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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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Coffee with a Curator: Picasso, Thompson & Didion

Hammer members! Enjoy a curator-led walk throughs for Picasso, Thompson and Didion exhibitions before museum hours.

Thu Nov 17 10:00 AM

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Ange Mlinko

The author and Guggenheim Fellow reads from her recent poetry collection, Venice.

Thu Nov 17 7:30 PM

Still from the film "The Night of the Iguana" (1964)

The Night of the Iguana

An adaptation of a Tennessee Williams play about the unraveling of a defrocked clergyman working as a tour guide in Mexico.

Fri Nov 18 7:30 PM

Part of the series Can’t Get That Monster Out of My Mind: Joan Didion and Cinema

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Exhibition Tour: Picasso Cut Papers

Hammer educators lead conversation-based tours of the exhibition.

Sat Nov 19 1:00 PM

Families created prints celebrating their neighborhoods in a workshop conceived by artist Olga Koumoundouros at Family Day: Kids for Peace.

Kids Special Programs

Art Lab

Hands-on, family friendly creative activities inspired by artworks on view at the museum.

Sat Nov 19 1:00 PM

Two men speak to each other through prison bars

Lost African American TV: Robert L. Goodwin’s “The Upper Chamber”

The UCLA Film & Television Archive presents a screening of Robert L. Goodwin's highly accomplished video drama.

Sat Nov 19 7:30 PM

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Karin Higa: Reverberations

Panelists Kelly Akashi, Karen Ishizuka, Sonia Mak, Anna Sew Hoy, and Mika Yoshitake discuss the legacy of art historian and curator Karin Higa.

Sun Nov 20 2:00 PM

Man stands among broken tvs

The Dust of Time

Making a film about his parents, filmmaker moves between past and present, memory and history, fiction and reality. Part of the series Landscapes of Time: The Films of Theo Angelopoulos.

Sun Nov 20 7:00 PM

Families created prints celebrating their neighborhoods in a workshop conceived by artist Olga Koumoundouros at Family Day: Kids for Peace.

Kids Special Programs

Art Lab

Hands-on, family friendly creative activities inspired by artworks on view at the museum.

Sat Nov 26 11:00 AM

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Exhibition Tour: Joan Didion: What She Means

Hammer educators lead conversation-based tours of the exhibition Joan Didion: What She Means.

Sat Nov 26 1:00 PM