Hammer Theatre Center

A strong arts and culture foundation unites us in the best of times and makes communities resilient, sustainable, and vibrant places to live and work. In the worst of times, the arts do all of this and more. We are a keystone in our state’s economy, identity, and social fabric. Raise your voice for the arts and join us for advocacy week April 19-23, attend ACCM Virtual Convening on April 27, and show your solidarity with the arts and make the pledge at... www.californiansforthearts.org. Join the conversation online #ACCM2021

Fast Forward OnDemand TODAY thru May 6 FAST FORWARD will be available to view OnDemand between April 8 - May 6, 2021. Get tickets here: http://ow.ly/ZC9c50DVB0L... New Ballet Discover SJSU #HammerAtHome

The Patron Services staff at the Hammer is thrilled to be leading our 4th Letters To Heal Service Event on April 30th at 3pm PDT. We've had folks from all corners of the country join us for this event to create letters and cards for our health care heroes and others affected by Covid. Join us on the 30th to meet people near and far and participate in learning to craft your own letters to make another's day a little brighter. Register here: https://sjsu.zoom.us//register/tZEvdemhrjgrGNBxfYobOLxWIcD

More beautiful dancers! Don’t miss San José Dance Theatre’s digital season, now available on their site www.sjdt.org

We are dancing with joy to have New Ballet back with us!

The arts are even more essential now that we are trying to derive meaning from a world that we have never experienced. Access to the arts will help us survive and overcome the pandemic, and as we emerge from the crisis, we will be a changed society. Raise your voice for the arts and join us for advocacy week April... 19-23, attend ACCM Virtual Convening on April 27, and show your solidarity with the arts and make the pledge at www.californiansforthearts.org. Join the conversation online #ACCM2021 See more

For the health and safety of all this holiday season, New Ballet has made the difficult decision to not livestream direct from the Hammer. Instead, we will be sharing a past production, filmed here, of the full length San Jose Nutcracker. Tickets are available now and will allow you to view the recording anytime between December 12th and December 31st. We hope you will support the wonderful dancers and their beautiful work by inviting this holiday tradition into your home. bit.ly/Hammer1212

Mementos will be LIVE STREAMED from the Hammers main stage tomorrow at 7pm. Get tickets at bit.ly/Hammer1205

Weekend plans? Join us tomorrow night at 7pm for a livestream dance event with New Ballet. New Ballet: San Jose Dances - Livestream, Sat, Oct 24 at 7pm, ballet will be performed live onstage and streamed to you at home. Tickets at https://hammertheatre.vbotickets.com//New_Ballet_San/46743... New Ballet: San Jose Dances is our inaugural ballet production after renovating to accommodate high definition, live-streamed productions! The evening will be performed in accordance to all local and state health and safety recommendations. On the program is a celebration of ballet virtuosity danced by New Ballet’s Company Dancers to an arrangement of Paganini for cello performed live by New Ballet Conductor Thomas Shoebotham, as well as a world premiere contemporary ballet choreographed by Dalia Rawson titled "In the Time Of," danced to compositions by award-winning local composer Peter Colclasure and performed live for the first time by string quartet and piano. Guest speakers and other fun surprises will make this 50 minute presentation a fun night for the whole family. Don’t miss this milestone event which brings live ballet, danced on stage, back to San Jose in 2020! https://hammertheatre.vbotickets.com//New_Ballet_San/46743

Our Livestream Debut is this Saturday at 7pm! Tickets available NOW at http://bit.ly/Hammer1024 To ensure that everyone who needs art can access it, a limited number of comps are available. Info on that and more in The Mercury News article by Sal Pizarro.... https://www.mercurynews.com//tutus-and-masks-san-joses-ne/

Hammer Holiday Food Drive 2020, benefiting The Spartan Food Pantry . Donate today, details at bit.ly/Hammer1204

Tonight at 5pm! Join us, in partnership w/ Berkeley Repertory Theatre, in a new radio play of Sinclair Lewis’ IT CAN’T HAPPEN HERE starring Oscar nominee David Strathairn. Live post-show talkback at 7:15pm. Listen through Nov 8. Exercise your civic power and vote --> http://bit.ly/ICHHplaylist

10am -2pm today! We're here #AtTheHammer for our 2nd and final Hammer Holiday Food Drive Socially Distanced Drop Off Day! Benefits @sjsucares and the @sjsufoodpantry Stop by and see us - with masks and at a safe distance! Donation details at bit.ly/hammer1204 ... #HammerHeartsSJSU @discoversjsu

Can't believe it's already December! Excited to share some great Live Stream and On Demand events to enjoy and share some #safe and #cozyvibes #AtHome for the #Holidays! Discover SJSU SJSU Theatre SJSU College of Humanities and the Arts... SJSU San Jose Downtown Association New Ballet National Geographic SJSU School of Music & Dance See more

The staff and production team at the Hammer is thrilled to be working hard in partnership with New Ballet to bring you the beauty and strength of dance and art that we all need more than ever. New Ballet returns, with its streaming production, San Jose Dances, Oct. 24, at 7pm. Get tickets here:... https://hammertheatre.vbotickets.com//New_Ballet_San/46743 See more

First day driving for food success! Thank you to everyone in the community who stopped by. We appreciate you all! If you missed out today, We'll be back Dec 4 to do it again!

The Hammer Theatre is proud to be an official Vote Center Location for the 2020 Election. We will be open to accept your ballot and for in-person voting October 31 to November 2 from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, and on Election Day, November 3, from 7:00 am to 8:00 pm. We encourage our community to exercise their right to vote and make their voice heard on issues that are important to them. You can check whether you’re registered to vote on vote.org. Key dates to know for California... voters this election season are below: Tuesday, November 3, 2020: Election Day Monday, October 19, 2020: CA Deadline to register online Monday, October 19, 2020: CA Deadline to register to vote by mail Tuesday, November 3, 2020: CA Deadline to register to vote in person Not sure if you’re registered to vote or where your mail-in ballot is being sent? Check your voter status online at vote.org

In the fall of 2016, Berkeley Rep debuted "It Can't Happen Here", a new stage adaptation by Tony Taccone and Bennett S. Cohen of Sinclair Lewis’ prescient novel . A week after it closed, the 2016 presidential election occurred. Now, less than a month from the 2020 elections, The Rep will offer it again, this time as an audio drama with the intention of encouraging dialogue and motivating citizens to exercise their civic power and vote. The Hammer Theatre, an official broadca...st partner, invites you to view this free production which debuts on Tuesday, October 13 at 5pm via YouTube. A live Q&A session with the creative team will take place following the broadcast. Sign up at the event link here.

Sign up for creatics to join CineJoy featuring over 120 Cinequest movies and events streaming globally now thru October 14. https://www.creatics.org/cinejoy

Gorgeous image of our theatre by Marissa McPeak featured in the Milpitas Post Newspapers this past Friday. Read the entire article at http://ow.ly/8FmX50BJVJ2

Hammer in the news! Check us out in the Palo Alto Daily News's feature on how local theaters are staying alive now as the Covid pandemic continues. Proud to be featured alongside our friends at @TheatreWorksSV, Los Altos Stage Company Hillbarn Theatre Dragon Productions and Pear Theatre ... http://ow.ly/tco750BETTC

Missing Cinequest ? Us too! That's why we were thrilled to find out about CINEJOY! Cinequest has partnered with Creatics for an electric lineup of 14 SPOTLIGHT events featuring the artists and movies of CINEQUEST. Tickets are available now for 120 Movies and Events occurring globally Oct. 1 - 14 at https://www.creatics.org/cinejoy

For your Friday listening pleasure: Mission Chamber Orchestra of San Jose performs 2 movements of Camille Saint Saens' Suite, op. 49. We hope to someday be able once again to host our friends at Mission Chamber inside the auditorium with an audience. Meanwhile they are continuing to work hard to make great music for us all. Visit their YouTube page for part 2 .... http://ow.ly/KAbO50Bt1qZ

So much has changed in the last six+ months, that we often focus more on the loss than any possible gain. But live theatre and performance actually has an opportunity to create change that will make the entire experience better for everyone, from performer to audience member to producing team. What good might we be able to forge from this fire? And what part will you play in the birth of a new theatrical landscape? http://ow.ly/8WDv50BsMF7

How will live entertainment, especially theatre, transform as we emerge into a post-covid world? Many people are using this time to envision changes that would create a more equitable system. In this article from the NYT, 20 theater figures many far from the heart of the commercial sector offer their own suggestions. What positive changes would you like to see happen, once we can all enjoy live performance together again? http://ow.ly/dEjJ50BsMuy