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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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Our Daily Bread / Under the Fig Trees

Screening of two films–the first from 1934, the second from 2021–that represent life and work on a farm.

Sat Aug 12 7:30 PM

Part of the series Food and Film: Farming

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Medicine for Melancholy / The Diary of a Teenage Girl

A screening of films set in San Francisco

Sun Aug 13 7:00 PM

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Planet Rocker. Show Stopper. Flow Dropper. Beat Scholar: Women in Hip Hop

An evening celebrating the artistic vision of Missy Elliott, including screenings of her music videos and Ava DuVernay's documentary My Mic Sounds Nice

Tue Aug 15 7:30 PM

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

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Lunchtime Art Talk on Amoako Boafo

Curatorial associate Ikechukwu Onyewuenyi leads an in-person discussion of Amoako Boafo's work.

Wed Aug 16 12:30 PM

Eric Revis

Music & Performance

Eric Revis Trio

As a composer and bandleader, Grammy-winning bassist Revis draws on diverse experiences to create original music that grooves, floats, and soars with irresistible energy and dynamic ensemble interplay.

Thu Aug 17 8:00 PM

Part of the series JazzPOP 2023

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No Ordinary Man / Chavela

Screening of films with gender-nonconforming heroes at their center

Sat Aug 19 7:30 PM

Still from Vera

CANCELED: Southern Comfort / Vera

Sun Aug 20 7:00 PM

Still from Pariah

Maggots and Men / Pariah

Screening of films with gender-nonconforming heroes at their center

Mon Aug 21 7:30 PM

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Homelessness in Los Angeles: In Search of Solutions

Anna Scott is joined by Dr. Margot Kushel, Dr. Travis Patricio Stanley, and Pete White to talk about policies that work and blue-sky solutions.

Tue Aug 22 7:30 PM

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

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Lunchtime Art Talk on Eleanor Antin

Curatorial associate Ikechukwu Onyewuenyi leads an in-person discussion of Eleanor Antin's work.

Wed Aug 23 12:30 PM