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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 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

Porch light illuminates a 70s style home at night

Exhibition Tour: Joan Didion: What She Means

Hammer educators lead conversation-based tours of the exhibition Joan Didion: What She Means.

Sat Jan 14 1:00 PM

Still from the film "Till" (2022), depicting the character Mamie Till speaking in front of an array of microphones

Till, with Chinonye Chukwu & Robin D. G. Kelley

Director Chinonye Chukwu's film depicts the true story behind the 1955 lynching of 14-year-old Emmett Till through the eyes of his mother. Post-screening Q&A with Chinonye Chukwu and UCLA professor Robin D. G. Kelley

Sat Jan 14 7:30 PM

Blaise Agüera y Arcas & Lawrence Weschler

Blaise Agüera y Arcas & Lawrence Weschler

Friends and intellectual combatants Lawrence Weschler and Blaise Agüera y Arcas discuss their current, and often divergent, perspectives on the creative potential of artificial intelligence.

Tue Jan 17 7:30 PM

Porch light illuminates a 70s style home at night

Exhibition Tour: Joan Didion: What She Means

Hammer educators lead conversation-based tours of the exhibition Joan Didion: What She Means.

Sat Jan 21 1:00 PM

Still from The White Balloon showing a young girl. Credit: October Films/Photofest

Screenings Kids

Family Flicks: The White Balloon

This story of a seven year old girl on her way to buy a goldfish for Nowruz and the obstacles she overcomes along the way was listed as one of the 50 best family films of all time.

Sun Jan 22 11:00 AM