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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 Aristotle's Plot

Quartier Mozart / Aristotle’s Plot

Cameroonian writer-director Jean-Pierre Bekolo presents his two earliest films, which reject Western concepts of realism, while simultaneously transforming material and political reality.

Sun May 12 7:00 PM

Artist Sylvia Palacios Whitman sitting on a bench on the Brooklyn Bridge, wearing an oversized hand

Radical Women

This documentary captures eleven of the artists who met to discuss their artistic practices ahead of their participation in the Hammer’s 2017 exhibition Radical Women: Latin American Art: 1960–1985.

Tue May 14 7:30 PM

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Lunchtime Art Talk on Helen Frankenthaler

Curatorial associate Ikechukwu Onyewuenyi leads an in-person discussion of Helen Frankenthaler's work.

Wed May 15 12:30 PM

Some Favorite Writers: Adam Moss

In Adam Moss’s new book, the former editor of New York magazine asks “What is the work of art?

Thu May 16 7:30 PM

Gallery view of an exhibition of prints

Exhibition Tour: Groove: Artists and Intaglio Prints, 1500 to Now

Hammer educators lead conversation-based tours of the exhibition Groove: Artists and Intaglio Prints, 1500 to Now.

Sat May 18 1:00 PM

David Straithern as Edward R. Murrow in Good Night, and Good Luck

Small Screen/Big Screen: Good Night, and Good Luck and See It Now

Part of a series highlighting critically acclaimed motion pictures that examine pivotal moments in television history and the indelible original broadcasts that inspired the features.

Sat May 18 7:30 PM

Kids write on paper

826LA@Hammer: Telling Your Story Through Hip-Hop

Come dressed to move and ready to write some rap verses that tell YOUR STORY! Facilitated by HBO Def Poet and Emmy Award-winner Joe Hernández-Kolski.

Sun May 19 11:00 AM

Still from Double Indemnity

Archive Talks: Double Indemnity

Historians Alain Silver and James Ursini discuss Billy Wilder's Double Indemnity, the film that launched one of the most influential and enduring styles in film history: film noir.

Sun May 19 7:00 PM

V. Penelope Pelizzon and her book cover

Poetry: V. Penelope Pelizzon

Award-winning poet V. Penelope Pelizzon reads from her collection "A Gaze Hound That Hunteth by the Eye," traversing continents and cultural legacies in profound verse.

Tue May 21 7:30 PM

Etching of the head of Jesus, wearing a crown of thorns

Lunchtime Art Talk on Claude Mellan

Collection Specialist and Curatorial Assistant Jennie Waldow leads an in-person discussion of Claude Mellan's work.

Wed May 22 12:30 PM