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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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Artwork: Brother 7 4 5 by Vamba Bility

Lunchtime Art Talk on Vamba Bility

Curatorial associate Ikechukwu Onyewuenyi leads an in-person discussion of Vamba Bility's work.

Wed Jan 31 12:30 PM

Nam June Paik rests between two TV monitors

Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV

Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV traces the life and work of Nam June Paik, the avant-garde artist best known as the father of video art.

Thu Feb 1 7:30 PM

Ramon Novarro and Lupe Velez in Laughing Boy

Eskimo / Laughing Boy

Screening of two pre-Code Hollywood studio films that openly confronted the contemporary consequences of this nation’s fraught history with Indigenous peoples after they were granted citizenship in 1924.

Fri Feb 2 7:30 PM

Gallery view of an exhibition of prints

Exhibition Tour: Groove: Artists and Intaglio Prints, 1500 to Now

Hammer educators lead conversation-based tours of the exhibition Groove: Artists and Intaglio Prints, 1500 to Now.

Sat Feb 3 1:00 PM

Greta Garbo as Anna Christie

Camille / Anna Christie

UCLA Film & Television Archive presents a survey of the talent and mystique that made Greta Garbo the supreme icon of Classic Hollywood.

Sat Feb 3 7:30 PM

Kids write on paper

826LA@Hammer: Make a Guidebook for Your Imaginary World

Conjure up your own planet or island and create guidebooks for these wondrous places to entice visitors. Facilitated by Lorraine Allen Derosa.

Sun Feb 4 11:00 AM

James Conlon photo by Dan Steinberg (attached)

James Conlon

Illustrating and expanding on the importance of works by marginalized composers, Maestro James Conlon discusses “Highway 1,” by trailblazing African-American composer William Grant Still alongside Austrian refugee Alexander Zemlinsky’s “Der Zwerg.”

Sun Feb 4 3:00 PM

Still from Massacre

Massacre

This 1934 western is one of a group of pre-Code Hollywood studio films that openly confronted the contemporary consequences of this nation’s fraught history with Indigenous peoples after they were granted citizenship in 1924.

Sun Feb 4 7:00 PM

Colorful abstract etching in a circular shape

Lunchtime Art Talk on Sam Gilliam

Curatorial associate Ikechukwu Onyewuenyi leads an in-person discussion of Sam Gilliam's work.

Wed Feb 7 12:30 PM

Joan Silber and her book "Secrets of Happiness"

Some Favorite Writers: Joan Silber

Join author Joan Silber for a reading from her award winning publications. Followed by a conversation with Some Favorite Writers organizer, author Mona Simpson.

Thu Feb 8 7:30 PM