bottum’s memoir, a fanciful redwood tree net structure, and an artist's playful take on local landmarks.The unbordered reelThe Arab Film Festival is back for its 29th year, holding steady after a year of budget stress and community rescue. What started as a scramble for s…

The wonderful world of mushrooms featured at second annual fungi festival this weekend

The Mendocino Coast Mushroom Club will hold its second-annual Fungi Festival and Cultural Convergence this weekend at the Caspar Community Center, inviting foragers and friends to explore the colorful world of mushrooms.  The event, which will feature workshops, local vendors, food and presentations, will be held Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.  On the mushroom club’s website, the event description states: “Bringing together scientist…