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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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Sculpture made of stacked steel tubing

Lunchtime Art Talk on Mona Hatoum

Curatorial Assistant Nyah Ginwright leads an in-person discussion of Mona Hatoum's work.

Wed Apr 16 12:30 PM

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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 Apr 17 12:30 PM

Blue graphic reading "Bad Law"

Bad Law: Ten Popular Laws That Are Ruining America, with Elie Mystal

The New York Times bestselling author discusses his provocative new book, which exposes the legal foundations perpetuating inequality, racial bias, and injustice in America today

Thu Apr 17 7:30 PM

Still from Mustang

Screenings UCLA Film & TV Archive

Mustang / Cuties

Screening of two films that depict girls—five orphaned sisters in rural Turkey and an 11-year-old French-Senegalese girl—exploring identity and rebellion.

Fri Apr 18 7:30 PM

Dimensional sculpture with an Alice Coltrane record at its center

Exhibition Tour: Alice Coltrane, Monument Eternal

Hammer educators lead conversation-based tours of the exhibition Alice Coltrane, Monument Eternal

Sat Apr 19 1:00 PM

Kids Special Programs

Art Lab

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

Sat Apr 19 1:00 PM

Still from New Wave

Screenings UCLA Film & TV Archive

New Wave

Documenting the careers and lives of Vietnamese American New Wave musicians in the 1970s and 1980s, Elizabeth Ai’s kinetic film skillfully weaves together the challenges of intergenerational understanding in the search for the American dream.

Sat Apr 19 7:30 PM

People looking at art in the Hammer Museum galleries

Art in Conversation

Educators lead 30-minute in-person talks about connections and comparisons between two works of art.

Sun Apr 20 1:00 PM

Headshots of Adee Roberson & Naliah Hunter

Music & Performance

Turiya Rising: Deluge Presents: Nailah Hunter and Adee Roberson

Multi-instrumentalist and composer Nailah Hunter performs with interdisciplinary artist Adee Roberson on stage in the galleries of Alice Coltrane, Monument Eternal.

Sun Apr 20 5:00 PM

Part of the series Turiya Rising Performance Series

A young girl holds a bunny

Screenings UCLA Film & TV Archive

Leave No Trace

Set in Oregon’s lush woods, this 2015 feature film follows a teenage girl (Thomasin McKenzie) and her PTSD-stricken father (Ben Foster) as they live off the grid.

Sun Apr 20 7:00 PM