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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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Still from the film "Women Talking" (2022)

Women Talking, with Claire Foy & Jessie Buckley

Rooney Mara, Jessie Buckley, Claire Foy star in this adaptation of the best-selling novel by Miriam Toews. Followed by a conversation with Claire Foy and Jessie Buckley.

Tue Dec 13 7:30 PM

Part of the series MoMA Contenders 2022

Pile of gold bricks sits atop a wooden pallet that has been painted dark red.

Lunchtime Art Talk on Amanda Williams

Curatorial assistant Ikechukwu Onyewuenyi leads an in-person discussion of Amanda Williams's work.

Wed Dec 14 12:30 PM

Still from the film "Bones and All" (2022)

Bones and All, with actress Taylor Russell

Timothée Chalamet, Taylor Russell, and Mark Rylance star in the latest from acclaimed director Luca Guadagnino. Followed by a conversation with Taylor Russell

Wed Dec 14 7:30 PM

Part of the series MoMA Contenders 2022

Still from the film "Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio" (2022)

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, with director Guillermo del Toro

Guillermo del Toro’s first stop-motion-animated feature film, with an in-person introduction by del Toro!

Thu Dec 15 7:30 PM

Part of the series MoMA Contenders 2022

Still from the film "Ulysses' Gaze" (1995)

Ulysses' Gaze

Part of the series Landscapes of Time: The Films of Theo Angelopoulos, this winner of the Grand Jury Prize at Cannes is the second film in the director's “Trilogy of Borders.”

Fri Dec 16 7:30 PM

Still from the short film "Water and Power" (1989)

Water and Power and Freeways

Babette Mangolte's meditation on the SoCal landscape alongside Pat O’Neill's classic of L.A. experimental filmmaking.

Sat Dec 17 7:30 PM

Part of the series Can’t Get That Monster Out of My Mind: Joan Didion and Cinema

Still from the film "The Travelling Players" (1975)

The Travelling Players

This powerful vision of postwar Greek history as experienced by a troupe of actors swept the awards at the 1975 Thessaloniki Film Festival.

Sun Dec 18 7:00 PM

Acrylic depicting dark geometrical mass on the top half of the sheet of paper

Lunchtime Art Talk on Anne Truitt

Curatorial assistant Ikechukwu Onyewuenyi leads an in-person discussion of Anne Truitt's work.

Wed Jan 4 12:30 PM

A colorful painting of abstracted, featureless human and animal figures. In the right corner sits the Madonna and child

Exhibition Tour: Bob Thompson

Hammer educators lead conversation-based tours of the exhibition.

Sat Jan 7 1:00 PM

A mixed-media installation with steel chains and rope arranged on a gallery floor

Lunchtime Art Talk on Maren Hassinger

Hammer chief curator Connie Butler leads an in-person discussion of Maren Hassinger's work.

Wed Jan 11 12:30 PM