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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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Kids Special Programs

Art Lab

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

Sat Jan 31 1:00 PM

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Screenings UCLA Film & TV Archive

The Stringer

Premiering at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, The Stringer sparked controversy in the photojournalism world, raising questions about the editorial power structures that propelled the stature of some photographers over the obscurity of others.

Sat Jan 31 7:30 PM

Three animated pets - a cat and two dogs - making funny faces

Screenings Kids

Family Flicks: The Secret Life of Pets

When two squabbling pet dogs end up outside their comfortable home they have to band together to stave off a gang of abandoned pets on a mission against the humans who've done them wrong.

Sun Feb 1 11:00 AM

Overhead view of a city corner, with a lone figure walking down the street

Curator Walk-through: Five Centuries of Works on Paper: The Grunwald Center at 70

Exhibition curator Naoko Takahatake leads a walk-through of the exhibition.

Sun Feb 1 1:00 PM

A girl standing in an alley, holding a cat in her arms

Screenings UCLA Film & TV Archive

Rear Entrance

Directed by the legendary Li Han-hsiang, Rear Entrance tells the moving story of a childless woman who adopts a neglected young girl in their back-alley neighborhood.

Sun Feb 1 7:00 PM

Four hugely oversized doors decorated in the style of the seasons

Lunchtime Art Talk on Amanda Ross-Ho

Curatorial assistant Jessi DiTillio leads an in-person discussion of Amanda Ross-Ho's work.

Wed Feb 4 12:30 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 Feb 5 12:30 PM

A man in an ornate beaded headdress and costume

Screenings UCLA Film & TV Archive

Food and Film: Always for Pleasure / Yum, Yum, Yum! A Taste of the Cajun and Creole Cooking of Louisiana

Screening of two documentaries by filmmaker Les Blank chronicling the food and culture of Louisiana.

Fri Feb 6 7:30 PM

Black-and-white image of the back of a person's head with short black hair, pointing a metal object at another figure wearing a black suit and hat

Nicole-Antonia Spagnola: 1-2-3: Apartment Gallery

Made in L.A. 2025 artist Nicole-Antonia Spagnola’s short film 1-2-3: Apartment Gallery (2025) loops on the big screen in the Billy Wilder Theater.

Sat Feb 7 11:00 AM

Brightly dressed dancers in the lobby of the Hammer Museum

Special Programs Music & Performance

Will Rawls: Unmade

Made in L.A. artist Will Rawls performs in the Hammer's courtyard and gallery spaces, reflecting on notions of resource-sharing and social choreography.

Sat Feb 7 12:00 PM