Programs & Events

This family-friendly biopic-meets-sports drama follows Pelé’s rise from rural Brazil to global stardom, shaped by family, friends and coaches.

Director Linda Goldstein Knowlton will be on hand to present her documentary, set in Oakland weeks before the 2016 election, following co-founders Marilyn and Anayvette as they launch a social justice-focused troop for girls of color.

Mindful Awareness Meditation will be ONLINE ONLY on May 1, May 8, & May 15. Free weekly drop-in sessions are open to all who are interested in learning how to live more presently.

Celebrate Noah Davis and other new exhibitions with galleries open late and music in the courtyard. Food and drink available for purchase all night. Hammer members receive priority

Based on Azar Nafisi’s best-selling memoir, this sweeping story of perseverance and resistance follows a literature professor from her return to Tehran in 1979 during the brief window of optimism after the Iranian Revolution through to her eventual exile in 1997.

Payman Maadi delivers a surprising and deeply affecting performance as Iman, an Iranian exile newly arrived in Sweden with his wife and two young children while they anxiously await word on their application for political asylum.

Directed by Ali Samadi Ahadi and written by Mohammad Rasoulof, Seven Days is a raw, intense exploration of the cost of resistance and freedom.

Now in its 16th year at the Hammer, Bloomsday is a worldwide annual celebration of James Joyce and his landmark book Ulysses. This lively celebration features a cast of actors delivering dramatic readings from the novel interspersed with songs.

A riveting portrait of a woman driven to seek her own justice in defiance of the malign forces working to conceal the truth, The Witness challenges Iran’s censorship regime with images of liberated women unseen in Iranian cinema for generations.

Drop by Art Lab for hands-on creative activities inspired by artworks on view at the museum.