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 DJ Chinua
• 6:30 – 8:30 pm: Create Late (register in advance)
• 6:30 pm: Small Talk with artist Lina Iris Viktor discussing her exhibition A Haven. A Hell. A Dream Deferred.
• 7 pm: Screening of Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

ABOUT DJ CHINUA

Lenny Raney is DJ China, the co-creator of the Ascendence monthly dance party at New Orleans’ Cafe Istanbul and is the sound weaver for Dopeciety, Saint Heron, and IslaNOLA. He regularly performs at the Ace Hotel and the Music Box in New Orleans.

ABOUT CREATE LATE

Exclusively for adults, kick off your weekend with a glass of wine and an art lesson! Unwind with a teaching artist-led art project while enjoying Friday Nights at NOMA programming. The October 5th session will allow participants the chance to calligraphic brush drawing, inspired by the Japanese scroll paintings by Buddhist monks on view in the exhibition Teaching Beyond Doctrine: Painting and Calligraphy by Zen Masters. The fee is $25 for NOMA members; $30 for nonmembers. Price includes materials and wine. Ages 21+ only, please! To reserve your spot, email education@noma.org. Reservations close at 4 pm the day prior to each workshop.

ABOUT LINA IRIS VIKTOR

Lina Iris Viktor is widely recognized for her exploration of art’s connection to history, spirituality, and prophecy. Recasting factual and fantastical narratives surrounding America’s involvement in the founding of Liberia, Lina Iris Viktor: A Haven. A Hell. A Dream Deferred. explores a mythicized history of the West African nation. Central to Viktor’s gilded portraits is the mercurial figure of the Libyan Sibyl; from the Latin sibyl meaning prophetess, she is an ancient figure of fate and foresight, later invoked by eighteenth-century abolitionists as the predictor of the trans-Atlantic slave trade.

ABOUT GHOST DOG: THE WAY OF THE SAMURAI

A surreal crime drama told as only Jim Jarmusch could, Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai stars Forest Whitaker as Ghost Dog, a hit man living in an unidentified but run-down city in what license plates call “The Industrialized State.” Known for his gift of being able to come and go without people noticing him, Ghost Dog is a self-taught samurai who is obsessed with order and his strict personal moral code, drawn from the philosophies of the Japanese warriors. As every samurai needs a leader to whom he swears loyalty, Ghost Dog has devoted himself the service of Louie (John Tormey), a low-level crime boss who once saved his life. When Louie’s superiors decide he must be executed, Ghost Dog leaps into action, methodically wiping out his many enemies. Along with a dizzying series of stylized shoot-outs, Ghost Dog also features carrier pigeons, characters who read Rashomon, a French-speaking ice cream man, and a score by RZA from the top-selling hip-hop group Wu-Tang Clan, who have their own well-documented obsession with Asian culture. Ghost Dog was screened in competition at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival. (1999 | Rated R | 116 minutes)

Prior to the screening, Abbot Richard Collins from the New Orleans Zen Temple will provide a 10-minute introduction

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.