The 37th Annual Fungus Fair is set to take place next weekend in Santa Cruz at the Louden Nelson Community Center from Friday January 7th through Sunday January 9th. The fair is expected to include local and long distance walks to find and identify mushrooms, culinary events like wine and mushroom dinners, beginner and advanced mushroom identification classes, and speakers on mushroom related topics. The fair is also said to feature a special room full of hands-on children activities, including a fungus exploration area, clay mushroom building and face painting. For more information, visit www.scfungusfair. org.