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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

Special Programs

Midterms Election Vote Center

Regardless of where you live in Los Angeles, cast your ballot for the 2026 Midterm Elections at the Hammer.

Sun Nov 1 10:00 AM

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Screenings UCLA Film & TV Archive

How to Save a Dead Friend / A Ghost Story

Tonight’s films explore the convergence of touch (or the inability to touch) with the ghostly and our changing relationship with the past and the dead.

Sun Nov 1 7:00 PM

Vote at the Hammer

Special Programs

Midterms Election Vote Center

Regardless of where you live in Los Angeles, cast your ballot for the 2026 Midterm Elections at the Hammer.

Mon Nov 2 10:00 AM

Vote at the Hammer

Special Programs

Midterms Election Vote Center

Regardless of where you live in Los Angeles, cast your ballot for the 2026 Midterm Elections at the Hammer.

Tue Nov 3 10:00 AM

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 5 12:30 PM

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Exhibition Highlights Tour: Huguette Caland: A Life in a Few Lines

Hammer educators lead conversation-based tours of exhibition highlights for "Huguette Caland: A Life in a Few Lines"

Sat Nov 7 1:00 PM

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Kids Special Programs

Art Lab

Drop by Art Lab for hands-on creative activities inspired by artworks on view at the museum.

Sat Nov 7 1:00 PM

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Screenings UCLA Film & TV Archive

Food and Film: Babette’s Feast

We’re pleased to present this Academy Award-winning classic of the culinary screen to mark the fifth anniversary of Lulu at the Hammer Museum.

Sat Nov 7 7:30 PM

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Screenings UCLA Film & TV Archive

Happy Hour

Screening of Ryusuke Hamaguchi's longest film and his first true masterpiece, one of the best films of the 21st century.

Sun Nov 8 7:00 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 12 12:30 PM