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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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Dark painting of a seascape.

Lunchtime Art Talk on Silke Otto-Knapp

Robert Soros Senior curator Aram Moshayedi leads an in-person discussion of Silke Otto Knapp's work.

Wed Aug 10 12:30 PM

Woman playing the drums.

Music & Performance

Tina Raymond Trio

Part of the JazzPOP concert series, Los Angeles drummer Tina Raymond explores America's polarized politics through a set of patriotic hymns, folk songs, protest anthems, and music by Woody Guthrie, Joni Mitchell, and Joan Baez.

Thu Aug 11 8:00 PM

Part of the series JazzPOP 2022

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Queens of Destruction

The UCLA Film & Television Archive presents a program of delirious slapstick as part of its Cinema's First Nasty Women screening series.

Fri Aug 12 7:30 PM

3 Triplets make different expressions next to each other in black and white photo.

Doubles and Doppelgangers

The UCLA Film & Television Archive presents a program of comic mayhem as part of its Cinema's First Nasty Women screening series.

Sat Aug 13 7:30 PM

Girl stands next to two bikes.

Kids Screenings

Family Flicks: Wadjda

Writer-director Haifaa al-Mansour’s inspiring story of youthful pluck and perseverance is the first feature film—and the first directed by a woman—in Saudi Arabia.

Sun Aug 14 11:00 AM

Feminine person bites their finger

The Dreamlife of Angels / Sister

The UCLA Film & Television Archive screens two french films about friendship as part of its series This Woman's Work: How Gender Shaped Cinema Behind the Scenes.

Sun Aug 14 7:00 PM

Aretha Franklin sings into microphone

Summer Night Cinema: "Amazing Grace"

A documentary presenting Aretha Franklin with choir at the New Bethel Baptist Church in Watts, Los Angeles in January 1972.

Tue Aug 16 7:30 PM

Part of the series Summer Night Cinema

Drawing of a moon with hands and legs coming out of it.

Lunchtime Art Talk on Kiki Kogelnik

Curatorial assistant Matthieu Vahanian leads an in-person discussion of Kiki Kogelnik's work.

Wed Aug 17 12:30 PM

Man plays saxophone.

Music & Performance

Phillip Greenlief: Citta di Vitti

Part of the JazzPOP concert series, Greenlief plays from his Citta di Vitti project, a collection of evocative, jaunty, moody compositions for trio and composed to accompany the films of Michelangelo Antonioni.

Thu Aug 18 8:00 PM

Part of the series JazzPOP 2022

Western scene. Woman holds man in cowboy hat at gunpoint in sepia tone photo.

Gender Adventures

The UCLA Film & Television Archive presents a program of western adventures, as part of its Cinema's First Nasty Women screening series.

Fri Aug 19 7:30 PM