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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 Siren

Screenings UCLA Film & TV Archive

The Siren

Deploying a 2D animation style to tell this story of war, director Sepideh Farsi confronts its horrors head on while illuminating in fresh and visually compelling ways the humanity besieged by it.

Fri Jun 27 7:30 PM

Still from Leila

Screenings UCLA Film & TV Archive

Tribute to Dariush Mehrjui: Leila

Leila Hatami delivers a devastating performance in Dariush Mehrjui’s unforgettable portrait of a woman under emotional siege that film critic Amy Taubin called “the most brilliant depiction of a marriage gone to hell that I’ve ever seen.”

Sat Jun 28 7:30 PM

A child participating at an 826LA workshop at the Hammer

826LA@Hammer: On The Spot Poetic Thoughts

Bringing together high-energy improvisation exercises with the art of poetry, students will learn how both writing and performance can be gateways to creative agency. Led by spoken word poet and teaching artist Christian Perfas (aka Soul Stuf).

Sun Jun 29 11:00 AM

Animated still of a futuristic car driving through a ring of purple light

Screenings Music & Performance

Lawrence Lek

Artist Lawrence Lek screens films from his “Smart City” series, followed by an audio-visual performance by Lek, and a discussion of the role of film, video games, and architecture in his worldbuilding practice.

Sun Jun 29 2:00 PM

Still from Hamoon

Screenings UCLA Film & TV Archive

Tribute to Dariush Mehrjui: Hamoon / The Pear Tree

Screening of two films directed by Mehrjuri, a giant of Iran cinema for over five decades who was a fierce critic of the Iranian regime and fought government censorship throughout his career.

Sun Jun 29 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 Jul 3 12:30 PM

Blue cyanotype made from a deconstructed cassette tape

After-Hours Tour: Naoko Takahatake on Performance on Paper

Join Naoko Takahatake, Director and Chief Curator of the Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, for an exhibition tour.

Tue Jul 8 6:00 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 Jul 10 12:30 PM

A young girl wearing bright makeup

Screenings UCLA Film & TV Archive

Summer 1993 / System Crasher

Screening of two films, one from Spain and one from Germany, in which young girls cope with loss and trauma.

Fri Jul 11 7:30 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 Jul 17 12:30 PM