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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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CANCELED: Lunchtime Art Talk on Lorna Simpson

Due to uncertainty around COVID-19, the Hammer is temporarily closed to the public and this program has been canceled.

Wed Apr 1 12:30 PM

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CANCELED: Collective Memory Across the Diasporas

Due to uncertainty around COVID-19, the Hammer is temporarily closed to the public and this program has been canceled.

Wed Apr 1 7:30 PM

POSTPONED: Poetry: Ishion Hutchinson

Due to uncertainty around COVID-19, the Hammer is temporarily closed to the public and this program has been postponed.

Thu Apr 2 7:30 PM

A boy squats and sticks out his tongue next to a pool of water where a killer whale lifts its head up, with mouth open and tongue sticking out.

Kids Screenings

CANCELED: Family Flicks: Free Willy

Due to uncertainty around COVID-19, the Hammer is temporarily closed to the public and this program has been canceled.

Sun Apr 5 11:00 AM

Music & Performance

CANCELED: The Wanaragua Dance of the Garifuna

Due to uncertainty around COVID-19, the Hammer is temporarily closed to the public and this program has been canceled.

Sun Apr 5 2:00 PM

Women detained in a fenced in area at the Central Processing Center in McAllen, Texas, Sunday, June 17, 2018.

CANCELED: Indigenous Women in US Detention on the Border

Due to uncertainty around COVID-19, the Hammer is temporarily closed to the public and this program has been canceled.

Tue Apr 7 7:30 PM

Tishan Hsu, Cell, 1987. Acrylic, compound, oil, alkyd, vinyl, aluminum on wood. 96 x 192 x 4 inches (244 x 488 x 10 cm). Collection of Ralph Wernicke / Hubertushoehe art + architecture, Berlin and Zürich.

CANCELED: Lunchtime Art Talk on Tishan Hsu

Due to uncertainty around COVID-19, the Hammer is temporarily closed to the public and this program has been canceled.

Wed Apr 8 12:30 PM

Four figures drawn on a sushi restaurant menu

CANCELED: Paul McCarthy: Visita Guiada en Español

Due to uncertainty around COVID-19, the Hammer is temporarily closed to the public and this program has been canceled.

Sat Apr 11 1:00 PM

Lewis Hyde

CANCELED: Some Favorite Writers: Lewis Hyde

Due to uncertainty around COVID-19, the Hammer is temporarily closed to the public and this program has been canceled.

Tue Apr 14 7:30 PM

Ralph Eugene Meatyard's photograph "Lucybelle Crater and her 15 year Old Son's Friend" (1970–71)

ONLINE: Lunchtime Art Talk on Ralph Eugene Meatyard

Curatorial assistant Nicholas Barlow leads a live, online discussion of a work by photographer Ralph Eugene Meatyard.

Wed Apr 15 12:30 PM