Programs & Events

Hammer educators lead conversation-based tours of the exhibition Alice Coltrane, Monument Eternal

Jean Harlow glitters as the titular starlet in this outlandish screwball comedy from 1933. Los Angeles Times film critic Kenneth Turan will be on hand for this screening presented in conjunction with his latest book, Louis B. Mayer and Irving Thalberg: The Whole Equation.

Connecting creative writing with physical movement, participants will collaborate to weave their narratives into a complete play. Led by artist and educator Matthew Shaffer.

Screening of two films that engage with the depiction of Black girlhood.

Also known as Black Sister’s Revenge, Jamaa Fanaka’s Emma Mae (1976) offers a rare, sympathetic portrait of a young Black woman adjusting to city life.

Curatorial Assistant Jennifer Buonocore-Nedrelow leads an in-person discussion of Rashid Johnson's work.

Khoshgozaran will share how they use film and video to construct narratives that redefine existing constructions of “home” as a means of approaching new conceptualizations of belonging.

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

First an eminent poet, as well as a literary critic, translator, classicist, and painter, Rosanna Warren has recently published a biography of protean genius Max Jacob and a book of poems entitled So Forth.