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Mindful Awareness Meditation

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Sune Woods

Suné Woods: UCLA Department of Art Lecture

The UCLA Department of Art presents a lecture by L.A.-based artist Suné Woods.

Thu Jan 16 7:30 PM

Still from the film Wanda (1971) showing a woman inside a car staring intensely

Wanda / The Visitors

Barbara Loden directs and stars in the American masterpiece Wanda, screening as part of the Archive's series American Neorealism, Part One: 1948–1984.

Fri Jan 17 7:30 PM

Gallery view of the Armand Hammer Collection at the Hammer Museum

Exhibition Tours: Armand Hammer Collection

Hammer educators lead a 45-minute tour of the collection every Saturday at 1 p.m.

Sat Jan 18 1:00 PM

Still from the film Nothing But a Man (1964) showing a man lying in the grass looking lovingly at a woman

The Cool World / Nothing But a Man

Part of the Archive's series American Neorealism, Part One: 1948–1984, these two dramas offer distinct and unsparing yet familiar American stories of black men trapped in near-impossible circumstances.

Sat Jan 18 7:30 PM

Still from the film Killer of Sheep (1978) showing a boy leaping from one rooftop to another

Killer of Sheep / Bless Their Little Hearts

The Archive screens Charles Burnett's classic Killer of Sheep and his collaboration with director Billy Woodberry as part of the series American Neorealism, Part One: 1948–1984.

Sun Jan 19 7:00 PM

Tobias Wolff

Some Favorite Writers: Tobias Wolff

One of America’s preeminent writers, Tobias Wolff is the author of memoirs, novels, and short-story collections.

Tue Jan 21 7:30 PM

Two feathers hang from a ceiling

Lunchtime Art Talk on Paul McCarthy

Hammer curatorial staff members lead 15-minute discussions on a work of art.

Wed Jan 22 12:30 PM

Still from the film The Exiles (1961) showing a group of people walking down an alley

The Exiles / The Savage Eye

The Archive screens two independent films set in Los Angeles as part of the series American Neorealism, Part One: 1948–1984.

Thu Jan 23 7:30 PM

Three figures in hoods walk around a stage

Music & Performance

Samuel Beckett's Quad I and Quad II

Samuel Beckett’s rarely performed 'Quad I' and 'Quad II' represent the playwright’s distillation of the human journey through sound, light, and movement.

Thu Jan 23 7:30 PM

Part of the series Eurydice Found

Still from the film The Wedding Banquet (1993) showing a wedding party at a dining table

The Wedding Banquet

The Archive screens Ang Lee's comedy of manners, in which young New Yorkers Wai-Tung and Wei-Wei marry in order to obtain the latter's green card and cover up the former's same-sex relationship.

Fri Jan 24 7:30 PM