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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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Cézanne in Old Age, Unbowed

Art historian and curator John Walsh discusses Cézanne's solitary and hugely productive last years in Provence painting landscapes and figures, including many portraits of local people that are full of sober empathy.

Sun Mar 23 3:00 PM

Part of the series Paul Cézanne: A Harmony Parallel with Nature, with John Walsh

Music & Performance

Turiya Rising: Jeff Parker

One of contemporary music’s most versatile and innovative electric guitarists and composers, Jeff Parker takes the stage in the galleries of Alice Coltrane, Monument Eternal.

Sun Mar 23 5:00 PM

Part of the series Turiya Rising Performance Series

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Screenings UCLA Film & TV Archive

Cry Danger

Cry Danger (1951) is an unforgettable noir filled with snappy, laconic dialogue and a captivating narrative equal to none other.

Sun Mar 23 7:00 PM

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Lunchtime Art Talk on Star Feliz

Curatorial Assistant Nyah Ginwright leads an in-person discussion of Star Feliz's work.

Wed Mar 26 12:30 PM

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After-Hours Tour: Whitney Arnold on Out of the Ordinary: Uncommon Marks, Materials, and Matrices

Join UCLA Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature and Medicine Whitney Arnold for a tour of the exhibition.

Wed Mar 26 6:00 PM

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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 Mar 27 12:30 PM

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Screenings Conversations

The Films of Ana Mendieta

A diverse selection of ten films created by the multidisciplinary artist Ana Mendieta between 1971 and 1981, followed by a talk with Raquel Cecilia Mendieta, Director of the Estate of Ana Mendieta Collection, and Jay Ezra Nayssan.

Thu Mar 27 7:30 PM

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Screenings UCLA Film & TV Archive

Food and Film: The Automat

Renowned chef, activist and cinephile Alice Waters will be in-person with filmmaker Lisa Hurwitz, whose documentary on the Automat brims with nostalgia for the fabled restaurant chain known for serving food from behind windowed, coin-operated doors.

Sat Mar 29 7:30 PM

Music & Performance

Turiya Rising: The Day I Met the Sun

Artist Devin T. Mays performs on stage with Bill Harris and Gerrit Hatcher in the galleries of Alice Coltrane, Monument Eternal

Sun Mar 30 5:00 PM

Part of the series Turiya Rising Performance Series

Barbra Streisand as Yentl

Screenings UCLA Film & TV Archive

Yentl

Barbra Streisand shines as Yentl, an only daughter of a rabbi in a small Ashkenazi Jewish village in 1904 Poland who yearns to enter yeshiva like the young men her age in this musical epic.

Sun Mar 30 7:00 PM