Programs & Events | Hammer Museum

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Mindful Awareness Meditation

Thursdays, 12:30–1 PM PDT

Mindful Awareness Meditation will be ONLINE ONLY on May 1, May 8, & May 15. 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: Chopping Beats & Writing Poems

Create and revise your own poetry inspired by the musical production styles of hip hop legends J Dilla, Missy Elliot, and Metro Boomin.

Sun Jun 23 11:00 AM

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Empty Nets

The rarefied but rough-and-tumble world of caviar smuggling is the milieu for writer-director Behrooz Karamizade’s feature debut, a suspenseful critique of opportunity and tradition in Iran.

Sun Jun 23 7:00 PM

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Lunchtime Art Talk on Lee Bontecou

Deputy Director, Curatorial Affairs Cindy Burlingham leads an in-person discussion of the work of Lee Bontecou.

Wed Jun 26 12:30 PM

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Flux, Summer 2024

The Flux screening series brings the creative community together to celebrate outstanding short films and music videos from around the globe.

Wed Jun 26 7:30 PM

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Special Programs

Mindful Awareness Meditation

Mindful Awareness Meditation will be ONLINE ONLY on May 1, May 8, & May 15. Free weekly drop-in sessions are open to all who are interested in learning how to live more presently.

Thu Jun 27 12:30 PM

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CANCELED: Exhibition Walk-through: Ben Barcelona on David Medalla: In Conversation with the Cosmos

Thu Jun 27 6:00 PM

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Special Programs Conversations

Presidential Debate

Join us for a live screening of the Biden/Trump debate on CNN.

Thu Jun 27 6:00 PM

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The Kingmaker

Director Lauren Greenfield will be in-person to discuss her documentary of Imelda Marco, a powerful female leader whose questionable sense of reality divided the Philippines.

Thu Jun 27 7:30 PM

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Achilles

A riveting story of resistance, Iranian writer-director Farhad Delaram’s feature film debut made its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.

Fri Jun 28 7:30 PM

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Dark Matter

Director Karim Lakzadeh channels the French New Wave by way of Jim Jarmusch into this wildly unexpected and entirely welcome independent Iranian production

Sat Jun 29 7:30 PM