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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FIFA Women’s World Cup: Netherlands vs. South Africa

Gather at the Hammer to watch Netherlands vs. South Africa in the Round of 16 along with fellow soccer fanatics on large screens.

Sat Aug 5 7:00 PM

Part of the series 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup

A woman stands in a prison, surrounded by four people

I Want to Live! / Not Wanted

Double feature of two "message" films from the film noir era

Sun Aug 6 7:00 PM

Jeff Goldblum and Lenard Nimoy, seen in medium close-up

CRIME 1978 / Invasion of the Body Snatchers + short films

A screening of films set in San Francisco

Mon Aug 7 7:30 PM

Man and woman sit back to back laughing on park bench

Brown Sugar

This feel-good, crowd-pleasing ode to old-school hip hop and Black love shimmers on screen thanks to writer/director Rick Famuyiwa and his all-star cast.

Tue Aug 8 7:30 PM

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

A man and woman with scarves on their heads huddle next to a carriage wheel

Harvest

Chefs Alice Waters and David Tanis, farmer Alex Weiser, and journalist Laurie Ochoa in person before a screening of Harvest, director Marcel Pagnol’s enchanting paean to agrarian France.

Fri Aug 11 7:30 PM

Part of the series Food and Film: Farming

Close up of a woman wearing a scarf over her hair

Our Daily Bread / Under the Fig Trees

Screening of two films–the first from 1934, the second from 2021–that represent life and work on a farm.

Sat Aug 12 7:30 PM

Part of the series Food and Film: Farming

A man and a woman slow dance, their foreheads pressed together

Medicine for Melancholy / The Diary of a Teenage Girl

A screening of films set in San Francisco

Sun Aug 13 7:00 PM

Missy Elliott, surrounded by hands holding cell phones to her face

Planet Rocker. Show Stopper. Flow Dropper. Beat Scholar: Women in Hip Hop

An evening celebrating the artistic vision of Missy Elliott, including screenings of her music videos and Ava DuVernay's documentary My Mic Sounds Nice

Tue Aug 15 7:30 PM

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

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No Ordinary Man / Chavela

Screening of films with gender-nonconforming heroes at their center

Sat Aug 19 7:30 PM

Still from Vera

CANCELED: Southern Comfort / Vera

Sun Aug 20 7:00 PM