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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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Gallery view of the Armand Hammer Collection at the Hammer Museum

Exhibition Tours: Armand Hammer Collection

Hammer educators lead a 45-minute tour of the collection every Saturday at 1 p.m.

Sat Jan 25 1:00 PM

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Music & Performance

Samuel Beckett's Quad I and Quad II

Samuel Beckett’s rarely performed 'Quad I' and 'Quad II' represent the playwright’s distillation of the human journey through sound, light, and movement.

Sat Jan 25 2:00 PM

Part of the series Eurydice Found

Three figures in hoods walk around a stage

Music & Performance

Samuel Beckett's Quad I and Quad II

Samuel Beckett’s rarely performed 'Quad I' and 'Quad II' represent the playwright’s distillation of the human journey through sound, light, and movement.

Sat Jan 25 4:00 PM

Part of the series Eurydice Found

Still from the film Shadows (1961) showing a couple leaning in toward each other

Shadows / On the Bowery

The Archive screens the first feature films of directors John Cassavetes and Lionel Rogosin, both set on the societal fringes of New York, as part of the series American Neorealism, Part One: 1948–1984

Sat Jan 25 7:30 PM

826LA Fornite v Fortnight

826LA@Hammer: Fortnite v. Fortnight: How to Build Words and Conquer Worlds

Use language to invent fabulous treasures, describe fortifications, and plan daring heists.

Sun Jan 26 11:00 AM

Tishan Hsu, Liquid Circuit

Curator Walk-through: Tishan Hsu: Liquid Circuit

Aram Moshayedi, curator, leads a walk-through of the exhibition.

Sun Jan 26 1:00 PM

Jorie Graham

Poetry: Jorie Graham

Jorie Graham has authored numerous poetry collections, one of which won the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for poetry.

Sun Jan 26 2:00 PM

Still from the film The Whole Shootin' Match (1978) showing a man and a woman looking at each other with concern

The Whole Shootin’ Match / Northern Lights

The Archive screensf Texas indie film legend Eagle Pennell's feature debut alongside a North Dakota-set period piece, which won the Caméra d’Or at Cannes, as part of the series American Neorealism, Part One: 1948–1984.

Sun Jan 26 7:00 PM

Kandis Williams's Eurydice

Kandis Williams's Eurydice

Artist Kandis Williams hosts a screening created from the recording of several performative iterations of her Eurydice project.

Tue Jan 28 7:30 PM

Part of the series Eurydice Found

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Lunchtime Art Talk on Gala Porras-Kim

Hammer curatorial staff members lead 15-minute discussions on a work of art.

Wed Jan 29 12:30 PM