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, the Museum Shop, 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 Neptune Steel Orchestra of Louisiana
• 6 pm: Docent-guided tour of A Queen Within: Adorned Archetypes
• 6:30 – 8 pm: Create Late (advance registration required)
• 7:30 – 9 pm: Fashion on Film screening of The First Monday in May

ABOUT NEPTUNE STEEL ORCHESTRA OF LOUISIANA

The distinctive percussive sounds of the Caribbean will fill NOMA’s Great Hall with a performance by the Neptune Steel Orchestra of Louisiana, a steelpan musical group initially comprised of expats from the islands of Trinidad and Tobago, the birthplace of steelpan. The mission of NSOL is to provide and promote cultural diversity by offering the opportunity to learn, perform, and appreciate symphonic steelpan music.

ABOUT CREATE LATE

Exclusively for adults, kick off your weekend with a glass of wine and a paint brush! Unwind with a teaching artist-led art project while enjoying Friday Nights at NOMA programming. Participants in the April 20th workshop will create stationery prints. Register now! The cost for the session is $25 for NOMA members, $35 for nonmembers.

ABOUT THE FIRST MONDAY IN MAY

NOMA’s Fashion in Film series includes five documentaries screened in conjunction with the exhibition A Queen Within: Adorned Archetypes. The First Monday in May chronicles a year’s worth of preparations for the Chinese-inspired fashion exhibition China: Through the Looking Glass at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art and the gala which accompanied the exhibition in 2015. The exhibition featured 150 garments from 40 designers. Andrew Bolton, the chief curator at the Costume Institute, conceptualizes and designs the multimillion dollar fundraising gala with Anna Winter, editor of Vogue magazine. The film also depicts Wintour’s daily life and questions fashion as art. (2016 | 1 hour, 30 minutes)