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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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A man stands shirtless before a glass wall

Black and White III & Color Compilation

Presenting two collections of the artist’s earliest video works, this program showcases McCarthy’s interests in Structuralist film and performance for the camera.

Thu Feb 6 7:30 PM

Still from the film Duet for Cannibals (1969) showing a woman holding another woman's head as they both look forward

Sontag, From the Archives

On the 50th anniversary of Susan Sontag’s debut feature, Duet for Cannibals, the Archive screens a new 2K restoration of the film. UCLA Library Special Collections also presents highlights from its Susan Sontag Papers collection in the lobby.

Fri Feb 7 7:30 PM

Still from the film Several Friends (1969) showing four people in a car with the man in the foreground smoking a cigarette

The Jungle / Several Friends / The Pocketbook / Grey Area

As part of the series American Neorealism, Part One: 1948–1984, the Archive presents a shorts program followed by a conversation between series curators Ross Lipman and Paul Malcolm.

Sat Feb 8 7:30 PM

Kids in a row draw on paper posted to the wall

Pop-up Studio: Old Stuff for a New Painting

Use paint and other traditional materials to create a collaborative, technology-inspired mural inspired by the exhibition Tishan Hsu: Liquid Circuit.

Sun Feb 9 11:00 AM

Two teenage girls stand before a woman with a microphone

Lunchtime Art Talk on Ja'Tovia Gary

Hammer curatorial staff members lead 15-minute discussions on a work of art.

Wed Feb 12 12:30 PM

Still from the film Return of the Secaucus Seven (1979) showing a woman leaning against a man, both seated and smiling

Return of the Secaucus Seven / Lianna

As part of the series John Sayles: Independent, the Archive screen’s the directors first two films. Secaucus focuses on the reunion of formerly radical friends, while Lianna was one of the first American films to feature a lesbian narrative.

Thu Feb 13 7:30 PM

A wall covered in posters for President Obama

The How and Why of Political Advertising

LMU professor Fernando Guerra and campaign strategist John Thomas join moderator and Loyola Law School professor Jessica Levinson to break down the politics and law behind campaign spending and advertising.

Thu Feb 13 7:30 PM

Moonlight

Moonlight

Barry Jenkins’s Academy Award–winning film follows Chiron from childhood to adulthood in Miami.

Fri Feb 14 7:30 PM

Part of the series Melancholy & Moonlight: The Poetic Vision of Barry Jenkins

Dancers in animal costumes perform a sacred Mayan Deer Dance

Music & Performance

Mayan Danza del Venado

A sacred Mayan Deer Dance is offered by the Maya-Quiche group Danza Maya Aipop Tecum, in which the deer step forward to offer their flesh so that humans can live.

Sat Feb 15 2:00 PM

Still from the film The Brother From Another Planet (1984) showing a close-up of a shirtless man looking into the eyes of a woman in a robe and touching her lip

The Brother From Another Planet / Baby It's You

As part of the series John Sayles: Independent, the Archive screens the director’s first bona fide box-office success, the lo-fi sci-fi The Brother from Another Planet, alongside the pop-infused teen love story Baby It’s You.

Sat Feb 15 7:30 PM