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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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Special Programs

Literary Death Match

Authors Amelia Gray, Jean Chen Ho, Rasheed Newson, and Prince Shakur face off in front of judges Zach Anner, Viet Thanh Nguyen, and Kristina Wong in “The most entertaining reading series ever” (Los Angeles Times).

Tue Oct 18 7:30 PM

Dark-hued painting of a view of the sky through a hole in a roof

Lunchtime Art Talk on Janiva Ellis

Aram Moshayedi, Robert Soros Curator, leads an in-person discussion of Janiva Ellis's work.

Wed Oct 19 12:30 PM

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Harryette Mullen

The UCLA professor and award-winning poet reads from her work.

Thu Oct 20 7:30 PM

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Special Programs

UCLA Art History Graduate Symposium: Figuring Space

Exploring formulations of space and its revolutionary nature as a medium, such as for Indigenous, diasporic, genderfluid, and anti-racist imaginaries in art historical inquiries.

Fri Oct 21 10:00 AM

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Days of '36

A political assassination kicks off Theo Angelopoulos’s depiction of one Greek dictatorship made under the shadow of another.

Fri Oct 21 7:30 PM

A colorful painting of abstracted, featureless human and animal figures. In the right corner sits the Madonna and child

Exhibition Tour: Bob Thompson

Hammer educators lead conversation-based tours of the exhibition.

Sat Oct 22 1:00 PM

Still from the film "Journey from the Fall" (2006)

Journey from the Fall

The UCLA Film & Television Archive screens director Hàm Trần’s award-winning drama as part of Hear + Việt + Film, a Symposium on Music in Trans-Vietnamese Film.

Sat Oct 22 7:30 PM

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Screenings Kids

Family Flicks: Coco

Desperate to prove his talent and become a musician like his idol Ernesto de la Cruz, young Miguel finds himself in the fantastical Land of the Dead on an extraordinary journey to unlock his family history.

Sun Oct 23 11:00 AM

A painting showing a partial view of an artist's studio, with canvases on the floor and another on an easel in the foreground. An open door lets light in

Curator Walk-through: Joan Didion: What She Means

Chief curator Connie Butler leads a walk-through of the exhibition Joan Didion: What She Means.

Sun Oct 23 1:00 PM

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Madame Satã

UCLA Film & Television Archive and Film Quarterly present a screening of director Karim Aïnouz's biopic on João Francisco dos Santos.

Sun Oct 23 7:00 PM