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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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Large hanging artwork made from found materials

Lunchtime Art Talk on Eddie Aparicio

Curatorial associate Vanessa Arizmendi leads an in-person discussion of Eddie Aparicio's work.

Wed Jul 12 12:30 PM

A man in a mask is on fire

Mariah Garnett and Gelare Khoshgozaran in conversation with Erin Christovale

Video artists Mariah Garnett and Gelare Khoshgozaran join curator Erin Christovale onstage for a conversation about their experimental documentarian practices

Wed Jul 12 7:30 PM

Image of a woman floating in the air

Music & Performance

Steady Holiday with KCRW DJs Nassir Nassirzadeh & Novena Carmel

Free live concert by Steady Holiday in the museum's courtyard. Plus sets by KCRW DJs Nassir Nassirzadeh & Novena Carmel

Thu Jul 13 7:30 PM

Part of the series Hammer Summer Concerts 2023 with KCRW

cute animals peek through a red show curtain

Screenings Kids

Family Flicks: Sing

Dapper koala Buster Moon takes one last chance to save his theater by producing a singing competition.

Sun Jul 16 11:00 AM

Painting of a street scene with a dead body laying in the street surrounded by police, cameramen, and bystanders

Willie Birch in conversation with Aram Moshayedi

The artist discusses his life and work with curator Aram Moshayedi.

Tue Jul 18 7:30 PM

Framed receipts and an embroidered blue shirt from Al's Cafe

Lunchtime Art Talk on Allen Ruppersberg

Luce Curatorial Fellow Jennie Waldow leads an in-person discussion of Allen Ruppersberg' work.

Wed Jul 19 12:30 PM

Music & Performance

Abraham Alexander with KCRW DJs Dan Wilcox & Chris Douridas

Free live concert by Abraham Alexander in the museum's courtyard. Plus sets by KCRW DJs Dan Wilcox & Chris Douridas

Thu Jul 20 7:30 PM

Part of the series Hammer Summer Concerts 2023 with KCRW

Graphic showing women playing soccer

FIFA Women’s World Cup: USA vs. Vietnam

Gather at the Hammer to watch the USA Women's National team face Vietnam in the Group Stage along with fellow soccer fanatics on large screens.

Fri Jul 21 6:00 PM

Part of the series 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup

Ernie Kovacs speaking into a headset

Ernie Kovacs: Television of the Absurd

These programs illuminate Kovacs' gleeful defiance of television's rigid genres and tropes that demanded canned laughs and cue card banter, opting instead to forcefully break the fourth wall.

Sat Jul 22 7:30 PM

A robot carries a woman

The Day the Earth Stood Still / The Next Voice You Hear…

Double feature of two "message" films from the early 1950s

Sun Jul 23 7:00 PM