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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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Music & Performance

Phillip Greenlief: Citta di Vitti

Part of the JazzPOP concert series, Greenlief plays from his Citta di Vitti project, a collection of evocative, jaunty, moody compositions for trio and composed to accompany the films of Michelangelo Antonioni.

Thu Aug 18 8:00 PM

Part of the series JazzPOP 2022

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Gender Adventures

The UCLA Film & Television Archive presents a program of western adventures, as part of its Cinema's First Nasty Women screening series.

Fri Aug 19 7:30 PM

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Special Programs Music & Performance

In-Transition with the TransLatin@ Coalition

An afternoon full of of workshops, games, performances, and sign-making with activist group the TransLatin@ Coalition

Sat Aug 20 12:00 PM

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Islands / You and the Night

The UCLA Film & Television Archive screens two French films with themes of love and desire as part of its Outfest UCLA Legacy Project screening series.

Sat Aug 20 7:30 PM

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Phil For Short

The UCLA Film & Television Archive screens 20th century films as part of its Cinema's First Nasty Women screening series.

Sun Aug 21 7:00 PM

Still from the film "Three Thousand Years of Longing" (2022), showing Tilda Swinton sitting next to Idris Elba on a couch

Summer Night Cinema: "Three Thousand Years of Longing"

The latest from director George Miller (Mad Max: Fury Road) is a modern Djinn tale full of fantastical stories and stars Tilda Swinton and Idris Elba.

Tue Aug 23 7:30 PM

Part of the series Summer Night Cinema

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Lunchtime Art Talk on Marjorie Cameron

Associate curator Erin Christovale leads an in-person discussion of Marjorie Cameron's work.

Wed Aug 24 12:30 PM

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How High the Moon with E.C. Krupp

From antiquity to the Sea of Tranquility, Griffith Observatory Director E.C. Krupp draws down the meaning we’ve seen in the moon.

Wed Aug 24 7:30 PM

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Passing Through

The UCLA Film & Television Archive screens a music-focused film that connects Black American jazz and the liberation movements of Africa and North America as part of its Larry Clark screening series.

Fri Aug 26 7:30 PM

Stanton Macdonald-Wright, An octopus trap and fleeting dreams under a summer moon, 1966-1967

Exhibition Tour: Drawing Down the Moon

Hammer educators lead a tour of the exhibition Drawing Down the Moon.

Sat Aug 27 1:00 PM