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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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Vote at the Hammer

Special Programs

Midterms Election Vote Center

Regardless of where you live in Los Angeles, cast your ballot for the 2026 Midterm Elections at the Hammer.

Tue Nov 3 10:00 AM

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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 Nov 5 12:30 PM

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I Want Your Sex

Auteur director Gregg Araki's film about an LA artist (Olivia Wilde) who introduces her studio assistant ito the world of BDSM is a raucous send-up of the art world, workplace dynamics, and sexual power. Followed by a conversation with Araki.

Thu Nov 5 7:30 PM

Part of the series MoMA Contenders 2026

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Obsession

Written, directed, and edited by the perversely clever Curry Barker, Obsession is genuinely shocking, funny, and best served in a cinema packed with horror fans.

Fri Nov 6 7:30 PM

Part of the series MoMA Contenders 2026

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Exhibition Highlights Tour: Huguette Caland: A Life in a Few Lines

Hammer educators lead conversation-based tours of exhibition highlights for "Huguette Caland: A Life in a Few Lines"

Sat Nov 7 1:00 PM

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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 Nov 7 1:00 PM

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Screenings UCLA Film & TV Archive

Food and Film: Babette’s Feast

We’re pleased to present this Academy Award-winning classic of the culinary screen to mark the fifth anniversary of Lulu at the Hammer Museum.

Sat Nov 7 7:30 PM

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Screenings UCLA Film & TV Archive

Happy Hour

Screening of Ryusuke Hamaguchi's longest film and his first true masterpiece, one of the best films of the 21st century.

Sun Nov 8 7:00 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 Nov 12 12:30 PM

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Project Hail Mary

Based on the bestseller by Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary stars Ryan Gosling as a high school science teacher thrust quite unwillingly into space as Earth’s last hope for survival. Followed by a conversation with directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller.

Thu Nov 12 7:30 PM

Part of the series MoMA Contenders 2026