Programs & Events | Hammer Museum

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Mindful Awareness Meditation

Thursdays, 12:30–1 PM PDT

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.

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Still from the film "A Midsummer Night's Dream"

2024 UCLA Festival of Preservation

Now in its 21st edition, the biennial UCLA Festival of Preservation showcases the UCLA Film & Television Archive’s latest preservation and restoration projects on the big screen.

Sun Apr 7 11:00 AM

Still from Vera

Vera

Based on the life of Brazilian poet Anderson Bigode Herzer, who committed suicide at the age of 20, this intense drama is one of the earliest portrayals in cinema of a transmasculine character.

Fri Apr 12 7:30 PM

Still from Batman

From Batman to Hill Street Blues: A Tribute to Director Robert Butler

Pay tribute to the timeless talents of Robert Butler with a screening of his pilots for Batman (1966) and Hill Street Blues (1981)

Sat Apr 13 7:30 PM

Still from Night of the Juggler

A Tribute to Director Robert Butler: Night of the Juggler

Butler's cult classic is a high-adrenaline thriller starring James Brolin as an ex-cop hell-bent on rescuing his kidnapped daughter from a viciously racist psychopath.

Sun Apr 14 7:00 PM

Still from Orochi, showing a samurai

Orochi & shorts

Pairing rare prints and new restorations of Japanese classics, this weekend-long series features three of Japan’s most renowned contemporary benshi performing their unique art live on stage.

Sat Apr 20 3:00 PM

Still from The Water Magician

The Water Magician & shorts

Pairing rare prints and new restorations of Japanese classics, this weekend-long series features three of Japan’s most renowned contemporary benshi performing their unique art live on stage.

Sat Apr 20 7:30 PM

Still of Charlie Chaplin in The Immigrant

The Vindictive Snake & shorts

Pairing rare prints and new restorations of Japanese classics, this weekend-long series features three of Japan’s most renowned contemporary benshi performing their unique art live on stage.

Sun Apr 21 3:00 PM

Still from Man and Woman

Man and Wife & shorts

Pairing rare prints and new restorations of silent classics, this weekend-long series features three of Japan’s most renowned contemporary benshi performing their unique art live on stage.

Sun Apr 21 7:00 PM

Still from Sweetie

Sweetie

Jane Campion’s debut feature film remains a personal and thoughtful (though bizarre) exploration of sisterhood.

Sat Apr 27 7:30 PM

Movie still from James and the Giant Peach

Screenings Kids

Family Flicks: James and the Giant Peach

James lives a dreary life with his overbearing aunts until some magic crocodile tongues manifest the means of his escape – a giant peach – in Tim Burton and Henry Selick's stop-motion adaptation of Roald Dahl’s classic novel.

Sun Apr 28 11:00 AM