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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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Special Programs Readings Music & Performance

Graphite XIV Launch

The launch for the 14th edition of the Hammer’s student-run interdisciplinary arts journal, with readings, lectures, and performances by contributors.

Fri Jun 2 6:00 PM

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Gush

The UCLA Film & Television Archive screens Fox Maxy's debut feature film. Followed by a Q&A with the filmmaker.

Fri Jun 2 7:30 PM

Part of the series Imagining Indigenous Cinema: New Voices, New Visions

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Public Tour: Together in Time: Selections from the Hammer Contemporary Collection

Hammer educators lead conversation-based tours of the exhibition.

Sat Jun 3 1:00 PM

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Waikiki / Chasing The Light

The UCLA Film & Television Archive screens Christopher Kahunahana's feature debut and Blackhorse Lowe's day-in-the-life dark comedy, followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers.

Sat Jun 3 7:30 PM

Part of the series Imagining Indigenous Cinema: New Voices, New Visions

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Archive Talks: The Mermaid

The UCLA Film & Television Archive screens Stephen Chow’s musical action comedy, once the highest grossing film in China. In-person: Julie A. Turnock, associate professor of Media and Cinema Studies, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Sun Jun 4 7:00 PM

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Deconflating L.A.’s Homeless and Mental Health Crises

Anna Scott speaks with a panel of experts about these two urgent crises.

Tue Jun 6 7:30 PM

Part of the series Hammer Forum: L.A.’s Housing Crisis

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Lunchtime Art Talk on Rachel Whiteread

Curatorial associate Matthieu Vahanian leads an in-person discussion of Rachel Whiteread's work.

Wed Jun 7 12:30 PM

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Artist Talk: Kerry Tribe

The artist shares insights into her practice and process making work that investigates human consciousness and communication.

Wed Jun 7 7:30 PM

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This is the Life

Ava DuVernay’s 2008 documentary chronicles L.A.’s groundbreaking alternative hip hop movement crystalized in Leimert Park’s legendary Good Life Cafe.

Thu Jun 8 7:30 PM

Part of the series Summer Night Cinema: 50 Years of Hip Hop

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INAATE/SE + Short Films

The UCLA Film & Television Archive screens a series of films, followed by a by Zack Khalil Q&A.

Fri Jun 9 7:30 PM

Part of the series Imagining Indigenous Cinema: New Voices, New Visions