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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 Daughters

Daughters

Four young girls prepare for a special Daddy Daughter Dance with their incarcerated fathers, as part of a unique fatherhood program in a Washington, D.C., jail in this eight-year documentary journey.

Tue Jul 16 7:30 PM

Part of the series Summer Night Cinema: True Stories

Close-up of blond White woman sitting in a jury box

Lunchtime Art Talk on Jordan Strafer

Curatorial assistant Nyah Ginwright leads an in-person discussion of the work of Jordan Strafer.

Wed Jul 17 12:30 PM

Photo of a man wearing a yellow mask reading "Psychic Self-Defense" carrying two miniature busts

After-Hours Tour: David Medalla: In Conversation with the Cosmos

Join curatorial assistant Nyah Ginwright for an exhibition tour of David Medalla: In Conversation with the Cosmos.

Wed Jul 17 6:00 PM

Photo of a man wearing a yellow mask reading "Psychic Self-Defense" carrying two miniature busts

CANCELED: After-Hours Tour: Candice Lin on David Medalla: In Conversation with the Cosmos

This tour has been canceled.

Wed Jul 17 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 18 12:30 PM

A nature photographer surrounded by lemurs

Second Nature

Documentary following trans trailblazer and evolutionary biologist Joan Roughgarden and queer, female, BIPOC and immigrant scientists who explore the 1,500+ animal species that engage in same-sex sexual behavior and parenting.

Fri Jul 19 7:30 PM

Two men kissing, seen in silhouette

Ask Any Buddy

A feature-length mashup film that uses fragments from 126 all-male adult films to explore the lives and fantasies of a generation of gay men — or at least how they looked in the movies.

Sat Jul 20 7:30 PM

John Coltrane plays his sax

Screenings UCLA Film & TV Archive

Jazz Casual: Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins & John Coltrane on 1960s TV

Produced by San Francisco station KQED, Jazz Casual (1960-68) featured electrifying live performances by the top artists in contemporary American jazz, offering viewers a front-row seat to see and hear musical titans at the forefront of modern jazz within a relaxed studio setting.

Sun Jul 21 7:00 PM

Artist Frida Kahlo laying in the grass

Frida

An intimately raw and magical journey through the life, mind, and heart of iconic artist Frida Kahlo.

Tue Jul 23 7:30 PM

Part of the series Summer Night Cinema: True Stories

Gallery view full of bright fabrics and clothing

After-Hours Tour: Sharon Takeda on Refashioning: CFGNY & Wataru Tominaga

Join Sharon Takeda, Senior Curator and Department Head, Costume and Textiles at LACMA, for a tour of the exhibition.

Wed Jul 24 6:00 PM