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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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Special Programs

Hammer Study Hall, Spring 2025

Students, get ready for finals at a community study space at the Hammer! Decompress with artmaking at an extended Art Lab, plus free snacks and quiet time in the galleries.

Sat May 31 11:00 AM

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Kids Special Programs

Art Lab

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

Sat May 31 1:00 PM

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Screenings UCLA Film & TV Archive

The Spook Who Sat by the Door / Infiltrating Hollywood

Director Ivan Dixon’s underground classic screens, followed by a documentary about the suppression of the film in one of the most stunning acts of government interference in American film history.

Sat May 31 3:00 PM

Artist-led Walkthrough: Dario Robleto on Performance on Paper

Artist Dario Robleto discusses his featured work in Performance on Paper and the exploration of music in his interdisciplinary work.

Sat May 31 3:00 PM

Actors Ivan Dixon and Abbey Lincoln

Screenings UCLA Film & TV Archive

The Twilight Zone / Nothing but a Man

Screening of a television episode and a film starring actor and filmmaker Ivan Dixon.

Sat May 31 7:30 PM

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Art in Conversation

Educators lead 30-minute in-person talks about connections and comparisons between two works of art.

Sun Jun 1 1:00 PM

Actor William Marshall as Frederick Douglass

Screenings UCLA Film & TV Archive

Frederick Douglass: Slave and Statesman / The Sty of the Blind Pig

Screening of two of filmmaker Ivan Dixon's innovative productions for public television: “Frederick Douglass: Slave and Statesman” and Hollywood Television Theatre: “The Sty of the Blind Pig.”

Sun Jun 1 7:00 PM

Some Favorite Writers: James Lasdun

Lasdun will read from his forthcoming nonfiction work Family Man: The Enigma of Alex Murdaugh, about the infamous South Carolina murders, which originated as the most-read New Yorker article of 2023

Tue Jun 3 7:30 PM

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Lunchtime Art Talk on Jason Moran

Grunwald Center director and chief curator Naoko Takahatake leads an in-person discussion of Jason Moran's work.

Wed Jun 4 12:30 PM

Roxane Gay: The Portable Feminist Reader

In her new innovative anthology, acclaimed author Roxane Gay explores what feminism looks like in practice in an interpretation of the feminist canon that is expansive rather than definitive. Moderated by filmmaker Amber J. Phillips.

Wed Jun 4 7:30 PM