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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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Mayo Thompson performing a live concert

Music & Performance

Mayo Thompson: Live in Concert

In a rare live show, Thompson performs his 1970 album "Corky’s Debt to His Father" in full for the first time in Los Angeles.

Thu Jan 9 7:30 PM

Still from the film Spring Night, Summer Night (1967) showing two people standing on a hill, in shadow

Spring Night, Summer Night / In the Middle of the Nights

The Archive presents the North American digital restoration premiere of Spring Night, Summer Night as part of the series American Neorealism, Part One: 1948–1984.

Fri Jan 10 7:30 PM

Gallery view of the Armand Hammer Collection at the Hammer Museum

Exhibition Tours: Armand Hammer Collection

Hammer educators lead a 45-minute tour of the collection every Saturday at 1 p.m.

Sat Jan 11 1:00 PM

Still from the film The Challenge (1957) showing two young girls walking

Screening Race in American Nontheatrical Film

The Archive presents short 16mm films from the 1950s to the 1970s that engage with ideas about race, identity, and community outside of mainstream theatrical cinema.

Sat Jan 11 7:30 PM

Two men and a women stand with torches

Kids Screenings

Family Flicks: National Treasure

Ben Gates must steal the Declaration of Independence or let it fall into dangerous hands.

Sun Jan 12 11:00 AM

Gallery Games

CANCELED: Gallery Games, Winter 2020

The March 15 program has been canceled due to uncertainty around COVID-19. These 45-minute guided sessions combine family-friendly tours with easy-to-play games.

Sun Jan 12 11:00 AM

Still from the film Little Fugitive (1953) showing a close-up of a young boy frowning

Little Fugitive / In the Street / The Quiet One

The Archive screens a trio of films capturing youth in New York as part of the series American Neorealism, Part One: 1948–1984.

Sun Jan 12 7:00 PM

Glenn O'Brien

Glenn O’Brien: Intelligence for Dummies

Jonathan Lethem, Andy Spade, and others read from the recently released book of essays by the late Glenn O'Brien.

Tue Jan 14 7:30 PM

A Felix Gonzalez-Torres work reading "Nowhere better than this place"

Lunchtime Art Talk on Felix Gonzalez-Torres

Hammer curatorial staff members lead 15-minute discussions on a work of art.

Wed Jan 15 12:30 PM

Black Orpheus

Black Orpheus

'Black Orpheus' reimagines the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice in a favela in Rio de Janeiro during Carnivale.

Wed Jan 15 7:30 PM

Part of the series Eurydice Found