Spring Time Events celebrating the Annual Theme this year:
Food and Nurturance
Film Screening of
Fungi: The Web of Life (2024), 40 min.
Narrated by Björk.
Discussion Moderator: Jaimey Fisher, Director of the UCHRI and Professor of German and Cinema and Digital Media, UC Davis
Wednesday, May 13, 2026
5:00 p.m. - 6:15 p.m., McCormick Screening Room, HG 1070
(doors open at 4:30)
Reception in the Courtyard following movie screening
Please RSVP by Tuesday, May 12, 2026
All life on Earth is connected by a great mystery we are only just beginning to unravel. Hidden between the world of plants and animals, another world exists…Fungi: Web of Life. Join acclaimed British biologist, Dr. Merlin Sheldrake, on a quest to find an incredibly precious blue mushroom.
For more information and for students interested in traveling to UCSC to attend the May 31 Deep Read conversation with Merlin Sheldrake, please contact Professor Judy Wu (j.wu@uci.edu)