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 short film "Water and Power" (1989)

Water and Power and Freeways

Babette Mangolte's meditation on the SoCal landscape alongside Pat O’Neill's classic of L.A. experimental filmmaking.

Sat Dec 17 7:30 PM

Part of the series Can’t Get That Monster Out of My Mind: Joan Didion and Cinema

Still from the film "The Travelling Players" (1975)

The Travelling Players

This powerful vision of postwar Greek history as experienced by a troupe of actors swept the awards at the 1975 Thessaloniki Film Festival.

Sun Dec 18 7:00 PM

Still from the film "Till" (2022), depicting the character Mamie Till speaking in front of an array of microphones

Till, with Chinonye Chukwu & Robin D. G. Kelley

Director Chinonye Chukwu's film depicts the true story behind the 1955 lynching of 14-year-old Emmett Till through the eyes of his mother. Post-screening Q&A with Chinonye Chukwu and UCLA professor Robin D. G. Kelley

Sat Jan 14 7:30 PM

Still from The White Balloon showing a young girl. Credit: October Films/Photofest

Screenings Kids

Family Flicks: The White Balloon

This story of a seven year old girl on her way to buy a goldfish for Nowruz and the obstacles she overcomes along the way was listed as one of the 50 best family films of all time.

Sun Jan 22 11:00 AM

Men skate down hill

Flux

The Flux screening series brings the creative community together to celebrate outstanding short films and music videos from around the globe, with wildly inventive filmmaker presentations and performances.

Thu Feb 9 7:30 PM

Still from Ponyo, showing two animated characters, one floating in the air. Credit: Photofest/Walt Disney Pictures

Screenings Kids

Family Flicks: Ponyo

This enduring classic from Studio Ghibli blends childhood wonder, high adventure, and a compelling appeal for the environment.

Sun Feb 12 11:00 AM

A young boy plays with a beagle

Screenings Kids

Family Flicks: Shiloh

Based on the award winning novel by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Shiloh teaches us not only compassion, but the complexities of doing the right thing.

Sun Mar 5 11:00 AM

Close-up of a pair of hands, one holding something, one resting on a hip

Music & Performance Screenings

Black Utopia LP

See a rare presentation of the Los Angeles–based artist Cauleen Smith’s kaleidoscopic improvisational performance Black Utopia LP.

Thu Mar 9 7:30 PM

Part of the series Cauleen Smith—In Space, In Time

A flock of crows fills a dark blue sky

Black Echoes and Imperatives: Short Films by Cauleen Smith

A program of nine films directed by Cauleen Smith that showcase urgent Black voices both real and imagined, past and present, from renowned political activists to artistic visionaries.

Fri Mar 10 7:30 PM

Part of the series Cauleen Smith—In Space, In Time

A Black man with an afro plays a trombone in front of a river

Epochal Cultures—Chicago and New Orleans: Short Films by Cauleen Smith

Cauleen Smith portrays two vital Black urban cultures, Chicago and New Orleans, through several fantasy and documentary films.

Sat Mar 11 7:30 PM

Part of the series Cauleen Smith—In Space, In Time