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10899 Wilshire Blvd. Westwood, CA 90024

310-443-7000

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Best Free Wi-Fi on the Westside
Award Winner 2011

Cuisine(s): American, New American
Hours: Sun 11am-5pm, Tue-Wed, Fri-Sat 11am-7pm, Thu 11am-9pm
Features: Patio/Sidewalk Dining, Takeout

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Hammer Lectures: Mark Shiel: Hollywood Cinema and the Real Los Angeles

7:00 p.m. May 30
Made In L.A. 2012

Every Tue., Wed., Thu., Fri., Sat., Sun. from June 2 until September 2
Hammer Poetry: UCLA Award-WInning Poets

7:30 p.m. June 6

Organized and hosted by Stephen Yenser, poet and professor at UCLA.

2011 | Best Free Wi-Fi on the Westside

While Los Angeles politicos fork over fistfuls of cash for a certain billionaire's downtown art crib, three other museums offer Angelenos heaping helpings of free experience. Among the Getty, LACMA and the Hammer, those free offerings are: that top-of-the-world garden and museum (the Getty), ever-expanding outdoor grounds as free galleries and music space (LACMA), and the Hammer's best quasi-public workplace in the city. Though the Hammer's shady, bamboo-filled, open-to-the-sky spot is... More »
2010 | Best F-U NEW YORK Museum

Billionaires covet eponymous museums like starlets pursue bigger breasts, then stock them with established names like rappers flashing their bling. Yet time often transcends such vanities, and a good museum becomes a presenter of breakthrough or unsung work. So beckons the Hammer Museum. Start with architecture that interacts with the street, making its shows Wilshire Boulevard-visible. Add programming that thinks bigger -- say, discourses on global politics or surfboard design or a talk wi... More »

Elementary School

By David Cotner | Thu, May 17, 2012

Open letter to Guy Ritchie: In the next Sherlock Holmes movie, you should include a scene where Holmes says something really obvious, at which point Watson turns to him and says, "No shit, Sherlock!" Other individuals keenly concerned with all thi... More »
UCLA Game Art Festival Features Caine's Arcade Made by a 9-Year-Old, and More

By Lenika Cruz | Fri, May 11, 2012

A homeless seven-year-old in Russia named Pjotr is addicted to cigarettes. He must navigate the streets of St. Petersburg, doing whatever he can for a smoke -- steal liquor to give to his prostitute ... More »
The Games People Play

By David Cotner | Thu, May 03, 2012

It's understandable if you think people are talking about video games whenever you hear the word "games" — but the study and pursuit of competition is much more expansive than a bunch of pixilated pixels fighting among themselves. The annual UCLA ... More »
Five Artsy Things to Do This Week, Including Lena Dunham's Dad's Drawings

By Catherine Wagley | Wed, May 2, 2012

This week's list includes a show about incarceration, Lena Dunham's dad and art for gamers. 5. Behind bars Artist Jennifer Moon was incarcerated for nine months, though nothing in her current exhibit... More »
7 Things to Do Under $7 in L.A. This Week

By LA Weekly | Thu, April 12, 2012

Bibliophiles, engine-loathing cyclists and fans of absurd but beautiful Technicolor art can probably leave their wallets at home this week, at least if they're looking for something fun to do.7. Bed... More »
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atsotsis | Huntington Beach, CA | 21 Reviews

| Tue, July 7, 2009

They have an awesome speaker series. The last one I went to see was Michel Gondry, but they've done them with people like David Byrne and Matthew Barney.
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dklein3 | Los Angeles, CA | 1 Reviews

| Fri, September 17, 2010

Great description of the Music of Dark Dark Dark. They'll perform a live score to footage from Todd Chandler's 50-minute film Flood Tide after a short set. Cash bar at 7pm, performance/screening at 8pm.

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Hammer Museum

10899 Wilshire Blvd. Westwood, CA 90024

310-443-7000

Description

7:00 p.m. May 30

Every Tue., Wed., Thu., Fri., Sat., Sun. from June 2 until September 2

7:30 p.m. June 6

2011 | Best Free Wi-Fi on the Westside

2010 | Best F-U NEW YORK Museum

By David Cotner | Thu, May 17, 2012

By Lenika Cruz | Fri, May 11, 2012

By David Cotner | Thu, May 03, 2012

By Catherine Wagley | Wed, May 2, 2012

By LA Weekly | Thu, April 12, 2012

atsotsis | Huntington Beach, CA | 21 Reviews

dklein3 | Los Angeles, CA | 1 Reviews