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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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Screenings UCLA Film & TV Archive

Moon Landings: The Science of Fictions

Screening of three films that feature voyages to the moon, as part of the UCLA Film & Television Archive screening series Science Fiction Against the Margins.

Sat Oct 5 7:30 PM

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826LA@Hammer: Monsters Eat Free: Making Scary Menus

Write and illustrate the menu for an All-You-Can-Eat restaurant for vampires, werewolves, mummies, ogres, dragons, zombies, and fairies.

Sun Oct 6 11:00 AM

View of a garden installed in a museum space

Special Programs

Dyeing with Roots and Blooms: An Introduction to Natural Dyeing, with Cayetano Talavera

Work with fiber artist and fashion designer Cayetano Talavera to learn to extract dyes from madder roots and marigolds and create unique patterns on a cotton bandana.

Sun Oct 6 2:00 PM

Part of the series Breath(e): Toward Climate and Social Justice: Programs & Performances

Mary Pickford leans against a wall, looking up at the light

Screenings UCLA Film & TV Archive

Silent Movie Day: The Love Light

A screening of Frances Marion's film, which star Mary Pickford used to break away from the juvenile roles that had made her famous, in celebration of Silent Movie Day.

Sun Oct 6 7:00 PM

Joseph Fishkin, Amanda Hollis-Brusky, and Derek Muller headshots side-by-side

The United States Electoral College and Fair Elections

A panel of experts discuss the Electoral College: Why does the U.S. use the Electoral College for choosing the President? Is it fair? What specific risks does the method for choosing electors pose for free and fair elections?

Tue Oct 8 7:30 PM

Part of the series Hammer Forum: 2024 Presidential Election

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Lunchtime Art Talk on Vassily Kandinsky

Curatorial assistant Jennie Waldow leads an in-person discussion of the work of Vasily Kandinsky.

Wed Oct 9 12:30 PM

An audience sitting in a darkened theater, watching a woman on stage

Special Programs

Mindful Awareness Meditation

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

Thu Oct 10 12:30 PM

Black farmers working in a field

Farming While Black

Leah Penniman and her cohorts at Soul Fire Farm help propel a rising generation finding strength in the deep historical knowledge of African agrarianism—and its potential to save the planet—in this 2023 documentary.

Thu Oct 10 7:30 PM

Part of the series Breath(e): Toward Climate and Social Justice: Programs & Performances

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Exhibition Tour: Breath(e): Toward Climate and Social Justice

Hammer educators lead conversation-based tours of the exhibition Breath(e): Toward Climate and Social Justice.

Sat Oct 12 1:00 PM

Harry Belafonte pulls a wagon behind him as he walks through a desolate city street

Screenings UCLA Film & TV Archive

Post-Apocalyptic Love Triangles: The World, the Flesh and the Devil / The Quiet Earth

Screening of a pair of films featuring a protagonist finding himself in familiar surroundings, but missing a population after living through an environmental catastrophe, as part of the UCLA Film & Television Archive screening series Science Fiction Against the Margins.

Sat Oct 12 7:30 PM