Friday Nights at NOMA opens the museum’s doors for many interesting activities throughout the year: live music, movies, children’s activities, and more. Regular admission prices apply—NOMA members are FREE—but there is no extra charge for programs or films. All galleries and Café NOMA remain open till 9 pm.

• 5 – 8 pm: Art on the Spot family activity table
• 5:30 – 8:30 pm: Music by James Singleton
• 6 pm: Gallery Talk by Curator Katie Pfohl in Changing Course: Reflections on New Orleans Histories
• 6 pm: Artful Palate cooking demonstration at Café NOMA
• 7 pm: Arts & Letters Series: Sociologist Peter Marina in conversation with Laine Kaplan-Levenson

ABOUT JAMES SINGLETON

James Singleton has been a steady presence on the New Orleans music scene for 40 years. He is ubiquitous as a sideman in the widest imaginable range of styles, a prolific composer, and an adventurous and forward-facing bandleader who constantly seeks “the unique moment and context.” He is a member of Astral Project and the James Singleton Quartet, and has performed with Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown, Banu Gibson, Helen Gillet, Lionel Hampton, Ellis Marsalis, Stanton Moore, Zachary Richard, David Torkanowsky, among many others.

ABOUT CHANGING COURSE: REFLECTIONS ON NEW ORLEANS HISTORIES

Changing Course: Reflections on New Orleans Histories marks New Orleans’ three-hundredth anniversary by bringing together a group of seven contemporary art projects that focus on forgotten or marginalized histories of the city. Join Curator Katie Pfohl for an informative tour of this multifaceted exhibition.

ABOUT ARTFUL PALATE COOKING DEMONSTRATIONS

Chefs of the Ralph Brennan Restaurant Group will demonstrate their own culinary masterpieces at Café NOMA’s “Artful Palate,” the seventh annual summer cooking series featuring seven artfully inspired demonstrations at the New Orleans Museum of Art.

In conjunction with the launch of NOMA’s exhibition Changing Course: Reflecting on New Orleans Histories, the talented executive chefs and sous chefs will share their culinary vision by commemorating the past and looking to the future by offering a contemporary twist on iconic New Orleans dishes.

This evening, Austin Kirzner, Red Fish Grill executive chef, will prepare gumbo.

ABOUT PETER MARINA AND LAINE KAPLAN-LEVENSON

Join the conversation! NOMA’s Arts & Letters series welcomes authors, poets, journalists, playwrights, and literary scholars to the museum for public conversations that reflect on literature at the intersection of arts and culture. This program is free with museum admission thanks to support from the Patrick F. Taylor Foundation. Additional support is provided by the Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival. A book signing in the Museum Shop will follow the discussion.

Peter Marina, a New Orleans native, is a PhD graduate of the New School for Social Research in Manhattan, and associate professor at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. He is author of Down and Out in New Orleans: Transgressive Living in the Informal Economy (Columbia University Press, 2017), among other books.

Laine Kaplan-Levenson is the host and producer of WWNO’s history podcast TriPod: New Orleans at 300, and was formerly the station’s coastal producer. Laine also runs a live storytelling series called Bring Your Own, and has had work featured on NPR, Marketplace, Latino USA, Here and Now, and more.

Friday Nights at NOMA is supported in part by grant funds from the Azby Fund; Ruby K. Worner Charitable Trust; New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation; and the Louisiana Division of the Arts, Office of Cultural Development, Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism, in cooperation with the Louisiana State Arts Council.