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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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CANCELED: Lunchtime Art Talk on Sonia Gutiérrez

Curatorial associate Vanessa Arizmendi leads an in-person discussion of Sonia Gutiérrez's work.

Wed Jul 6 12:30 PM

Photo of the musician Ambar Lucid on a bed staring directly into the camera

Music & Performance

Ambar Lucid with KCRW DJs Wyldeflower & Nassir Nassirzadeh

Free live concert by Ambar Lucid in the museum's courtyard. Plus sets by KCRW DJs Wyldeflower and Nassir Nassirzadeh.

Thu Jul 7 6:30 PM

Part of the series Hammer Summer Concerts 2022

A man and woman hold umbrellas while looking at the river

The Moon Has Risen / Love Letter

Part of the first edition of the UCLA Film & Television Archive series Second Sight: A Collection of New International Restorations, featuring films by women working in Australia, Cuba, Oregon, and Japan.

Fri Jul 8 7:30 PM

A table of scrap paper with different patterns and a kid standing to the right cutting one heart-shaped image for a collage.

Pop-up Studio: Zines

Learn the art of zine making with L.A. Zine Fest.

Sat Jul 9 11:00 AM

Woman holding books looks past camera

Floating Life

Part of the first edition of the UCLA Film & Television Archive series Second Sight: A Collection of New International Restorations, featuring films by women working in Australia, Cuba, Oregon, and Japan.

Sat Jul 9 7:30 PM

Still from TV program showing poet Alvin Saxon Jr reading his work and addressing the camera

Tell It Like It Is: The Watts Writers Workshop on Television

The UCLA Film & Television Archive screens two TV programs documenting readings by poets and authors from the Watts Writers Workshop.

Sun Jul 10 7:00 PM

Black and white still from the film "The Last Waltz" (1978) showing a band performing with a conductor

Summer Night Cinema: "The Last Waltz"

One of the greatest concert films ever made, Martin Scorsese's music documentary captures the farewell performance of the legendary group the Band—with a bevy of famous musician friends—at San Francisco’s Winterland Ballroom on Thanksgiving, 1976.

Tue Jul 12 7:30 PM

Part of the series Summer Night Cinema

Drawing of a girl wearing a necklace of different items, collaged with a woman's choice clinic advertisement.

Lunchtime Art Talk on Andrea Bowers

Curatorial assistant Nika Chilewich leads an in-person discussion of the work of Andrea Bowers, in conjunction with the artist's exhibition.

Wed Jul 13 12:30 PM

The musician Pachyman standing in a yellow field with his arms spread wide

Music & Performance

Pachyman with KCRW DJs Jeremy Sole & Tyler Boudreaux

Free live concert by Pachyman in the museum's courtyard. Plus sets by KCRW DJs Jeremy Sole & Tyler Boudreaux

Thu Jul 14 6:30 PM

Part of the series Hammer Summer Concerts 2022

Man and woman lay in bed together

De cierta manera

Part of the first edition of the UCLA Film & Television Archive series Second Sight: A Collection of New International Restorations, featuring films by women working in Australia, Cuba, Oregon, and Japan.

Fri Jul 15 7:30 PM