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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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Krystle Hickman, wearing a sunhat and holding a camera in a desert landscape

Special Programs

Bee ID: Native California Bee Identification Workshop

Join conservationist and native bee expert Krystle Hickman for an engaging workshop on identifying some of California's 1,600 native bee species through hands-on activities, including macrophotography and interactive classification technique.

Wed Oct 16 6:00 PM

Part of the series Bee Week

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Exhibiting Forgiveness

Acclaimed artist Titus Kaphar’s debut feature film is a moving meditation on family legacy, generational trauma, and the power of forgiveness.

Wed Oct 16 7:30 PM

A beekeeper at work

Special Programs

Beekeeper Joe O'Brien

Learn about beekeeping, honey bees, varieties of honey, and native California bee and plant species from beekeeper Joe O'Brien.

Thu Oct 17 11:30 AM

Part of the series Bee Week

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 17 12:30 PM

A beekeeper at work

Special Programs

Beekeeper Joe O'Brien

Learn about beekeeping, honey bees, varieties of honey, and native California bee and plant species from beekeeper Joe O'Brien.

Thu Oct 17 2:30 PM

Part of the series Bee Week

Attendees at a Hammer Museum member event.

Cocktails with a Curator

Members-only after-hours exhibition walk-throughs followed by drinks and appetizers.

Thu Oct 17 6:00 PM

Head shot of Anna Sew Hoy alongside a sculpture of her, wrapped in blue denim

CANCELED: Anna Sew Hoy: UCLA Department of Art Lecture

Thu Oct 17 7:30 PM

Black and white image of an airplane flying over a village

San Yuan Li

San Yuan Li, a collaborative documentary by Ou Ning, Cao Fei and U-thèque members, is a case study of the typical “village-amidst-the-city” phenomenon in the process of urbanization in Guangzhou

Thu Oct 17 7:30 PM

Painting of a group of men in suits huddling together

Special Programs

UCLA Art History Graduate Symposium: In Crisis

The 59th Annual UCLA Art History Graduate Symposium will examine how art history has responded to crisis through a range of time periods, regions, cultures, and mediums—from ancient to contemporary, global to local, and transnational to transhistorical.

Fri Oct 18 10:00 AM

A beekeeper at work

Special Programs

Beekeeper Joe O'Brien

Learn about beekeeping, honey bees, varieties of honey, and native California bee and plant species from beekeeper Joe O'Brien.

Fri Oct 18 11:30 AM

Part of the series Bee Week