Programs & Events

Join Ariel Osterweis, Ph.D., Professor of Critical Dance Studies and Performance Studies at CalArts, for an exhibition tour.

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

This episodic film follows a gentleman’s tailcoat as it passes between owners—a stage actor, a jilted lover, a pianist and a Southern Black community—becoming a vessel for varied chamber pieces. Part of the screening series "The Devil Finds Work: James Baldwin’s Cinema of the Mind," including a live dramatic reading of Baldwin's work.

Hammer educators lead conversation-based tours of the exhibition Noah Davis

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

Inspired by actual police files, these simultaneously propagandistic and earnest dramas made by actor, producer, and director Jack Webb play as highly entertaining, funhouse-mirror time capsules of Los Angeles in the 1960s, employing a strong dose of grit in the traditions of noir.

Waking up marooned on an island far from any human beings, Roz, an intelligent robot, befriends the island's animal inhabitants and learns the value of kindness, community, and perseverance in facing adversity.

A cultural touchstone that broke box office records and sparked controversy, The Exorcist endures for its visceral performances and psychological intensity. Part of the screening series "The Devil Finds Work: James Baldwin’s Cinema of the Mind," including a live dramatic reading of Baldwin's work.

Walter Murch, the legendary editor and sound designer behind The Godfather, Apocalypse Now, and The English Patient, shares personal stories and creative insights from his groundbreaking work that helped revolutionize modern cinema. Murch is joined in conversation with author Lawrence Weschler.