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NOMA at Night: A Speakeasy Celebration Feat. The Jump Hounds and Joe Krown
Fri, June 7th at 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Celebrate the special exhibition Rebellious Spirits: Prohibition and Resistance in the South with an evening at the museum featuring live music, gallery talks, specialty cocktails and mocktails inspired by art on view, interactive activities, and more. Visitors are encouraged to wear their favorite period attire—think the Jazz Age and 1920s speakeasies!
The night will include live piano music from the Prohibition era performed by Joe Krown in the Great Hall; Gallery talks with Laura Ochoa Rincon, NOMA’s Decorative Arts Trust Curatorial Fellow, on the second floor, and activities throughout the museum. Café NOMA will host cocktail mixing demonstrations inspired by popular Prohibition era recipes. Cocktails, mocktails, and light bites are available for purchase throughout the evening.
General Admission is $30 | Member Tickets are $15
NOMA at Night Line-Up
Live Performance from The Jump Hounds
in NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts at 7:30 pm
The Jump Hounds is a New Orleans-based sextet that specializes in ‘jump’, the jazz-based rhythm and blues that bridges the gap between swing and rock & roll. To keep this often overlooked style of music alive, the band plays a mix of Jump Era classics and original compositions within the idiom. The result is a repertoire that balances energetic uptempo numbers, slow blues, and cozy mid-tempo swingers. This breadth of material makes for dynamic live shows that are tailored to the audience.
Live Piano Performance from Joe Krown
in the Great Hall at 6 pm
Joe Krown is a Hammond-endorsed artist and is part of the Hammond artist family. He’s played the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival every year since 2001 and the French Quarter Festival every year since 1998. In 2014, Krown was honored with a Piano Legacy Award, presented by the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra for being a “Master of Piano.” He is currently touring all over the U.S. and the world as the organ/piano player for the multi-award-winning, chart-topping Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band.
Café NOMA Cocktail Demo with Virna Castillo
in Café NOMA on the 1st floor at 6:15 pm
Gallery Talk on Rebellious Spirits: Prohibition and Resistance in the South with NOMA’s Decorative Arts Trust Curatorial Fellow Laura Ochoa Rincon
in the exhibition on the 2nd floor at 6:50 pm
Swing Dance Lesson
in the Coleman Courtyard at 7 pm
About the Exhibition
Rebellious Spirits: Prohibition and Resistance in the South explores the unique methods in which the South, in particular New Orleans, dealt with the passage of the 18th Amendment to the Constitution, which banned alcohol in the United States.