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Upcoming Events

826LA@Hammer: Collaging for Mother Earth

Sun 1/12 • 11AM PST

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Free collaborative workshops, presented with 826LA, combine writing with creative activities for groups of up to 20 students. Recommended for ages 8–14. Reservations encouraged. Visit 826la.org or call 310-915-0200. A lot of people know how...

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The Films of Ana Mendieta

Thu 1/23 • 7:30PM PST

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Organized by curator Jay Ezra Nayssan of Del Vaz Projects in collaboration with the Estate of Ana Mendieta, this program presents a diverse selection of ten films created by the multidisciplinary artist between 1971 and 1981. Recording her...

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Poetry: Armen Davoudian

Wed 2/12 • 7:30PM PST

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Armen Davoudian, who grew up in Isfahan, Iran, has published his first volume of poems, The Palace of Forty Pillars, which the San Francisco Chronicle named “Best Book of Spring.” Davoudian also translated from Persian Hopscotch, by the contemporary...

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Coltrane on Coltrane: An Oral History

Tue 2/18 • 7:30PM PST

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Vocalist Michelle Coltrane (daughter of Alice Coltrane) and harpist Brandee Younger come together for a special program that is part conversation, part performance. The event features oral histories and biographical stories about Alice Coltrane...

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826LA@Hammer: Writing, Experimenting, and Remixing: Playful Exercises for Teen Creative Writers

Sun 2/23 • 11AM PST

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Free collaborative workshops, presented with 826LA, combine writing with creative activities for groups of up to 20 students. Recommended for ages 8–14. Reservations encouraged. Visit 826la.org or call 310-915-0200. What makes a story sing? How do...

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Some Favorite Writers: Adam Phillips

Thu 2/27 • 7:30PM PST

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Copresented by the UCLA Bedari Kindness Institute Adam Phillips, “Britain’s foremost contemporary psychoanalytic thinker” (The New Yorker), will be in conversation with UCLA English Professors David Russell and Mona Simpson on Kindness, Missing...

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826LA@Hammer: My Dream Museum

Sun 3/23 • 11AM PDT

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Free collaborative workshops, presented with 826LA, combine writing with creative activities for groups of up to 20 students. Recommended for ages 8–14. Reservations encouraged. Visit 826la.org or call 310-915-0200. What if you could design your...

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826LA@Hammer: Moving Words

Sun 4/6 • 11AM PDT

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Free collaborative workshops, presented with 826LA, combine writing with creative activities for groups of up to 20 students. Recommended for ages 8–14. Reservations encouraged. Visit 826la.org or call 310-915-0200. Engage in a series of writing...

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Gelare Khoshgozaran: UCLA Department of Art Lecture

Wed 4/9 • 7:30PM PDT

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Copresented by the UCLA Department of Art Undisciplinary artist and filmmaker Gelare Khoshgozaran engages with the legacies of imperial violence manifested in war, militarization, and borders. In their artist talk they will share how they use film...

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Poetry: Rosanna Warren

Thu 4/10 • 7:30PM PDT

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First an eminent poet, as well as a literary critic, translator, classicist, and painter, Rosanna Warren reminds one of the protean genius of Max Jacob, from whom she could hardly differ more, yet of whom she has written an exemplary biography. The...

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