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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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Flux, Spring 2024

The Flux screening series brings the creative community together to celebrate outstanding short films and music videos from around the globe.

Wed Feb 21 7:30 PM

Poetry: Boris Dralyuk

Poet Boris Dralyuk reads from his most recent volume, My Hollywood and Other Poems, a collection of lyric meditations on the experience of émigrés in Los Angeles.

Thu Feb 22 7:30 PM

Still from I’m No Longer Here

I’m No Longer Here

A Cumbia beat fuels this beautifully choreographed feature by director Fernando Frías de la Parra, which ultimately is a melancholic take on emigration.

Fri Feb 23 7:30 PM

gallery exibit: Untitled (TV Stone Tower) by Park Hyunki

Exhibition Tour: Only the Young: Experimental Art in Korea, 1960s–1970s

Hammer educators lead conversation-based tours of the exhibition Only the Young: Experimental Art in Korea, 1960s–1970s.

Sat Feb 24 1:00 PM

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Preserving Historic Color Videotape: Mr. Television (a.k.a. Milton Berle) and Friends

Join us for the world premiere screening of the preservation of the earliest known entertainment program to survive on color videotape.

Sat Feb 24 7:30 PM

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Screenings Kids Music & Performance

Family Flicks: A Dog’s Courage

A ragtag pack of dogs journey to find a place where they can be free in this beautiful South Korean animated feature.

Sun Feb 25 11:00 AM

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Between Remembered and Forgotten: Haunted Women, Distorted Memory

This screening, curated by students from the Association of Moving Image Archivists, explores film representations of haunted women as emblems of memory work.

Sun Feb 25 7:00 PM

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Artist-led Walkthrough: Gala Porras-Kim on Only the Young: Experimental Art in Korea, 1960s–1970s

Join Gala Porras-Kim for an artist-led walkthrough of Only the Young: Experimental Art in Korea, 1960s–1970s.

Tue Feb 27 6:00 PM

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Lunchtime Art Talk on Thenjiwe Niki Nkosi

Curator Erin Christovale leads an in-person discussion of Thenjiwe Niki Nkosi's work.

Wed Feb 28 12:30 PM

Members Music & Performance

Frieze Music & Hammer Museum present a live set by Sudan Archives

Members enjoy after-hours access to galleries, craft cocktails, and a live performance by critically acclaimed L.A.-based musician Sudan Archives.

Thu Feb 29 7:30 PM