Programs & Events

A young war refugee finds safe harbor in the arms of distant relatives living on a Louisiana plantation where nothing and no one are what they seem. Q&A with Mayukh Sen, author of "Love, Queenie: Merle Oberon, Hollywood’s First South Asian Star."

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.

Step into the Noah Davis exhibition for a special performance by artist, jazz pianist, composer, and educator Jason Moran. Presented in celebration of Davis’s life and legacy, the performance honors his enduring impact.

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

Join Ariel Osterweis, Ph.D., Professor of Critical Dance Studies and Performance Studies at CalArts, for an exhibition tour.

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.

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.