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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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Vote at the Hammer

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Presidential Election Vote Center

Regardless of where you live in Los Angeles, cast your ballot for the 2024 Presidential Election at the Hammer.

Tue Nov 5 7:00 AM

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Lunchtime Art Talk on Tetsuya Noda

Curatorial assistant Jennie Waldow leads an in-person discussion of the work of Tetsuya Noda.

Wed Nov 6 12:30 PM

An audience sitting in a darkened theater, watching a woman on stage

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 Nov 7 12:30 PM

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After-Hours Tour: Claire McEachern on Sum of the Parts: Serial Imagery in Printmaking, 1500 to Now

Join Professor of English at the University of California, Los Angeles Claire McEachern for a tour of the exhibition.

Thu Nov 7 6:00 PM

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Screenings UCLA Film & TV Archive

All About Lily Chou-Chou

Japanese writer-director Shunji Iwai’s elliptic take on the internet, fan culture, and adolescent trauma has come to feel ever more prescient as we’ve moved deeper into the millennium.

Thu Nov 7 7:30 PM

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Screenings UCLA Film & TV Archive

Tekkonkinkreet

Director Michael Arias and Giant Robot founder Eric Nakamura will be on hand for a screening of Arias' anime film based on the manga by Taiyō Matsumoto.

Fri Nov 8 7:30 PM

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Exhibition Tour: Breath(e): Toward Climate and Social Justice

Hammer educators lead conversation-based tours of the exhibition Breath(e): Toward Climate and Social Justice.

Sat Nov 9 1:00 PM

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Screenings UCLA Film & TV Archive

Is He or Isn’t He?: Man Facing Southeast / The Brother From Another Planet

Screening of two films in which norms in the human world get shaken up by an alien presence, as part of the UCLA Film & Television Archive screening series Science Fiction Against the Margins.

Sat Nov 9 7:30 PM

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Special Programs

Bonsai: The Art of Growing and Shaping Miniature Trees, with Jordan Farar

In this hands-on workshop, Bonsai Saikei master Jordan Farar will briefly cover the history of bonsai, discuss what type of trees are ideal for this art form, and explain how to care for bonsai plants.

Sun Nov 10 2:00 PM

Part of the series Breath(e): Toward Climate and Social Justice: Programs & Performances

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Screenings UCLA Film & TV Archive

Giant Robots!: Johnny Sokko, Voyage Into Space and Gigantor

Join us for this special screening of the Japanese cult TV classic that inspired the name of Giant Robot magazine.

Sun Nov 10 7:00 PM