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Mindful Awareness Meditation

Thursdays, 12:30–1 PM PDT

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 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

Two kids work on an art activity

826LA@Hammer: Zines: Art in the Palm of Your Hand

Making zines together, participants will create their own paper-folded zine booklet of writing and creative collage—art in the palm of their hand.

Sun Feb 26 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

Two kids participate in an art activity

826LA@Hammer: Choose Your Own Epic Ending

In this workshop, participants develop an outline and create a storyboard for a short story with fun choices that lead to multiple epic endings.

Sun Apr 2 11:00 AM

Still from Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse

Screenings Kids

CANCELED: Family Flicks: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse weaves a wildly entertaining web around reluctant prep school kid and aspiring graffiti artist Miles Morales, who finds he’s decidedly not alone in the multiverse after he’s bitten by a radioactive spider.

Sun Apr 16 11:00 AM

A group of boys stand on a deteriorating grass field in old baseball gear

Screenings Kids

Family Flicks: The Sandlot

When Scott Smalls joins a local baseball team in his new hometown, he learns about the game and also about “The Beast”—the notorious dog that lives beyond the fence of the ballfield.

Sun Apr 16 11:00 AM

Kids write on paper

826LA@Hammer: Cuentos From Mi Barrio

In this workshop, students will learn to craft stories from beginning, middle, and end, casting themselves as the main characters and reflecting on their own life experiences.

Sun Apr 23 11:00 AM

Two boys are writing in notebooks with pencils.

826LA@Hammer: Superhero Comics!

In this workshop, students will learn how to develop characters by designing their own superhero (or villain) and tell their origin story as they create their own comic book!

Sun May 7 11:00 AM

A smiling baby stands in a field

Screenings Kids

Family Flicks: Babies

Join us for a special Mother’s Day screening of a documentary spanning four countries—Mongolia, Japan, Namibia, and the United States—where we’re introduced to four newborns as they start their lives.

Sun May 14 11:00 AM

The beatles sit around the studio, shot in black and white

Screenings Kids

Family Flicks: A Hard Day’s Night

It’s a wild ride being the biggest band in the world! In this cheeky misadventure, John, Paul, George, and Ringo find themselves caught up in the whirlwind of Beatlemania.

Sun Jun 11 11:00 AM