Programs & Events

Bette Davis plays Stanley Timberlake, a destructive sister in a Virginia family. Part of the screening series "The Devil Finds Work: James Baldwin’s Cinema of the Mind," including a live dramatic reading of Baldwin's work.

Grunwald Center Curatorial Fellow Kelin Michael leads an in-person discussion of Giovanni Battista Piranesi's work.

Free weekly drop-in sessions are open to all who are interested in learning how to live more presently.

This episodic film follows a gentleman’s tailcoat as it passes between owners—a stage actor, a jilted lover, a pianist and a Southern Black community—becoming a vessel for varied chamber pieces. Part of the screening series "The Devil Finds Work: James Baldwin’s Cinema of the Mind," including a live dramatic reading of Baldwin's work.

Drop by Art Lab for hands-on creative activities inspired by artworks on view at the museum.

Hammer educators lead conversation-based tours of the exhibition Noah Davis

Inspired by actual police files, these simultaneously propagandistic and earnest dramas made by actor, producer, and director Jack Webb play as highly entertaining, funhouse-mirror time capsules of Los Angeles in the 1960s, employing a strong dose of grit in the traditions of noir.

Waking up marooned on an island far from any human beings, Roz, an intelligent robot, befriends the island's animal inhabitants and learns the value of kindness, community, and perseverance in facing adversity.

A cultural touchstone that broke box office records and sparked controversy, The Exorcist endures for its visceral performances and psychological intensity. Part of the screening series "The Devil Finds Work: James Baldwin’s Cinema of the Mind," including a live dramatic reading of Baldwin's work.