Out and About

The Hammer Museum celebrates two of Armenia’s tightrope masters, Zhora and Knyaz, with the film screening, 'The Last Tightrope Dancer in Armenia,' on Aug. 27, 7:30 p.m.

The UCLA Film and Television Archive showcases 'Below Dreams' and 'Cover Me' by UCLA alumna and New Orleans-based, independent writer-director Garrett Bradley on Friday, Aug. 28, 7:30 p.m. at the Billy Wilder Theater in UCLA’s Hammer Museum.

UCLA faculty, staff and students get free admission to UCLA Day County Fair in Pomona on Saturday, Sept. 12, 10 a.m.-midnight.

See a free screening of 'Our Food Chain' on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 6:30-8:30 p.m. in the UCLA Neuroscience Research Building Auditorium. The film documents the complex process of getting school breakfasts and lunches to 650,000 kids in LAUSD schools.

The feature films 'Will' (1981) and 'Personal Problems' (1980) screen on Saturday, Aug. 21, 7:30 p.m. at the Billy Wilder Theater at UCLA's Hammer Museum. 

'Flamenco for Families' and the Rangoli Dance Company, free at UCLA's Fowler Museum on Sunday, Aug. 30.

Spot celebrities at the third annual Athletes vs. Cancer football game, hosted by Matt Barnes and Snoop Dogg, on Sunday, Aug. 23, 6 p.m. at UCLA's Drake Stadium.

In conjunction with the exhibition “Making Strange,” the Rangoli Dance Company will perform a late afternoon dance program 4 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 30 at the Fowler Museum.

Immerse yourself in Afghan culture and cuisine during the UCLA Hammer Museum's 'Conflict Kitchen and Afghan Cuisine,' Wednesday, Aug. 19, 7:30-9:30 p.m. in the Billy Wilder Theater.

The MedDreamers fundraiser on Aug. 16 supports scholarships for undocumented students at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.

A film of 'Twilight: Los Angeles,' the acclaimed one-woman documentary theatrical piece by Anna Deavere Smith, will be screened by the Hammer Museum on Wednesday, August 12, 7:30 p.m.

‘Kids in the Courtyard: Indian Sweets and Games,’ a free event for families, will take place at the UCLA Fowler Museum on Sunday, Aug. 9 from 1-4 p.m.

Film director Spike Lee's 'She's Gotta Have It' (1986) and 'Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads' (1983) screen on Aug. 8 as part of a UCLA Film and Television Archive series.

UCLA Hammer Museum screens comedian Eddie Murphy's 'Delirious,' followed by a discussion with artist Mark Bradford and UCLA associate professor of English Uri McMillan on Tuesday, Aug. 4, 7:30, at the Billy Wilder Theater.

Two classics directed by Dorothy Arzner, “The Wild Party” (1929) and “Anybody’s Woman” (1930), will screen 7:30 p.m., Friday, July 31, at the Billy Wilder Theater, UCLA Hammer Museum.

Roshan Bastani, director of UCLA Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Equity, and other experts discuss the growing gap between rich and poor Americans, not just in income, but in nutrition, longevity and healthy behaviors, at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, July ...

Attend a UCLA Staff Assembly presentation on being an effective caretaker of aging family members, 12-1 p.m., Wednesday, July 22, at the Fowler Museum's Lenart Auditorium.

Literary Death Match, a humor-centric competition between some of L.A.’s best writers, comes to the UCLA Hammer Museum 7:30- 9:30 p.m., Tuesday, July 21.

The UCLA Hammer Museum presents artist Mark Bradford and Brandeis University professor Anita Hill in a discussion of feminism as a gateway to activism and social justice, 2-4 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 2, at the Billy Wilder Theater.

UCLA Hammer Museum presents Michael Mohan's 'Pink Grapefruit' and other films and videos on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 7:30 p..m. in the latest from the Flux Screening Series.

Turner Classic Movies is airing a 50th Anniversary Tribute to the UCLA Film and Television Archive on Wednesday, July 15, starting at 5 p.m. (PDT).

UCLA researchers Joelle Wolstein and Susan Babey present 'The Environmental Factors Driving Rising Obesity in California' on Wednesday, July 15, noon-1 p.m.

The Henry J. Bruman Summer Chamber Music Festival, a popular annual series of free concerts, opens July 28 at UCLA with the Westside Chamber Players performing.

Join experts for a panel discussion of the impact of plastic pollution, one of the most significant environmental problems facing our oceans, at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 14 at the UCLA Hammer Museum’s Billy Wilder Theater.

History professor Josh Sides talks about how L.A. came to embody the best and worst of what urban America has to offer African Americans, on July 8 at UCLA's Hammer Museum.