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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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826LA@Hammer: Moving Words

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

Sun Apr 6 11:00 AM

Music & Performance

Turiya Rising: Mary Lattimore

Harpist Mary Lattimore plays on stage in the galleries of Alice Coltrane, Monument Eternal

Sun Apr 6 5:00 PM

Part of the series Turiya Rising Performance Series

Still from The Fits

Screenings UCLA Film & TV Archive

The Fits

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

Sun Apr 6 7:00 PM

Still from Emma Mae

Screenings UCLA Film & TV Archive

Emma Mae

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.

Mon Apr 7 7:30 PM

Dimensional sculpture with an Alice Coltrane record at its center

Lunchtime Art Talk on Rashid Johnson

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

Wed Apr 9 12:30 PM

Gelare Khoshgozaran: UCLA Department of Art Lecture

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.

Wed Apr 9 7:30 PM

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 Apr 10 12:30 PM

Head shot of Rosanna Warren

Poetry: Rosanna Warren

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.

Thu Apr 10 7:30 PM

Animation still from The Fresh Vegetable Mystery

Screenings UCLA Film & TV Archive

Back From the Ink: Restored Animated Shorts

This screening features 12 classic animation restorations funded by The Seth MacFarlane Foundation

Fri Apr 11 7:30 PM

Dimensional sculpture with an Alice Coltrane record at its center

Exhibition Tour: Alice Coltrane, Monument Eternal

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

Sat Apr 12 1:00 PM