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Artwork by David Medalla

Lunchtime Art Talk on David Medalla

Curatorial Assistant Nyah Ginwright leads an in-person discussion of David Medalla's work.

Wed Aug 7 12:30 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 Aug 8 12:30 PM

Beth Schenck holding a saxophine

Music & Performance

Beth Schenck Quintet

A wildly creative and original musical voice, San Francisco saxophonist and composer Beth Schenck writes bracing music that blends lush harmonies with fierce propulsiveness and surprising rhythmic twists and turns.

Thu Aug 8 8:00 PM

Part of the series JazzPOP 2024

Still from Sorry to Bother You

Screenings UCLA Film & TV Archive

Sorry to Bother You

Writer-director Boots Riley’s 2018 feature debut remains a bitingly funny and incisive satire of our world, right now.

Fri Aug 9 7:30 PM

Still from Space Truckers

Screenings UCLA Film & TV Archive

Space Truckers / Vegas in Space

Part of the UCLA Film & Television Archive screening series Summer Sci-Fi, featuring schlockmeister Stuart Gordon's Day-Glo action comedy and writer-director Phillip R. Ford's queer camp sci-fi classic

Sat Aug 10 7:30 PM

Still from Bank Holiday

Screenings UCLA Film & TV Archive

Bank Holiday

In this delightful film directed by Carol Reed, a rich cast of characters appear, including a caring nurse, a widower and a vacationing family, whose stories intertwine to make a charming romantic comedy.

Sun Aug 11 7:00 PM

Installation view of framed works on paper installed on wall and in vitrines, the Vault gallery walls painted pink

EJ Hill & David Getsy

Artist and Mute Flesh curator EJ Hill will be in conversation with art historian David Getsy to discuss Hill’s practice and its connections to the works from the Hammer’s collections Hill chose for the exhibition.

Tue Aug 13 7:30 PM

Collaged image of a form with human, animal, and mechanical features

Lunchtime Art Talk on Wangechi Mutu

Curatorial assistant Jennifer Buonocore-Nedrelow leads an in-person discussion of Wangechi Mutu's work.

Wed Aug 14 12:30 PM

A man in military camouflage holds a small ceramic dragon figurine

Porcelain War

Following Ukrainian artists Slava, Anya, and Andrey, Porcelain War captures the dissonance between the horrors of war and the fragile beauty of nature and artistic practice.

Wed Aug 14 7:30 PM

Part of the series Summer Night Cinema: True Stories

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 Aug 15 12:30 PM