Programs & Events | Hammer Museum

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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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826LA@Hammer: Worldbuilders: Adventure Architects

Using Collective Journey Storytelling, students will learn how to plan a story where instead of just one hero doing everything, a whole group works together to make change. Led by experiential designer Justin Stucey.

Sun Jun 7 11:00 AM

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Screenings UCLA Film & TV Archive

Between Dreams and Hope / The Great Yawn of History

Screening of two features and a short film from Iran, as part of the 2026 UCLA Celebration of Iranian Cinema.

Sun Jun 7 7:00 PM

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Lunchtime Art Talk on Edgar Calel

Curator Pablo José Ramírez leads an in-person discussion of Edgar Calel's work.

Wed Jun 10 12:30 PM

The back of a bust of Nefertiti, with a subtitle reading "the idea that the objectified could and did resist."

After-Hours Tour: Coleman Collins on SPACE IS THE PLACE: Selections from the Hammer Contemporary Collection

Join artist Coleman Collins for an after-hours tour of the exhibition.

Wed Jun 10 6:00 PM

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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 Jun 11 12:30 PM

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Screenings UCLA Film & TV Archive

Black Rabbit, White Rabbit

Tajikistan's submission to the Oscars for Best International Feature Film finds writer-director Shahram Mokri working at the top of his cinematic game

Fri Jun 12 7:30 PM

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Screenings UCLA Film & TV Archive

Cinema-ye Azad: Nasib Nasibi

A screening of two films by Nasib Nisibi, a key figure in Cinema-ye Azad, or Free Cinema, an underground movement of filmmakers in Iran that began in 1969 with the aim of creating a fully independent cinema.

Sat Jun 13 7:30 PM

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Screenings UCLA Film & TV Archive

Cinema-ye Azad: Behnam Jafari

A screening of five films by Behnam Jafari, a key figure in Cinema-ye Azad, or Free Cinema, an underground movement of filmmakers in Iran that began in 1969 with the aim of creating a fully independent cinema.

Sun Jun 14 3:00 PM

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Screenings UCLA Film & TV Archive

Checkpoint / Dead End

Giant of Iranian cinema Parviz Sayya and actor Mary Apick will be on hand to present this screening of two films written and directed by Sayya and starring Apick.

Sun Jun 14 7:00 PM

Music & Performance Readings

Bloomsday 2026

Now in its 17th year at the Hammer, Bloomsday is a worldwide annual celebration of James Joyce and his landmark book Ulysses. This lively celebration features a cast of actors delivering dramatic readings from the novel interspersed with songs.

Tue Jun 16 7:30 PM