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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Graphic showing women playing soccer

FIFA Women’s World Cup: USA vs. Vietnam

Gather at the Hammer to watch the USA Women's National team face Vietnam in the Group Stage along with fellow soccer fanatics on large screens.

Fri Jul 21 6:00 PM

Part of the series 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup

Ernie Kovacs speaking into a headset

Ernie Kovacs: Television of the Absurd

These programs illuminate Kovacs' gleeful defiance of television's rigid genres and tropes that demanded canned laughs and cue card banter, opting instead to forcefully break the fourth wall.

Sat Jul 22 7:30 PM

A robot carries a woman

The Day the Earth Stood Still / The Next Voice You Hear…

Double feature of two "message" films from the early 1950s

Sun Jul 23 7:00 PM

A man in a suit and tie stands in the middle of a trashed office

The Lawless / The Well

Double feature of two "message" films from the early 1950s

Mon Jul 24 7:30 PM

White haired man sits by the fireplace

See You Friday, Robinson

Director Mitra Farahani captures the epistolary and filmic relationship between Jean-Luc Godard and his friend and colleague, Iranian filmmaker and novelist Ebrahim Golestan n this 2022 film.

Tue Jul 25 7:30 PM

Graphic showing women playing soccer

FIFA Women’s World Cup: USA vs. The Netherlands

Gather at the Hammer to watch the USA Women's National team face The Netherlands in the Group Stage along with fellow soccer fanatics on large screens.

Wed Jul 26 6:00 PM

Part of the series 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup

Two men talk with the Golden Gate bridge behind them

The Streets of San Francisco: “Before I Die” / Dark Passage

A screening of films set in San Francisco

Fri Jul 28 7:30 PM

A woman stands at the waterfront in front of the Golden Gate Bridge

Vertigo

A screening of films set in San Francisco

Sat Jul 29 7:30 PM

Atomic bomb test in the ocean

Crossroads / The Exploding Digital Inevitable

Screening of Bruce Conner and Ross Lipman's films focusing on the iconic Bikini Atoll atomic bomb test.

Sun Jul 30 7:00 PM

Man looks at man while both sit in a public park

Bastards of the Party

Former gang member turned film director Cle “Bone” Sloan pulls no punches in this 2005 documentary.

Wed Aug 2 7:30 PM

Part of the series Summer Night Cinema: 50 Years of Hip Hop