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BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//New Orleans Museum of Art - ECPv6.8.2.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://nomastaging.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for New Orleans Museum of Art REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20190310T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20191103T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20200308T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20201101T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20210314T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20211107T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20220313T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20221106T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20230312T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20231105T070000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230512T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230512T220000 DTSTAMP:20251107T025808 CREATED:20230419T215525Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230511T165217Z UID:80289-1683914400-1683928800@nomastaging.org SUMMARY:NOMA at Night feat. Handmade Worldwide DESCRIPTION:Unwind from the week with NOMA at Night—an evening of music\, art\, and fun at the New Orleans Museum of Art. \nOn select Fridays throughout the year\, we’re open late so that you can #ExploreNOMA after hours\, enjoy special performances and pop-ups\, and get creative. \n$25 General Admission | $15 for Members \nPURCHASE TICKETS \nPlease note that food and drinks are not included in the ticket price. They are available for purchase directly from our partner vendors. \n\nNOMA AT NIGHT LINE-UP\n\nLive Music from Handmade Worldwide\n7:30–9:00 pm in the Lapis Center for the Arts\nA collective of musicians showcases handmade instruments from around the world featuring: Mahmoud Chouki\, Sam Dickey\, Yusa\, Jafet Perez\, Brett Gardner\, Ben Fox\, Hanna Mignano\, and Barnaby Gold. \n  \n\nDJ set with Delores Galore\n6–7:30 pm & 9–9:45 pm in the Great Hall\n  \n\nArt-making Activity: Watercolor Collections\n6–9:30 pm on the museum’s first floor\n  \n\nNOMA Art Cart: Adinkra Symbols\n6-9:30 pm on the museum’s second floor\n  \nJulie Cockburn\, Armour\, 2019. Hand embroidery and ink on found photograph. Museum purchase with funds provided by James F. and Cherye R. Pierce\, 2019.58. \nFeatured Exhibition and Gallery Talks| Photogenic: Photographs from the Collection of Cherye R. and James F. Pierce\nOn view in the Great Hall and the second-floor A. Charlotte Mann and Joshua Paillet Mann and Templeman Galleries\nPresenting a selection of recent and promised gifts from collectors James and Cherye Pierce\, Photogenic: Photographs from the Collection of Cherye R. and James F. Pierce celebrates the monumental impact of the Pierces’ longtime support of the museum’s renowned photography collection as well as their dedication to collecting photography for almost 50 years. \nNayla Maaruf\, Conservator of Photographs\, will host a gallery talk for this exhibition on the museum’s second floor at 6:30 pm. \n  \nAblade Glover\, Market Lane II\, 1998. Oil on canvas. Gift of Diane and Charles L. Frankel\, 2022.33. \nFeatured Exhibition | Field and Figure: Recent Gifts from Diane and Charles L. Frankel\nOn view in the 2nd-floor Stafford Gallery\nField and Figure represents an ongoing commitment to collect and conserve a variety of objects in the fields of African and African diasporic art\, spanning national borders\, time periods\, and different media. The term “field” also refers to the space within the borders of a picture\, and this gallery includes a variety of approaches to picture-making using different ideas about color and form\, realism and abstraction. \n\nTICKETING AND ADMISSION\n$25 General Admission | $15 for Members \nPURCHASE TICKETS \nPlease note that food and drinks are not included in the ticket price. They are available for purchase directly from our partner vendors. \n\nAdditional Credits\nMahmoud Chouki\nNOMA is pleased to work with internationally renowned multi-instrumentalist and composer Mahmoud Chouki\, who is organizing musical performances for each NOMA at Night program in collaboration with museum staff. \nThank You to Our Supporters\nNOMA at Night is supported in part by grant funds from the Azby Fund; Ruby K. Worner Charitable Trust through the PNC Charitable Trusts Grant Review Committee; 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. Funding has also been provided by the National Endowment for the Arts. \n        URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/noma-at-night-may-2023/ LOCATION:New Orleans Museum of Art\, 1 Collins Diboll Circle\, New Orleans\, LA\, 70119 CATEGORIES:NOMA at Night,Performances ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nomastaging.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/11-0123-NOMA-@-Night-Branding.jpg GEO:29.9864897;-90.0938943 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=New Orleans Museum of Art 1 Collins Diboll Circle New Orleans LA 70119;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=1 Collins Diboll Circle:geo:-90.0938943,29.9864897 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230510T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230510T193000 DTSTAMP:20251107T025808 CREATED:20230203T222408Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230424T211142Z UID:79268-1683747000-1683747000@nomastaging.org SUMMARY:The NOLA Project Presents A Midsummer Night’s Dream DESCRIPTION:An audience favorite returns to the Besthoff Sculpture Garden after twelve long years! In this Shakespearian classic\, chaos takes center stage when four lovers\, an amateur troupe of actors\, and the fairy king and queen all converge on the woods outside of Athens. \n​This family-friendly production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream is presented outdoors in the Oak Grove in NOMA’s Besthoff Sculpture Garden. \nTICKETING AND PERFORMANCE INFORMATION\nPerformances take place May 10–28 on Wednesday\, Thursday\, Friday\, and Sunday evenings at 7:30 pm. Café NOMA will be open nightly for dinner service from 6 to 7 pm. \nGeneral admission is $38 for adults | $30 for NOMA members | $20 for guests ages 21 and under | $55 for Premier Seating \nTickets for the March 10 and 11 performances are available for a special $10 rate. \nPURCHASE TICKETS \nOnline ticket sales end two hours prior to performances. If you wish to purchase tickets less than two hours prior to a show\, you will need to do so in person at the show venue. \n\nThis production is supported by grants from the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation and the New Orleans Theatre Association. \n   URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/midsummer-nola-project/2023-05-10/ LOCATION:NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts CATEGORIES:Performances ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nomastaging.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/MNDpromo_4113.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230414T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230414T220000 DTSTAMP:20251107T025808 CREATED:20230112T225331Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230412T223429Z UID:78724-1681495200-1681509600@nomastaging.org SUMMARY:NOMA at Night feat. Kumasi Afrobeat Orchestra\, GAC\, and lo tide DESCRIPTION:Unwind from the week with NOMA at Night—an evening of music\, art\, and fun at the New Orleans Museum of Art. \nOn select Fridays throughout the year\, we’re open late so that you can #ExploreNOMA after hours\, enjoy special performances and pop-ups\, and get creative. \n$25 General Admission | $15 for Members \nPURCHASE TICKETS \nPlease note that food and drinks are not included in the ticket price. They are available for purchase directly from our partner vendors. \n\nNOMA at Night Line-Up\nCelebrate the exhibition Black Orpheus: Jacob Lawrence and the Mbari Club during an evening filled with music and art. \n\nLive Music from Kumasi Afrobeat Orchestra\nLapis Center for the Arts\nKumasi is New Orleans’ own full Afrobeat orchestra. They fell in love with a style of music created over 50 years ago by Fela Kuti and Tony Allen\, and now they are bringing it to the people of New Orleans. You can expect lots of Fela Kuti tunes and some Afrofunk from ’70s Ghana and Benin\, but the majority of Kumasi’s live show features original music stemming from West African concepts\, composed to make any crowd move and groove. \n  \n\n\nDJ Sets from GAC and lo tide\nGreat Hall\nFrench-Algerian photographer and DJ\, GAC is based in New Orleans where she spins her large collection of vinyls around town. Taking inspiration from her own heritage\, her musical sets travel from France to North Africa to create eclectic dance floors from Sheila to Fadoul and Les Rita Mistouko. \nCurator\, producer\, and record slinger based in New Orleans\, lo tide’s all-vinyl sets meet the moment\, threading global rhythms from the International underground. She also loves to dance. \n\nGallery Talk with Nana Sula\nNana Sula will discuss African spirituality and the power of ancestral traditions in the exhibition Black Orpheus: Jacob Lawrence & the Mbari Club. \n  \nJacob Lawrence (American\, 1917–2000)\, Market Scene\, 1966. Gouache on paper. Chrysler Museum of Art\, Museum purchase\, 2018.22. © 2022 The Jacob and Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence Foundation\, Seattle/Artists Rights Society (ARS)\, New York. \nFeatured Exhibition | Black Orpheus: Jacob Lawrence and the Mbari Club\nOn view in the first-floor Ella West Freeman Galleries\nBlack Orpheus: Jacob Lawrence and the Mbari Club explores the connection between African American artist Jacob Lawrence and his contemporaries based in West Africa through the Nigerian publication Black Orpheus. The exhibition features over 125 objects\, including Lawrence’s little-known 1964–65 Nigeria series\, works by the artists featured in Black Orpheus\, archival images\, videos\, and letters. \n\nTicketing and Admission\n$25 General Admission | $15 for Members \nTickets Available Soon \nPlease note that food and drinks are not included in the ticket price. They are available for purchase directly from our partner vendors. \n\nAdditional Credits\nMahmoud Chouki\nNOMA is pleased to work with internationally renowned multi-instrumentalist and composer Mahmoud Chouki\, who is organizing musical performances for each NOMA at Night program in collaboration with museum staff. \nThank You to Our Supporters\nNOMA at Night is supported in part by grant funds from the Azby Fund; Ruby K. Worner Charitable Trust through the PNC Charitable Trusts Grant Review Committee; 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. Funding has also been provided by the National Endowment for the Arts. \n        URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/noma-at-night-apr-2023/ LOCATION:New Orleans Museum of Art\, 1 Collins Diboll Circle\, New Orleans\, LA\, 70119 CATEGORIES:NOMA at Night,Performances ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nomastaging.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/11-0123-NOMA-@-Night-Branding.jpg GEO:29.9864897;-90.0938943 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=New Orleans Museum of Art 1 Collins Diboll Circle New Orleans LA 70119;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=1 Collins Diboll Circle:geo:-90.0938943,29.9864897 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230402T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230402T140000 DTSTAMP:20251107T025808 CREATED:20230328T175524Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230526T215206Z UID:80072-1680444000-1680444000@nomastaging.org SUMMARY:Music in the Garden DESCRIPTION:NOMA is excited to present Music in the Garden\, a new outdoor music series this spring. Encounter the sounds of local New Orleans musicians while strolling through the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden on select Sunday afternoons beginning at 2 pm. \nNo registration is required. The Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden is free and open to the public seven days a week. \nSpring 2023 Schedule\nApril 2: Sidiki Conde & Wowo Souakoli\nApril 16: Adrienne Edson Trio\nMay 14: Martin Masakowski and Jesse Autumn\nMay 28:  Strawberry Radio Duo in Pine Grove\nJune 4\nJune 18 URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/music-in-the-garden-spring-2023/2023-04-02/ LOCATION:Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden\, 1 Collins Diboll Circle\, New Orleans \, LA\, 70124 CATEGORIES:Music in the Garden,Performances ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://nomastaging.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Screenshot-2020-06-01-15.29.33.png GEO:29.986748;-90.0932186 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden 1 Collins Diboll Circle New Orleans LA 70124;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=1 Collins Diboll Circle:geo:-90.0932186,29.986748 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230311T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230311T160000 DTSTAMP:20251107T025808 CREATED:20230228T165105Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230228T225159Z UID:79669-1678546800-1678550400@nomastaging.org SUMMARY:Birdfoot Festival DESCRIPTION:The Birdfoot Festival pops up in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden with a musical experience that will bring the niches and alcoves of the garden to life and invite audience members to listen to familiar sounds from new angles. \nAdmission to this program is free. \nListening Pilgrimage III: In a Landscape\nPart of a series of outdoor concerts winding through the entire Birdfoot Festival\, this event is part of a Listening Pilgrimage that reaches beyond the concert hall to celebrate the simple beauty and mythic dimensions of nature\, bear witness to environmental degradation\, and meditate on our place in the world. Join us to explore how we can understand our entwined relationship with the natural world through our ears—an adventure that invites you to bask in music\, listen deeply and stretch your senses. \nLearn More URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/birdfoot-festival-0323/ LOCATION:Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden\, 1 Collins Diboll Circle\, New Orleans \, LA\, 70124 CATEGORIES:Performances ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nomastaging.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/BF23_webmobile_1035x790_Savethedate.jpg GEO:29.986748;-90.0932186 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden 1 Collins Diboll Circle New Orleans LA 70124;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=1 Collins Diboll Circle:geo:-90.0932186,29.986748 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230303T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230303T220000 DTSTAMP:20251107T025808 CREATED:20230112T225047Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230301T223637Z UID:78718-1677866400-1677880800@nomastaging.org SUMMARY:NOMA at Night feat. N.O.B.A.B.E.\, Mélange Dance Company\, and Sasha Masakowski DESCRIPTION:Unwind from the week with NOMA at Night—an evening of music\, art\, and fun at the New Orleans Museum of Art. \nOn select Fridays throughout the year\, we’re open late so that you can #ExploreNOMA after hours\, enjoy special performances and pop-ups\, and get creative. \n$25 General Admission | $15 for Members \nPURCHASE TICKETS \nPlease note that food and drinks are not included in the ticket price. They are available for purchase directly from our partner vendors. \n\nNOMA at Night Line-Up\nCelebrate the power and possibility of improvisation and experimentation during this month’s NOMA at Night. \n\nLive Music from N.O.B.A.B.E.\n7:30–9:00 pm in the Lapis Center for the Arts\nN.O.B.A.B.E. is a supergroup of female-identifying songwriters in New Orleans celebrating underrepresented voices in music and championing education and mentorship. \nDJ Sets from Sasha Masakowski\n6:00–7:30 pm in the Great Hall\n  \n\nPerformance by Mélange Dance Company\n7 pm in the Great Hall\n  \n \nGallery Talk on Lynda Benglis with Laura Moreno\, Visitor Experience Floor Lead\n9 pm on the museum’s second floor\n  \n\nArt-Making: Explorations in Clay\n6:00-9:30 pm on the museum’s first floor\n  \n \nFeatured Exhibition and Gallery Talks | Katherine Choy: Radical Potter in 1950s New Orleans\nOn view in the second-floor Elise M. Besthoff Charitable Foundation Gallery\nKatherine Choy: Radical Potter in 1950s New Orleans mines New Orleans archives and gathers oral histories in the first monographic review of an artist that was celebrated by the 1950s American craft world. NOMA’s exhibition is the first presentation of Choy’s extraordinary ceramics in New Orleans since the artist’s Louisiana friends mounted the Katherine Choy Memorial Show at the Orleans Gallery in fall 1959. \nMel Buchanan\, NOMA’s RosaMary Curator of Decorative Arts & Design\, will host a gallery talk for this exhibition at 6:30 pm. \n  \n\nTicketing and Admission\n$25 General Admission | $15 for Members \nPurchase Tickets \nPlease note that food and drinks are not included in the ticket price. They are available for purchase directly from our partner vendors. \n\nAdditional Credits\nMahmoud Chouki\nNOMA is pleased to work with internationally renowned multi-instrumentalist and composer Mahmoud Chouki\, who is organizing musical performances for each NOMA at Night program in collaboration with museum staff. \nThank You to Our Supporters\nNOMA at Night is supported in part by grant funds from the Azby Fund; Ruby K. Worner Charitable Trust through the PNC Charitable Trusts Grant Review Committee; 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. Funding has also been provided by the National Endowment for the Arts. \n        URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/noma-at-night-mar-2023/ LOCATION:New Orleans Museum of Art\, 1 Collins Diboll Circle\, New Orleans\, LA\, 70119 CATEGORIES:NOMA at Night,Performances ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nomastaging.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/11-0123-NOMA-@-Night-Branding.jpg GEO:29.9864897;-90.0938943 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=New Orleans Museum of Art 1 Collins Diboll Circle New Orleans LA 70119;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=1 Collins Diboll Circle:geo:-90.0938943,29.9864897 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230210T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230210T220000 DTSTAMP:20251107T025808 CREATED:20230112T220414Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230203T223512Z UID:78711-1676052000-1676066400@nomastaging.org SUMMARY:NOMA at Night feat. Bamboula 2000\, GAC\, and lo tide DESCRIPTION:Unwind from the week with NOMA at Night—an evening of music\, art\, and fun at the New Orleans Museum of Art. \nOn select Fridays throughout the year\, we’re open late so that you can #ExploreNOMA after hours\, enjoy special performances and pop-ups\, and get creative. \n$25 General Admission | $15 for Members \nPURCHASE TICKETS \nPlease note that food and drinks are not included in the ticket price. They are available for purchase directly from our partner vendors. \n\nNOMA at Night Line-Up\nCelebrate the opening of Black Orpheus: Jacob Lawrence and the Mbari Club during an evening filled with music and art. \n \nLive Music from Bamboula 2000\nLapis Center for the Arts\nBamboula 2000 is deeply rooted in the soul of Congo Square in New Orleans. This exciting music and dance experience formed in 1994 has become beloved in New Orleans and beyond. Bamboula 2000’s music is influenced by New Orleans\, the Caribbean\, and Africa. Members of Bamboula have appeared in HBO’s Tremé\, TNT’s Memphis Beat\, American Horror Story\, and Roots. World music percussionist Luther Gray leads the group. Gray has performed all over the world with Bamboula 2000 and the Guardians of the Flame Mardi Gras Indians. \n  \n\n\nDJ Sets from GAC and lo tide\nGreat Hall\nFrench-Algerian photographer and DJ\, GAC is based in New Orleans where she spins her large collection of vinyls around town. Taking inspiration from her own heritage\, her musical sets travel from France to North Africa to create eclectic dance floors from Sheila to Fadoul and Les Rita Mistouko. \nCurator\, producer\, and record slinger based in New Orleans\, lo tide’s all-vinyl sets meet the moment\, threading global rhythms from the International underground. She also loves to dance. \n  \nJacob Lawrence (American\, 1917–2000)\, Market Scene\, 1966. Gouache on paper. Chrysler Museum of Art\, Museum purchase\, 2018.22. © 2022 The Jacob and Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence Foundation\, Seattle/Artists Rights Society (ARS)\, New York. \nFeatured Exhibition | Black Orpheus: Jacob Lawrence and the Mbari Club\nOn view in the first-floor Ella West Freeman Galleries\nBlack Orpheus: Jacob Lawrence and the Mbari Club explores the connection between African American artist Jacob Lawrence and his contemporaries based in West Africa through the Nigerian publication Black Orpheus. The exhibition features over 125 objects\, including Lawrence’s little-known 1964–65 Nigeria series\, works by the artists featured in Black Orpheus\, archival images\, videos\, and letters. \n\nTicketing and Admission\n$25 General Admission | $15 for Members \nTickets Available Soon \nPlease note that food and drinks are not included in the ticket price. They are available for purchase directly from our partner vendors. \n\nAdditional Credits\nMahmoud Chouki\nNOMA is pleased to work with internationally renowned multi-instrumentalist and composer Mahmoud Chouki\, who is organizing musical performances for each NOMA at Night program in collaboration with museum staff. \nThank You to Our Supporters\nNOMA at Night is supported in part by grant funds from the Azby Fund; Ruby K. Worner Charitable Trust through the PNC Charitable Trusts Grant Review Committee; 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. Funding has also been provided by the National Endowment for the Arts. \n        URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/noma-at-night-feb-2023/ LOCATION:New Orleans Museum of Art\, 1 Collins Diboll Circle\, New Orleans\, LA\, 70119 CATEGORIES:NOMA at Night,Performances ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nomastaging.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/11-0123-NOMA-@-Night-Branding.jpg GEO:29.9864897;-90.0938943 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=New Orleans Museum of Art 1 Collins Diboll Circle New Orleans LA 70119;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=1 Collins Diboll Circle:geo:-90.0938943,29.9864897 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221204T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221204T190000 DTSTAMP:20251107T025808 CREATED:20220927T155643Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221203T195749Z UID:77785-1670180400-1670180400@nomastaging.org SUMMARY:Performance and Record Release: People Museum DESCRIPTION:New Orleans–based pop art band People Museum presents a special one-night-only performance in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden responding to the work of artist Louise Bourgeois. \nPeople Museum’s latest EP Destruction of\, Vol. 1 (out October 21 from Strange Daisy Records and Community Records) features a collection of songs inspired by Bourgeois’s life and work. Written by Claire Givens and produced by Jeremy Phipps\, the record was supported in part by NOMA’s Creative Assembly Cohort\, which invites artists from different mediums to use the museum’s collection\, exhibition\, and programs as catalysts to create new research and artwork. \nOn Sunday\, December 4\, People Museum perform underneath Bourgeois’s Spider—one of the signature works in NOMA’s Besthoff Sculpture Garden—and celebrate the release of a limited-edition vinyl pressing of Destruction of\, Vol. 1. \nTickets are $15 | $10 for NOMA members \nSOLD OUT \nTickets to this program are currently sold out. A limited number of tickets will be available at the door on a first-come\, first-served basis. Entry is not guaranteed. \n\nAbout the Project\nNOMA Community Engagement Curator Nic Brierre Aziz interviews People Museum’s Claire Givens and Jeremy Phipps and  about the genesis of this project. \n \n\nAlbum Credits\nWritten by Claire Givens\nProduced by Jeremy Phipps\nPerformed by Claire Givens and Jeremy Phipps\nMixed and Mastered by Steve Gilliland\nArtwork by Claire Givens and Nicholas Ashe Bateman \nVinyl available for pre-order from Community Records \n  \n\n \nAbout People Museum\nPeople Museum is a pop art\, electronic band formed by Jeremy Phipps and Claire Givens in the Treme neighborhood of New Orleans\, Louisiana\, in 2016. Inspired by afro-beat\, hip-hop\, choral\, and marching band music\, People Museum has formed a sound that could only come from the eclectic corners of Louisiana. Created with the intention of bringing nature to the future\, they combine the historic sounds of the city’s past with the synthesizer heavy\, progressive underground of New Orleans —always mixing menacing textures with cathartic hopefulness. People Museum performs live as a four-piece with the addition of drummer\, Aaron Boudreaux\, as well as with bassist Charles Lumar ll. \n\nAbout Creative Assembly\nCreative Assembly is a community engagement initiative by the New Orleans Museum of Art that uses neighborhood-based participatory art experiences as a vehicle for personal exploration\, community collaboration\, and social change. \nLearn more \nNOMA’s Creative Assembly community engagement initiative is supported by the Wagner Foundation. URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/people-museum/ LOCATION:Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden\, 1 Collins Diboll Circle\, New Orleans \, LA\, 70124 CATEGORIES:Creative Assembly,Performances ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nomastaging.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/EPCoverArt.jpg GEO:29.986748;-90.0932186 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden 1 Collins Diboll Circle New Orleans LA 70124;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=1 Collins Diboll Circle:geo:-90.0932186,29.986748 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221014T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221014T180000 DTSTAMP:20251107T025808 CREATED:20221005T182016Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221006T161448Z UID:77935-1665770400-1665770400@nomastaging.org SUMMARY:Concert by Majid Bekkas DESCRIPTION:NOMA is excited to present a concert by Majid Bekkas in the Lapis Center for the Arts on Friday\, October 14\, at 6 pm. A master of Gnawa music in Morocco\, Bekkas has performed worldwide with different jazz fusion bands and played with Archie Shepp\, Pharoah Sanders\, and Joachim Kuhn\, among many other musicians. \nBekkas has released more than 20 albums\, including Makemba\, which was released in 2010 and selected by Songlines magazine as the best Gnawa fusion album of the year. \nDoors open at 5:30 pm. Seating is limited and available on a first come\, first serve basis. Cash bar available from Café NOMA. \nGeneral admission is $25 | $15 for NOMA members \nBuy Tickets \n\nEducation and outreach initiatives at NOMA are supported in part by The Gayle and Tom Benson Foundation; the Lois and Lloyd Hawkins Jr. Foundation; The Helis Foundation; The City of New Orleans; First Horizon; Janice Parmelee and Bill Hammack; Sara and David Kelso; Patrick F. Taylor Foundation; The RosaMary Foundation; The Azby Fund; the Louisiana Division of the Arts\, Office of Cultural Development\, Department of Culture\, Recreation & Tourism\, in cooperation with the Louisiana State Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts\, a Federal agency; The Collins C. Diboll Private Foundation; Burkenroad Foundation; Marian Dreux Van Horn Education Endowment; the Howard Foundation; Karen and Henry Coaxum; The Bruce J. Heim Foundation; and Laitram. \n   \nThis performance is supported by Hart Productions and Royal Air Maroc. URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/majid-bekkas/ CATEGORIES:Performances ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nomastaging.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Bekkas-1080x1080-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221012T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221012T193000 DTSTAMP:20251107T025808 CREATED:20220927T172911Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221013T215750Z UID:77805-1665603000-1665603000@nomastaging.org SUMMARY:The Seagull; or\, How to Eat It DESCRIPTION:The NOLA Project presents an all-new adaptation of a classic play by Anton Chekov in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden. The Seagull; or\, How to Eat It is directed by A.J. Allegra and written by Gab Reisman. \nPerformances take place on October 12\, 13\, 16\, 19\, 20\, 21\, 23\, 26\, 27\, 28\, and 30. \nThe Story\nSimon loves Mandi\, but Mandi loves Connie. Connie loves Nina\, but Nina loves Barry. And Barry just loves himself. All anyone wants to do is get through the weekend and get across the Causeway! This world-premiere dark family comedy by NOLA Project ensemble member Gab Reisman takes a Russian classic and transports it to our day and age in hilarious and touching ways. Please note that this production contains adult content\, coarse language\, mentions of suicide\, and multiple gunshots offstage. \nTicketing and Performance Information\nSeating is bring-your-own. Food trucks and a bar will be on site nightly. All performances begin at 7:30 pm each evening. \nGeneral admission for adults is $38 | $30 for NOMA members | $20 for guests under 21 \nGet more information and purchase tickets \nOnline ticket sales end two hours prior to performances. If you wish to purchase tickets less than two hours prior to a show\, you will need to do so in person at the venue. Louisiana residents are eligible to purchase $10 rush tickets at all performances that are not sold out. Rush tickets are available on a first-come\, first-served basis 20 minutes prior to show time at the box office. URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/the-seagull-or-how-to-eat-it/2022-10-12/ CATEGORIES:Kids & Families,Performances ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nomastaging.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/seagull.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220916T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220916T203000 DTSTAMP:20251107T025808 CREATED:20220830T165438Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220916T224059Z UID:77621-1663354800-1663360200@nomastaging.org SUMMARY:Hispanic Heritage Celebration with Ecos Latinos DESCRIPTION:In partnership with Ecos Latinos\, NOMA hosts a Hispanic Heritage Month celebration featuring a night of music in the Lapis Center for the Arts. Performers include violinist Ángel Ríos\, Bodoma Garifuna drummers and dancers\, Patrice Fisher and Arpa\, Mariachi Jalisco\, and Mexico Y Sus Raíces dance group. \nDoors open at 6:00 pm\, and performances begin at 7:00 pm. \n$10 general admission | $5 for NOMA members \nSold Out \n\nAbout the Performers\nÁngel Ríos\nHonduran violinist and composer Ángel Ríos mixes elements of traditional Garifuna Afro-Caribbean music from his country with jazz. Born in San Pedro Sula\, Ríos began to study violin at the age of seven\, and he continued his musical studies at the Victor Lopez School of Music and Tiradientes College. He is a graduate of Francisco Morazon University in music. He has recorded three albums and performed as a soloist and with an orchestra around the world. Ríos currently lives in Miami\, where he directs his own Camay Orchestra and uses his classical training to arrange and compose music that expresses the culture of Honduras. \nBodoma Garifuna Group\nCarlos “Bodoma” Norales is a Garifuna singer\, drummer\, and composer who\, through his music\, connects youth with ancestral traditions. Bodoma was born in La Ceiba\, and at the age of thirteen\, he traveled to San Pedro Sula to study. He became interested in Garifuna cultural activities and began composing in the rhythms and style of Garifuna cultural traditions. In 2007\, he met Latin jazz composer Patrice Fisher\, and they started an ongoing collaboration involving Honduran\, Garifuna\, and New Orleans-based musicians. \nPatrice Fisher and Arpa\nLatin jazz harpist Patrice Fisher favors the music of Brazil and Cuba\, saying that\, not only is the harp “comfortable” harmonically with the music\, but that she herself is drawn to the rhythmic complexities and syncopations: “that’s what makes you want to dance.” Fisher is a graduate of Tulane University and the University of New Orleans. She lives in New Orleans\, where she has been composing and performing since the 1980s. She has also appeared at local and international jazz festivals with her group Arpa\, in locations such as Germany\, Brazil\, Mexico\, and Guatemala. \nMariachi Jalisco\nEl Mariachi Jalisco was started in Baton Rouge in 2010 as the first mariachi group in the state of Louisiana. Eider Martinez and other group members decided to revive the Mariachi Jalisco Havana Cuba\, a musical group that they had in their native Cuba. All the members have over ten years of experience in this genre of traditional Mexican music and are graduates of various musical conservatories. They have performed ten times at the International Mariachi Festival in Guadalajara\, and made various television appearances which have been broadcast throughout Latin America and the United States. \nMexico Y Sus Raíces\nMexico Y Sus Raíces is a Mexican folkloric dance group that shows the beauty of local dances in Jalisco\, Mexico\, through music and colorful mariachi costumes. \n\nAbout Ecos Latinos\nEcos Latinos is a monthly performance series featuring Hispanic musicians\, poets\, dancers\, and visual artists—both local and international—at schools\, hospitals\, libraries\, and festivals in Louisiana. Additionally\, Ecos Latinos produces professionally edited documentary videos showcasing the music of Louisiana composers. \nLearn More \n\nAdditional Credits\nThe Ecos Latinos Hispanic Heritage Celebration is supported by grants from Arts Council of New Orleans\, City of New Orleans\, Mayor’s Office of Cultural Economy\, Louisiana Division of the Arts\, South Arts\, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation\, National Endowment for the Arts\, and the New Orleans Tourism and Cultural Fund. URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/hispanic-heritage-celebration-with-ecos-latinos/ LOCATION:NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts CATEGORIES:Special,Performances ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nomastaging.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Mexicoysusraices.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220909T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220909T200000 DTSTAMP:20251107T025808 CREATED:20220818T164226Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220818T164226Z UID:77599-1662753600-1662753600@nomastaging.org SUMMARY:Steve Lands: Rearranging the Planets DESCRIPTION:Creative Assembly Cohort member Steve Lands presents Rearranging the Planets\, a musical performance reinterpreting composer Gustav Holst’s influential orchestral suite The Planets. \nWith his original composition\, which premiered at NOMA in February\, Lands uses Holst’s work as a jumping off point to explore the varied relationships civilizations have had to the heavens over time. While Holst structured his suite—which premiered at the Queen’s Hall in London in 1918—around the Solar System and its Greco-Roman mythological namesakes\, Rearranging the Planets casts a broader net to consider how societies around the world have looked to the stars. In the words of planetary scientist Carl Sagan\, “We are made of star-stuff. We are a way for the cosmos to know itself.” \nFeaturing Shea Pierre; Alfred Jordan\, Jr.; Xavier Molina; Max Moran; John Maestas; Amari Ansari; Rex Gregory; and Amber Matthews. With additional credits to Francis Wong\, Camille Lenain\, Meghan Stewart\, and Amina Scott. \nPerformances take place in NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts on Friday\, September 9\, and Saturday\, September 10\, at 8 pm. \nTickets are $30 | $25 for members \nBuy Tickets \n  \n\n\nPerformance Credits and Performer Bios\n\n\n\n\nSteve Lands\nHailing from the city of Baton Rouge\, Louisiana\, Steve Lands has been swaying stages\, clubs\, bars\, museums\, houses-of-worship\, and studios the world over for more than a decade now. He’s got the kind of skill that can only be gained from working with great artists from all walks of life. His experience ranges from shows with R&B/gospel Grammy winner PJ Morton; doing festivals with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band; and tours through Europe with Swiss pianist and composer Florian Favre to studio sessions with the Black Keys; jamming in DC with Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters; playing in big bands with Ellis\, Jason\, Branford\, and Delfeayo Marsalis; and doing a tribute to David Bowie with Arcade Fire. Courage and care are his motivations for music and he’s got more than enough of both to give you a sonic fantasy.\n\n\n\n\nShea Pierre\nA native of New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Shea Pierre started his musical journey at the age of 4. He joined his family’s gospel group\, the Williams Sisters\, and began playing for various churches in the New Orleans area. He later attended the prestigious New Orleans Center of Creative Arts\, where he studied with Michael Pellera\, Chris Severin\, Ellis Marsalis\, and Jason Marsalis. While in high school\, he toured parts of South Africa with the Batiste Brothers Band from New Orleans. Shea is a 2014 graduate of Oberlin Conservatory of Music\, where he studied jazz piano with Dan Wall. He continues to travel and engage in different projects throughout the Midwest.\n\n\n\n\nAlfred Jordan Jr.\nBorn in New Orleans in 1993\, Alfred Jordan Jr.’s parents noticed the gift that was on their son. Growing up in church\, gospel music played a huge part in molding him as a drummer. Alfred’s skill sprouted\, awarding him a full scholarship to attend Berklee College of Music graduating with a B.A. Alfred’s love for music turned into his profession\, landing his gig as the current drummer for Big Sam’s Funky Nation and has also been fortunate to work with Donald Harrison\, Christian Scott\, Nicholas Payton\, Kent Jordan as well as his collective projects NwaSoul Project and Bignatiouss. Alfred is forever grateful knowing this is “for the love of music.”\n\n\n\n\nXavier Molina\nWe have watched Xavier Molina grow as an artist since 2006 when he first picked up the trumpet. Xavier has blossomed into a singer/songwriter\, drummer and trumpeter with a heart dedicated to making great music. Xavier has played with several independent bands in the New Orleans\, Atlanta and Alabama areas\, and never ceases to amaze the audiences anywhere.\n\n\n\n\nMax Moran\nMax Moran is a Louisiana born musician and composer who has become a first-call bassist across several genres in New Orleans’ thriving music scene. Known for his versatility on electric bass\, upright bass\, and synthesizer\, Moran provides a solid\, soulful foundation to a number of classic and progressive bands. Performing since the age of thirteen\, Max Moran spent over ten years as the bassist of jazz master Donald Harrison and has also shared the stage with artists such as Davell Crawford\, Leo Nocentelli (The Meters)\, Bernie Worrell (Parliament/ Funkadelic)\, and Grammy nominees Christian Scott and Jamison Ross.\n\n\n\n\nJohn Maestas\nGuitarist John Maestas was born in Albuquerque\, New Mexico and is now based in New Orleans. He started his career first as a sideman to many inspiring contemporary young artists performing original music\, while also accompanying and learning from New Orleans legacy artists who keep the traditions of their city’s music alive and thriving. He has become known as a versatile music producer working in studios writing\, recording & performing songs for world-class artists including Christian Scott\, Nicholas Payton\, Jamison Ross\, Wendell Brunious\, MonoNeon\, John “Papa” Gros\, Elzhi\, Nesby Phips\, Fiend and many others. In 2016 he co founded the independent record label Bubble Bath Records with 3 other friends that helps to educate\, elevate & empower over twenty young artists who need support in navigating the music industry. “The Dream Catcher”\, the debut album from Maestas’ alt-rock band Juan Tigre\, is music inspired by the iconic high desert imagery of New Mexico and imbued with the expansive folklore of the Southwest.\n\n\n\n\nAmari Ansari\nAmari Ansari brings a fresh voice to the saxophone. The son of a gospel pianist\, the Alabama native credits his earliest interest in music to southern gospel and the late Alabama jazz educator Dr. Frank Adams Sr. Upon moving to New Orleans in 2009\, he was the recipient of the University of New Orleans’ Ellis Marsalis Jazz Scholarship where he would go on to graduate with a Master’s Degree in Music. This introduction to the Marsalis family led him to meet NEA Jazz Master Delfeayo Marsalis\, eventually becoming a long time member of the Marsalis led band the Uptown Jazz Orchestra. With his feature on Marsalis’ 2019 release\, Jazz Party \, Downbeat Magazine called Amari’s style\, “Hank Crawford meets Maceo Parker.”\n\n\n\n\nFrancis Wong\nFrancis Wong grew up in the New Orleans area and escaped into art from a young age. He attended the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts and attended the University of New Orleans studying fine art and film. Hurricane Katrina interrupted his college education but educated him on so much more in life. His work is influenced by the magical realness of life in New Orleans and Southeastern Louisiana. Through mixed media paintings\, music and video\,he uses art to help heal ancestral trauma and PTSD. His work is a unique hybrid of his Chinese heritage and his Southern and American upbringing.  Francis has Exhibited all over Louisiana\, NYC\, and Oakland\, California.\n\n\n\n\nCamille Lenain\nCamille Farrah Lenain is a French-Algerian documentary and portrait photographer who grew up in Paris\, studied Photography at l’ESA in Brussels and at ICP in New York City (virtual). She relocated to New Orleans in 2013\, where she teaches photography at Tulane University and works on long-term projects with a focus on empathetic portraiture\, exploring the notions of representation\, collective memory and plural identities. Her clients include : Rolling Stone\, The New York Times\, The Washington Post Magazine\, T Magazine\, The Bitter Southerner and Libération. Her photographs have been exhibited internationally\, including at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art\, Festival In Cadaques\, Les Boutographies\, PhotoVogue Festival. She was previously an Artist in Residence at the Joan Mitchell Center and Nunu’s Arts Collective.\n\n\n\n\nMeghan Stewart\nMeghan Stewart is a musician\, designer\, and instructor currently residing in New Orleans\, LA. She designs exclusively for musicians\, understanding the connection between visuals and sounds. She’s designed for musicians such as Steve Lands\, multi instrumentalist Mahmoud Chouki\, singer and Berklee resident Cindy Scott\, and others.\n\n\n\n\nAmina Scott\nAmina Scott\, born and raised in Oakland\, CA\, is an upright and electric bassist\, composer\, and arranger. Her interest in music began at an early age when her grandmother began giving her piano lessons. From then\, her love and passion for music has yet to cease\, playing electric bass at the age of twelve and was soon playing gigs with local bands in Oakland. In 2017\, Amina joined the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra led by Adonis Rose. Now based in New Orleans\, Amina leads her own band and she has performed with various artists including Dee Dee Bridgewater\, Steve Turre\, Wessell “Warm Daddy” Anderson\, Nicholas Payton\, David Murray\, Jamison Ross\, Joanne Brackeen\, Herlin Riley\, Christian Scott Atunde Adjuah\, and more.\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Creative Assembly\nCreative Assembly is a community engagement initiative by the New Orleans Museum of Art that uses neighborhood-based participatory art experiences as a vehicle for personal exploration\, community collaboration\, and social change. \nLearn more \nNOMA’s Creative Assembly community engagement initiative is supported by the Wagner Foundation. URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/steve-lands-rearranging-the-planets/2022-09-09/ LOCATION:New Orleans Museum of Art\, 1 Collins Diboll Circle\, New Orleans\, LA\, 70119 CATEGORIES:Creative Assembly,Performances ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nomastaging.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/07-0822-Steve-Lands-Square-1080-x-1080.jpg GEO:29.9864897;-90.0938943 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=New Orleans Museum of Art 1 Collins Diboll Circle New Orleans LA 70119;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=1 Collins Diboll Circle:geo:-90.0938943,29.9864897 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220820T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220820T190000 DTSTAMP:20251107T025808 CREATED:20220810T165450Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220810T220609Z UID:77527-1661022000-1661022000@nomastaging.org SUMMARY:Oud Concerto for New Orleans DESCRIPTION:Join us in NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts for a special presentation of Oud Concerto for New Orleans. Originally commissioned by the Marigny Opera House in 2021\, Oud Concerto for New Orleans is composed by Mahmoud Chouki and arranged by Hannah Yim. \nDoors open at 6 pm and the performance will start at 7 pm. \n$30 general admission | $20 for NOMA members \nBuy Tickets \n\nPerformance Credits\nOud/Guitar\nMahmoud Chouki \nConductor\nFrancis Scully \nViolin\nHannah Yim\nKurt Munstedt\nByron Tauchi\nYuki Tanaka \nViola\nCatherine Matushek\nBruce Owen \nCello\nRachel Hsieh\nKaren Ray \nBass\nMartin Masakowski \nFlute\nSarah Schettler \nClarinet\nJohn Reeks \nFrench Horn\nMollie Pate \nTuba\nWilliam Hess \nAccordion/Percussion\nSimon Mouchabeck \n\n \nAbout Mahmoud Chouki\nMahmoud Chouki is a master guitarist\, multi-instrumentalist\, and composer living and working in New Orleans. His art draws together music from many different international contexts to consider how music can speak across cultural divides. His own compositions incorporate musical influences from across the globe\, ranging from European classical\, Andalusian from Southern Spain\, Levantine music from the Middle East\, Maghrebian music from North Africa\, Latin American music\, and jazz from the Southern United States. Integrating sounds and rhythms from many different cultures\, Chouki combines classical guitar with instruments such as the loutar\, a traditional instrument of the Middle Atlas region of Morocco; the sintir\, a Sub-Saharan instrument from the Sahel region (Mali); the oud\, an oriental lute; the Algerian mandole\, a steel-string fretted instrument resembling an elongated mandolin; the Bağlama saz\, a Turkish long necked bowl-lute; the banjo\, and a variety of percussion instruments. As artistic director of Rencontre Orient-Occident at Chateau Mercier in Sierre\, Switzerland\, Chouki has brought together a wide range of international musicians to envision new forms of dialogue between East and West\, with music often the only common language between performers. \n  \n \nAbout Francis Scully\nFrancis Scully is the founder and music director of New Orleans-based chamber orchestra New Resonance Orchestra. The ensemble collaborates with theater\, dance\, literary\, and visual artists to create interdisciplinary performances which relate the emotions of classical music directly to the lives of the audience. Praised by the Times-Picayune as a “forward-looking chamber orchestra\,” this award-winning ensemble invigorates the classical music community in New Orleans and demonstrates the relevance of classical music in today’s world. \nScully also shares his passion for music in a variety of educational roles. He has conducted the Louisiana Philharmonic on numerous occasions\, included their Band Together educational series. As Assistant Professor of Music at University of Holy Cross\, Scully inspires new listeners in courses on music appreciation\, twentieth-century music\, and the history of Rock. \nHe holds an M.M. in Conducting from Peabody Conservatory where he studied with Gustav Meier and Markand Thakar. \n  \n \nAbout Hannah Yim\nHannah Yim is the Assistant Concertmaster of the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra\, which she joined in 2007\, Instructor of Violin at Tulane University\, and founder/arranger/violinist with the Radio Bird Quartet and Harlequin Chamber Music. \nShe has over 250 original rock and pop quartet cover arrangements with the Radio Bird Quartet and Harlequin Chamber Music. She views this as her most enjoyable and important musical work to date. Her work with Radio Bird Quartet have led to collaborations and shows with Kristin Diable\, Maggie Koerner\, Michael Mantese\, and Mahmoud Chouki\, amongst others. \nHannah has been a featured soloist and chamber musician with the Louisiana Philharmonic\, as well as a chamber musician in the Trinity Artist Series\, Bach Around the Clock\, and the Marigny Opera House. Past chamber collaborations have included Edgar Meyer\, Bela Fleck\, Pablo Ziegler\, and Anat Cohen. She has performed at Jazz Fest\, Voodoo Fest\, and the French Quarter Festival. In 2010 and 2012\, she shared the New Orleans Tribute to the Classical Arts Award for Best Chamber Music Performance. \nOther symphonic engagements have included the Pacific Symphony\, Louisville Orchestra\, Colorado Symphony\, New World Symphony\, Colorado Symphony\, and the Lakes Area\, Mendocino\, Colorado\, and Breckenridge Music Festivals. She attended UC Berkeley and the Jacobs School of Music\, Indiana University\, where she studied with Alexander Kerr and Henryk Kowalski. \n\nEducation and outreach initiatives at NOMA are supported in part by The Gayle and Tom Benson Foundation; the Lois and Lloyd Hawkins Jr. Foundation; The Helis Foundation; The City of New Orleans; First Horizon; Janice Parmelee and Bill Hammack; Sara and David Kelso; Patrick F. Taylor Foundation; The RosaMary Foundation; The Azby Fund; the Louisiana Division of the Arts\, Office of Cultural Development\, Department of Culture\, Recreation & Tourism\, in cooperation with the Louisiana State Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts\, a Federal agency; The Collins C. Diboll Private Foundation; Burkenroad Foundation; Marian Dreux Van Horn Education Endowment; the Howard Foundation; Karen and Henry Coaxum; New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation\, Inc.; The Bruce J. Heim Foundation; and Laitram. URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/oud-concerto-for-new-orleans/ LOCATION:NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts CATEGORIES:Performances ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nomastaging.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Chouki-Mahmoud-BobbyBonsey-5941-rsz.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220511T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220511T200000 DTSTAMP:20251107T025808 CREATED:20220420T183937Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220420T184302Z UID:75870-1652297400-1652299200@nomastaging.org SUMMARY:The NOLA Project’s Treasure Island DESCRIPTION:The NOLA Project returns to the Besthoff Sculpture Garden with all-new production Treasure Island. Inspired by Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic tale\, this interpretation is directed by A.J. Allegra and written by A.J. Allegra\, James Bartelle\, and Alex Martinez Wallace. \nThe Story\nJim Hawkins and his mother Ruth are simple innkeepers in a quiet seaside English village. All that changes following the surprise visit of a mysterious sailor on the run from a one-legged pirate named Silver. Soon\, they find themselves headed straight for adventure on a ship bound for the West Indies and the infamous Skull Island. \nTicketing and Performance Information\nSeating is bring-your-own. Food trucks and a bar will be on site nightly. Doors open at 6:30 pm and performances begin at 7:30 pm each evening. \nGeneral admission for adults is $35 | $25 for NOMA members | $20 for guests under 21 \nPerformances take place on the following dates: Wednesday\, May 11; Thursday\, May 12; Friday\, May 13; Wednesday\, May 18; Thursday\, May 19; Friday\, May 20; Sunday\, May 22; Tuesday\, May 24; Wednesday\, May 25; Thursday\, May 26; Friday\, May 27. \nGet more information and purchase tickets \n\nPresentation of Treasure Island is supported by a grant from the New Orleans Theatre Association. URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/the-nola-projects-treasure-island/2022-05-11/ CATEGORIES:Kids & Families,Performances ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nomastaging.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_4739.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220422T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220422T213000 DTSTAMP:20251107T025808 CREATED:20220404T162544Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220412T151438Z UID:75682-1650657600-1650663000@nomastaging.org SUMMARY:RISE for Mother Earth DESCRIPTION:NOMA and Mélange Dance Company present RISE for Mother Earth in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden on April 22\, 24\, and 26. \nRISE takes audiences on a surreal journey through the wonders of the sea—a boundless body that inextricably connects us all—as her currents regulate our global climate and her floor holds our planet’s record of change. In this original\, contemporary dance production\, narrative vignettes uplift the voices of those on the frontlines of climate crisis\, urging us to connect in our shared humanity and shared fate. \nRun time is approximately 90 minutes\, with a brief intermission. Seating is on raised grass; you are welcome to bring your own chair or blanket to enjoy this evening of dance\, music\, and nature. Performances begin at 8 pm on April 22\, 24\, and 26. \nGeneral admission is $30 | $20 for students\, seniors\, veterans\, and dancers. \nPurchase Tickets \nRISE includes a guest performance by Denise Frazier of Les Cenelles—telling the story of Goldman Environmental Prize winner Sharon Lavigne of RISE St. James in her fight against the invasion of Formosa Plastics. In cooperation with Louisiana Sea Grant\, RISE features oral diaries of Grand Isle residents. Mélange Dance Company is also thrilled to collaborate with Climate Clock to get the world to #ActInTime. \n\nRISE is supported in part by the New Orleans Theatre Association\, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation\, the Louisiana Office of Cultural Development\, and the National Endowment for the Arts. URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/rise-for-mother-earth/2022-04-22/ LOCATION:Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden\, 1 Collins Diboll Circle\, New Orleans \, LA\, 70124 CATEGORIES:Performances ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nomastaging.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/20220215-MVI_0197.00_05_27_23.Still047-2-1.jpg GEO:29.986748;-90.0932186 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden 1 Collins Diboll Circle New Orleans LA 70124;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=1 Collins Diboll Circle:geo:-90.0932186,29.986748 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220420T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220420T203000 DTSTAMP:20251107T025808 CREATED:20220405T161407Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220512T153807Z UID:75706-1650481200-1650486600@nomastaging.org SUMMARY:Virtual Premiere: Rearranging the Planets DESCRIPTION:During two sold-out nights this February\, Creative Assembly Cohort member Steve Lands debuted Rearranging the Planets. Experience the magic of this momentous presentation during a virtual premiere of the program on Wednesday\, April 20\, at 7 pm. \nWith his original composition\, Lands uses Gustav Holst’s influential orchestral suite The Planets as a jumping off point to explore the varied relationships civilizations have had to the heavens over time. While Holst structured his suite—which premiered at the Queen’s Hall in London in 1918—around the Solar System and its Greco-Roman mythological namesakes\, Rearranging the Planets casts a broader net to consider how societies around the world have looked to the stars. In the words of planetary scientist Carl Sagan\, “We are made of star-stuff. We are a way for the cosmos to know itself.” \nFeaturing Shea Pierre; Alfred Jordan\, Jr.; Xavier Molina; Max Moran; John Maestas; Gladney; Amari Ansari; and Cubs the Poet. With additional credits to Francis Wong\, Camille Lenain\, Meghan Stewart\, and Amina Scott. \nSet a Reminder to Watch on YouTube \n\n\nPerformance Credits and Performer Bios\n\n\n\n\nSteve Lands\nHailing from the city of Baton Rouge\, Louisiana\, Steve Lands has been swaying stages\, clubs\, bars\, museums\, houses-of-worship\, and studios the world over for more than a decade now. He’s got the kind of skill that can only be gained from working with great artists from all walks of life. His experience ranges from shows with R&B/gospel Grammy winner PJ Morton; doing festivals with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band; and tours through Europe with Swiss pianist and composer Florian Favre to studio sessions with the Black Keys; jamming in DC with Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters; playing in big bands with Ellis\, Jason\, Branford\, and Delfeayo Marsalis; and doing a tribute to David Bowie with Arcade Fire. Courage and care are his motivations for music and he’s got more than enough of both to give you a sonic fantasy.\n\n\n\n\nShea Pierre\nA native of New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Shea Pierre started his musical journey at the age of 4. He joined his family’s gospel group\, the Williams Sisters\, and began playing for various churches in the New Orleans area. He later attended the prestigious New Orleans Center of Creative Arts\, where he studied with Michael Pellera\, Chris Severin\, Ellis Marsalis\, and Jason Marsalis. While in high school\, he toured parts of South Africa with the Batiste Brothers Band from New Orleans. Shea is a 2014 graduate of Oberlin Conservatory of Music\, where he studied jazz piano with Dan Wall. He continues to travel and engage in different projects throughout the Midwest.\n\n\n\n\nAlfred Jordan Jr.\nBorn in New Orleans in 1993\, Alfred Jordan Jr.’s parents noticed the gift that was on their son. Growing up in church\, gospel music played a huge part in molding him as a drummer. Alfred’s skill sprouted\, awarding him a full scholarship to attend Berklee College of Music graduating with a B.A. Alfred’s love for music turned into his profession\, landing his gig as the current drummer for Big Sam’s Funky Nation and has also been fortunate to work with Donald Harrison\, Christian Scott\, Nicholas Payton\, Kent Jordan as well as his collective projects NwaSoul Project and Bignatiouss. Alfred is forever grateful knowing this is “for the love of music.”\n\n\n\n\nXavier Molina\nWe have watched Xavier Molina grow as an artist since 2006 when he first picked up the trumpet. Xavier has blossomed into a singer/songwriter\, drummer and trumpeter with a heart dedicated to making great music. Xavier has played with several independent bands in the New Orleans\, Atlanta and Alabama areas\, and never ceases to amaze the audiences anywhere.\n\n\n\n\nMax Moran\nMax Moran is a Louisiana born musician and composer who has become a first-call bassist across several genres in New Orleans’ thriving music scene. Known for his versatility on electric bass\, upright bass\, and synthesizer\, Moran provides a solid\, soulful foundation to a number of classic and progressive bands. Performing since the age of thirteen\, Max Moran spent over ten years as the bassist of jazz master Donald Harrison and has also shared the stage with artists such as Davell Crawford\, Leo Nocentelli (The Meters)\, Bernie Worrell (Parliament/ Funkadelic)\, and Grammy nominees Christian Scott and Jamison Ross.\n\n\n\n\nJohn Maestas\nGuitarist John Maestas was born in Albuquerque\, New Mexico and is now based in New Orleans. He started his career first as a sideman to many inspiring contemporary young artists performing original music\, while also accompanying and learning from New Orleans legacy artists who keep the traditions of their city’s music alive and thriving. He has become known as a versatile music producer working in studios writing\, recording & performing songs for world-class artists including Christian Scott\, Nicholas Payton\, Jamison Ross\, Wendell Brunious\, MonoNeon\, John “Papa” Gros\, Elzhi\, Nesby Phips\, Fiend and many others. In 2016 he co founded the independent record label Bubble Bath Records with 3 other friends that helps to educate\, elevate & empower over twenty young artists who need support in navigating the music industry. “The Dream Catcher”\, the debut album from Maestas’ alt-rock band Juan Tigre\, is music inspired by the iconic high desert imagery of New Mexico and imbued with the expansive folklore of the Southwest.\n\n\n\n\nGladney\nGrammy-nominated multi-instrumentalist and composer Gladney is a leading contemporary exponent of the saxophone. A 6th generation native of New Orleans’s Lower 9th Ward\, Gladney has performed and traveled professionally since the age of 12. Along with his work with The Rumble and the Jake Shears Band (Scissor Sisters)\, Gladney leads his own self-titled band and is preparing to release his debut EP and album this year.\n\n\n\n\nAmari Ansari\nAmari Ansari brings a fresh voice to the saxophone. The son of a gospel pianist\, the Alabama native credits his earliest interest in music to southern gospel and the late Alabama jazz educator Dr. Frank Adams Sr. Upon moving to New Orleans in 2009\, he was the recipient of the University of New Orleans’ Ellis Marsalis Jazz Scholarship where he would go on to graduate with a Master’s Degree in Music. This introduction to the Marsalis family led him to meet NEA Jazz Master Delfeayo Marsalis\, eventually becoming a long time member of the Marsalis led band the Uptown Jazz Orchestra. With his feature on Marsalis’ 2019 release\, Jazz Party \, Downbeat Magazine called Amari’s style\, “Hank Crawford meets Maceo Parker.”\n\n\n\n\nCubs the Poet\nCubs the Poet has been writing poems since 1989. Later in life\, he studied psychology in school and began thinking for himself. It wasn’t long before he decided to study life outside of the classroom. He began typing poems on a typewriter\, in the middle of the French Quarter on Royal Street\, in New Orleans\, Louisiana. He is now an artist-in-residence at the Columns Hotel and his Poetraits blend portraiture and poetry.\n\n\n\n\nFrancis Wong\nFrancis Wong grew up in the New Orleans area and escaped into art from a young age. He attended the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts and attended the University of New Orleans studying fine art and film. Hurricane Katrina interrupted his college education but educated him on so much more in life. His work is influenced by the magical realness of life in New Orleans and Southeastern Louisiana. Through mixed media paintings\, music and video\,he uses art to help heal ancestral trauma and PTSD. His work is a unique hybrid of his Chinese heritage and his Southern and American upbringing.  Francis has Exhibited all over Louisiana\, NYC\, and Oakland\, California.\n\n\n\n\nCamille Lenain\nCamille Farrah Lenain is a French-Algerian documentary and portrait photographer who grew up in Paris\, studied Photography at l’ESA in Brussels and at ICP in New York City (virtual). She relocated to New Orleans in 2013\, where she teaches photography at Tulane University and works on long-term projects with a focus on empathetic portraiture\, exploring the notions of representation\, collective memory and plural identities. Her clients include : Rolling Stone\, The New York Times\, The Washington Post Magazine\, T Magazine\, The Bitter Southerner and Libération. Her photographs have been exhibited internationally\, including at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art\, Festival In Cadaques\, Les Boutographies\, PhotoVogue Festival. She was previously an Artist in Residence at the Joan Mitchell Center and Nunu’s Arts Collective.\n\n\n\n\nMeghan Stewart\nMeghan Stewart is a musician\, designer\, and instructor currently residing in New Orleans\, LA. She designs exclusively for musicians\, understanding the connection between visuals and sounds. She’s designed for musicians such as Steve Lands\, multi instrumentalist Mahmoud Chouki\, singer and Berklee resident Cindy Scott\, and others.\n\n\n\n\nAmina Scott\nAmina Scott\, born and raised in Oakland\, CA\, is an upright and electric bassist\, composer\, and arranger. Her interest in music began at an early age when her grandmother began giving her piano lessons. From then\, her love and passion for music has yet to cease\, playing electric bass at the age of twelve and was soon playing gigs with local bands in Oakland. In 2017\, Amina joined the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra led by Adonis Rose. Now based in New Orleans\, Amina leads her own band and she has performed with various artists including Dee Dee Bridgewater\, Steve Turre\, Wessell “Warm Daddy” Anderson\, Nicholas Payton\, David Murray\, Jamison Ross\, Joanne Brackeen\, Herlin Riley\, Christian Scott Atunde Adjuah\, and more.\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Creative Assembly\nCreative Assembly is a community engagement initiative by the New Orleans Museum of Art that uses neighborhood-based participatory art experiences as a vehicle for personal exploration\, community collaboration\, and social change. \nLearn more \nNOMA’s Creative Assembly community engagement initiative is supported by the Wagner Foundation. URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/virtual-premiere-rearranging-the-planets/ CATEGORIES:Creative Assembly,Performances ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nomastaging.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/05-0422-Steve-Lands-Virtual-Premiere-Square-1080-x-1080.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220218T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220218T200000 DTSTAMP:20251107T025808 CREATED:20220105T195830Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220512T153757Z UID:73985-1645214400-1645214400@nomastaging.org SUMMARY:Steve Lands: Rearranging the Planets DESCRIPTION:Creative Assembly Cohort member Steve Lands presents Rearranging the Planets\, a new musical performance reinterpreting composer Gustav Holst’s influential orchestral suite The Planets. \nWith his original composition\, Lands uses Holst’s work as a jumping off point to explore the varied relationships civilizations have had to the heavens over time. While Holst structured his suite—which premiered at the Queen’s Hall in London in 1918—around the Solar System and its Greco-Roman mythological namesakes\, Rearranging the Planets casts a broader net to consider how societies around the world have looked to the stars. In the words of planetary scientist Carl Sagan\, “We are made of star-stuff. We are a way for the cosmos to know itself.” \nFeaturing Shea Pierre; Alfred Jordan\, Jr.; Xavier Molina; Max Moran; John Maestas; Gladney; Amari Ansari; and Cubs the Poet. With additional credits to Francis Wong\, Camille Lenain\, Meghan Stewart\, and Amina Scott. \nPerformances take place in NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts on Friday\, February 18\, and Saturday\, February 19\, at 8 pm. \nTickets are $30 | $25 for members \nBuy Tickets \n  \n\n\nPerformance Credits and Performer Bios\n\n\n\n\nSteve Lands\nHailing from the city of Baton Rouge\, Louisiana\, Steve Lands has been swaying stages\, clubs\, bars\, museums\, houses-of-worship\, and studios the world over for more than a decade now. He’s got the kind of skill that can only be gained from working with great artists from all walks of life. His experience ranges from shows with R&B/gospel Grammy winner PJ Morton; doing festivals with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band; and tours through Europe with Swiss pianist and composer Florian Favre to studio sessions with the Black Keys; jamming in DC with Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters; playing in big bands with Ellis\, Jason\, Branford\, and Delfeayo Marsalis; and doing a tribute to David Bowie with Arcade Fire. Courage and care are his motivations for music and he’s got more than enough of both to give you a sonic fantasy.\n\n\n\n\nShea Pierre\nA native of New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Shea Pierre started his musical journey at the age of 4. He joined his family’s gospel group\, the Williams Sisters\, and began playing for various churches in the New Orleans area. He later attended the prestigious New Orleans Center of Creative Arts\, where he studied with Michael Pellera\, Chris Severin\, Ellis Marsalis\, and Jason Marsalis. While in high school\, he toured parts of South Africa with the Batiste Brothers Band from New Orleans. Shea is a 2014 graduate of Oberlin Conservatory of Music\, where he studied jazz piano with Dan Wall. He continues to travel and engage in different projects throughout the Midwest.\n\n\n\n\nAlfred Jordan Jr.\nBorn in New Orleans in 1993\, Alfred Jordan Jr.’s parents noticed the gift that was on their son. Growing up in church\, gospel music played a huge part in molding him as a drummer. Alfred’s skill sprouted\, awarding him a full scholarship to attend Berklee College of Music graduating with a B.A. Alfred’s love for music turned into his profession\, landing his gig as the current drummer for Big Sam’s Funky Nation and has also been fortunate to work with Donald Harrison\, Christian Scott\, Nicholas Payton\, Kent Jordan as well as his collective projects NwaSoul Project and Bignatiouss. Alfred is forever grateful knowing this is “for the love of music.”\n\n\n\n\nXavier Molina\nWe have watched Xavier Molina grow as an artist since 2006 when he first picked up the trumpet. Xavier has blossomed into a singer/songwriter\, drummer and trumpeter with a heart dedicated to making great music. Xavier has played with several independent bands in the New Orleans\, Atlanta and Alabama areas\, and never ceases to amaze the audiences anywhere.\n\n\n\n\nMax Moran\nMax Moran is a Louisiana born musician and composer who has become a first-call bassist across several genres in New Orleans’ thriving music scene. Known for his versatility on electric bass\, upright bass\, and synthesizer\, Moran provides a solid\, soulful foundation to a number of classic and progressive bands. Performing since the age of thirteen\, Max Moran spent over ten years as the bassist of jazz master Donald Harrison and has also shared the stage with artists such as Davell Crawford\, Leo Nocentelli (The Meters)\, Bernie Worrell (Parliament/ Funkadelic)\, and Grammy nominees Christian Scott and Jamison Ross.\n\n\n\n\nJohn Maestas\nGuitarist John Maestas was born in Albuquerque\, New Mexico and is now based in New Orleans. He started his career first as a sideman to many inspiring contemporary young artists performing original music\, while also accompanying and learning from New Orleans legacy artists who keep the traditions of their city’s music alive and thriving. He has become known as a versatile music producer working in studios writing\, recording & performing songs for world-class artists including Christian Scott\, Nicholas Payton\, Jamison Ross\, Wendell Brunious\, MonoNeon\, John “Papa” Gros\, Elzhi\, Nesby Phips\, Fiend and many others. In 2016 he co founded the independent record label Bubble Bath Records with 3 other friends that helps to educate\, elevate & empower over twenty young artists who need support in navigating the music industry. “The Dream Catcher”\, the debut album from Maestas’ alt-rock band Juan Tigre\, is music inspired by the iconic high desert imagery of New Mexico and imbued with the expansive folklore of the Southwest.\n\n\n\n\nGladney\nGrammy-nominated multi-instrumentalist and composer Gladney is a leading contemporary exponent of the saxophone. A 6th generation native of New Orleans’s Lower 9th Ward\, Gladney has performed and traveled professionally since the age of 12. Along with his work with The Rumble and the Jake Shears Band (Scissor Sisters)\, Gladney leads his own self-titled band and is preparing to release his debut EP and album this year.\n\n\n\n\nAmari Ansari\nAmari Ansari brings a fresh voice to the saxophone. The son of a gospel pianist\, the Alabama native credits his earliest interest in music to southern gospel and the late Alabama jazz educator Dr. Frank Adams Sr. Upon moving to New Orleans in 2009\, he was the recipient of the University of New Orleans’ Ellis Marsalis Jazz Scholarship where he would go on to graduate with a Master’s Degree in Music. This introduction to the Marsalis family led him to meet NEA Jazz Master Delfeayo Marsalis\, eventually becoming a long time member of the Marsalis led band the Uptown Jazz Orchestra. With his feature on Marsalis’ 2019 release\, Jazz Party \, Downbeat Magazine called Amari’s style\, “Hank Crawford meets Maceo Parker.”\n\n\n\n\nCubs the Poet\nCubs the Poet has been writing poems since 1989. Later in life\, he studied psychology in school and began thinking for himself. It wasn’t long before he decided to study life outside of the classroom. He began typing poems on a typewriter\, in the middle of the French Quarter on Royal Street\, in New Orleans\, Louisiana. He is now an artist-in-residence at the Columns Hotel and his Poetraits blend portraiture and poetry.\n\n\n\n\nFrancis Wong\nFrancis Wong grew up in the New Orleans area and escaped into art from a young age. He attended the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts and attended the University of New Orleans studying fine art and film. Hurricane Katrina interrupted his college education but educated him on so much more in life. His work is influenced by the magical realness of life in New Orleans and Southeastern Louisiana. Through mixed media paintings\, music and video\,he uses art to help heal ancestral trauma and PTSD. His work is a unique hybrid of his Chinese heritage and his Southern and American upbringing.  Francis has Exhibited all over Louisiana\, NYC\, and Oakland\, California.\n\n\n\n\nCamille Lenain\nCamille Farrah Lenain is a French-Algerian documentary and portrait photographer who grew up in Paris\, studied Photography at l’ESA in Brussels and at ICP in New York City (virtual). She relocated to New Orleans in 2013\, where she teaches photography at Tulane University and works on long-term projects with a focus on empathetic portraiture\, exploring the notions of representation\, collective memory and plural identities. Her clients include : Rolling Stone\, The New York Times\, The Washington Post Magazine\, T Magazine\, The Bitter Southerner and Libération. Her photographs have been exhibited internationally\, including at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art\, Festival In Cadaques\, Les Boutographies\, PhotoVogue Festival. She was previously an Artist in Residence at the Joan Mitchell Center and Nunu’s Arts Collective.\n\n\n\n\nMeghan Stewart\nMeghan Stewart is a musician\, designer\, and instructor currently residing in New Orleans\, LA. She designs exclusively for musicians\, understanding the connection between visuals and sounds. She’s designed for musicians such as Steve Lands\, multi instrumentalist Mahmoud Chouki\, singer and Berklee resident Cindy Scott\, and others.\n\n\n\n\nAmina Scott\nAmina Scott\, born and raised in Oakland\, CA\, is an upright and electric bassist\, composer\, and arranger. Her interest in music began at an early age when her grandmother began giving her piano lessons. From then\, her love and passion for music has yet to cease\, playing electric bass at the age of twelve and was soon playing gigs with local bands in Oakland. In 2017\, Amina joined the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra led by Adonis Rose. Now based in New Orleans\, Amina leads her own band and she has performed with various artists including Dee Dee Bridgewater\, Steve Turre\, Wessell “Warm Daddy” Anderson\, Nicholas Payton\, David Murray\, Jamison Ross\, Joanne Brackeen\, Herlin Riley\, Christian Scott Atunde Adjuah\, and more.\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Creative Assembly\nCreative Assembly is a community engagement initiative by the New Orleans Museum of Art that uses neighborhood-based participatory art experiences as a vehicle for personal exploration\, community collaboration\, and social change. \nLearn more \nNOMA’s Creative Assembly community engagement initiative is supported by the Wagner Foundation. \n \nCovid-19 Safety Guidelines\nNOMA’s primary concern is the health of our visitors\, staff\, and community. At this time\, visitors to the museum ages 12+ are required to show proof of two doses of a Covid-19 vaccine (or one dose of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine) or negative results of a Covid-19 test taken within 72 hours of your visit. Visitors ages 5–11 are required to show proof of one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine or negative results of a Covid-19 test taken within 72 hours of your visit. All museum visitors are required to wear a face mask covering the nose and mouth while indoors. URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/rearranging-the-planets/2022-02-18/ LOCATION:New Orleans Museum of Art\, 1 Collins Diboll Circle\, New Orleans\, LA\, 70119 CATEGORIES:Creative Assembly,Performances ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nomastaging.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/22x28-poster-no-QR.jpg GEO:29.9864897;-90.0938943 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=New Orleans Museum of Art 1 Collins Diboll Circle New Orleans LA 70119;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=1 Collins Diboll Circle:geo:-90.0938943,29.9864897 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220123T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220123T183000 DTSTAMP:20251107T025808 CREATED:20220110T221457Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220114T204033Z UID:74333-1642960800-1642962600@nomastaging.org SUMMARY:Pedro Segundo in the Great Hall DESCRIPTION:In conjunction with the closing of Dawn DeDeaux: The Space Between Worlds\, Pedro Segundo presents a solo percussion performance in NOMA’s Great Hall. A musical composition by Segundo is featured in DeDeaux’s work Where’s Mary\, and this special event is inspired by that score and the exhibition’s themes of beginnings and ends. \nDoors open at 5:30 pm\, and the performance begins at 6:00 pm. Visitors are invited to explore the galleries after-hours until 7:30 pm. \n$15 General Admission | $5 for Members \nGet Tickets \nAbout the Exhibition\nDawn DeDeaux: The Space Between Worlds is the first comprehensive museum exhibition for the pioneering multimedia artist Dawn DeDeaux. Since the 1970s\, DeDeaux’s practice has spanned video\, performance\, photography\, and installation to create art that exists at the edge of the Anthropocene. Anticipating a future imperiled by the runaway population growth\, breakneck industrial development\, and the looming threat of climate change\, DeDeaux has long worked between worlds of the present and the future. \nLearn More \nAbout Pedro Segundo\n\nPedro Segundo is the embodiment of dynamism. Equally at home behind 18th-century-style kettle drums and a five-piece drum kit\, Pedro makes every object he touches a channel for his incredible musical energy. \n\n\nPedro grew up in Portugal and was reared on an eclectic blend of gospel\, classical\, swing and world music. All of these genres have spurred him on to his singularly unique approach to percussion. \nIn 2010 he became the house drummer of Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club in London\, England whilst finishing his Timpani and Classical percussion degree at Guildhall School of a music and Drama. \nHe has performed around the world with such artists as Academy of Saint Martin in the Fields as guest timpanist with Sir Neville Marriner\, Murray Perahia\, and Joshua Bell\, and more recently with Judith Owen\, Dennis Rollins\, Cyrille Aimée\, as well as Chineke! Orchestra at the BBC proms’21. \n\n\nLocally\, you can catch Pedro’s work at NOMA as part of Dawn DeDeaux’s retrospective\, weekly gigs at Pontchartrain Hotel or Royal Frenchman Hotel\, or his upcoming debut with the Louisiana Philharmonic on March 24\, 2022. \n\nCovid-19 Safety Guidelines\nNOMA’s primary concern is the health of our visitors\, staff\, and community. At this time\, visitors to the museum ages 12 and up are required to show proof of two doses of a Covid-19 vaccine (or one dose of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine)\, or negative results of a Covid-19 test taken within 72 hours of your visit. Visitors ages 5–11 are required to show proof of one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine or negative results of a Covid-19 test taken within 72 hours of your visit. \nCheck our visitor information page for guidelines and information about your visit. URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/pedro-segundo-in-the-great-hall/ LOCATION:New Orleans Museum of Art\, 1 Collins Diboll Circle\, New Orleans\, LA\, 70119 CATEGORIES:Performances ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nomastaging.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/WHERES-MARY_Dawn-DeDeaux_14-1.jpg GEO:29.9864897;-90.0938943 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=New Orleans Museum of Art 1 Collins Diboll Circle New Orleans LA 70119;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=1 Collins Diboll Circle:geo:-90.0938943,29.9864897 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20211215T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20211215T120000 DTSTAMP:20251107T025808 CREATED:20211208T140527Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211208T141720Z UID:73592-1639569600-1639569600@nomastaging.org SUMMARY:Pop-Up Performance: The Nutcracker in New Orleans DESCRIPTION:Enjoy a special preview of everyone’s favorite holiday classic with a New Orleans twist. In this special pop-up performance at NOMA\, students from New Orleans School of Ballet will perform excerpts of the original production The Nutcracker in New Orleans. Set to Tchaikovsky’s iconic score\, the localized production includes a Flight of the Pelicans\, a Mardi Gras Strut\, pom-pom-shaking Who Dats donned in black and gold\, and more! \nAttending the pop-up performance at NOMA is included with the purchase of museum admissions. Wednesdays are FREE admission days for Louisiana residents\, courtesy of The Helis Foundation. \nReserve Museum Tickets \nThe full production of The Nutcracker in New Orleans by the New Orleans School of Ballet will be presented on December 18 & 19 at the Marquette Theatre of Loyola University\, and all performances are sold out. URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/pop-up-performance-the-nutcracker-in-new-orleans/ CATEGORIES:Performances ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://nomastaging.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Nutcracker-Image.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20211118T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20211118T203000 DTSTAMP:20251107T025808 CREATED:20210817T182310Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211102T165955Z UID:72264-1637262000-1637267400@nomastaging.org SUMMARY:TRUST by Kelly Love Jones DESCRIPTION:The New Orleans Museum of Art in collaboration with PowerHouse Productions is excited to present TRUST\, a concept and performance by singer/songwriter Kelly Love Jones. \nJoin us in the Lapis Center for the Arts for an evening of music\, visual art\, dance\, and theater. Jones brings to the stage a star-studded cast: Lakeba Angelle\, Tiffany Morris\, Jamal Batiste\, and Drew Mosby\, Nana Sula Janet Evans\, and Sha’Condria “iCon” Sibley. \nTRUST invites us to let our guard down and believe in our own power. It asks us to tune into our inner guidance system\, our growth process and our ability to change a circumstance through positive\, collective work. If you missed PITCH DARK presented by New Orleans Airlift at the Music Box Village in 2019\, then TRUST is part two of the series. Like PITCH DARK\, this performance is designed to illuminate the senses. \nDoors open at 6:30 pm\, and the performance begins at 7:00 pm. The performance will be limited to 100 attendees. \nTickets are $30 | $25 for NOMA Members \nPurchase Tickets \n[Photo by Johnathan B. Vasquez]\n  \n  \n  \n\nCOVID-19 Safety Guidelines\nNOMA’s primary concern is the health of our visitors\, staff\, and community\, and we will continue to follow the City of New Orleans’s public health guidance. For all programs and private events\, guests aged 12 years and older are required to provide proof of at least one dose of an approved COVID-19 vaccine or a negative PCR test within the past 72 hours to access. We will accept original vaccine cards\, the LA Wallet app\, or a high-resolution photo of both sides of your vaccine card as proof of vaccination. Masks are required for all indoor events. \n\nThe Team\nPowerHouse Productions is a collaboration between two tenacious producers\, Kelly Love Jones and Lakeba Angelle\, that aims to influence and transform the way we view\, experience\, and practice social justice and social relations as a human family. Jones and Angelle use art as a tool to influence positive action and impartial respect for all life. They indulge the art(s) of music\, spoken word\, visual art\, dance\, culinary art\, leadership\, altruism\, and reciprocation to spread their message of egality and civility. \n\n\n\n\nKelly Love Jones\nJones’s artistic\, creative\, and cultural work is centered at the heart of healing\, empowerment\, and forgiveness. She likes to call her music “New Orleans Swag” because it is influenced by and mixes in the traditional rhythms of the Second Line\, R&B\, hip-hop\, and folk. Jones’s music also celebrates legendary artists and their traditions\, like Deacon John and Allen Toussaint\, who through their musicality and songwriting made available New Orleans’ soulful and spirit-filled culture\, the bayou landscape\, and its colorful heritage to people around the world. Jones’s music is a good bowl of gumbo\, mixing in all these traditions to produce songs that honor love\, well-being\, ancestry\, family\, tradition\, and good times. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nLakeba Angelle\nCo-producer Lakeba Angelle is a chef\, dancer\, traveler\, educator\, speaker\, consultant\, writer\, and poet. She’s a well-respected liaison in the artist community in many rights\, and her heart is sincere. Described as an “aggregator of resources\, regarding financial matters in particular\, Lakeba’s knowledge and agility in that arena has more often than not made the difference between success or failure of a venture. Lakeba brings a degree of poise and integrity to every project she’s connected with\, that it automatically helps improve the business posture of the artist moving forward” (Lilli Lewis Project). Angelle is a cum laude graduate of Tulane University and a NOWFE bronze medalist.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTiffany Morris\nBassMonsterTiff\, guru of the bass guitar\, has been mastering for more than two decades. She is a graduate of Xavier University and was born in Slidell\, Louisiana. Tiffany has shared many stages with acclaimed artists such as Ellis Marsalis\, Kelly Love Jones\, Joy Clark\, and Cyril Neville’s Swamp Funk Band. BassMonsterTiff is also the resident bassist at Beacon Light Church of Laplace\, Louisiana. BassMonsterTiff appreciates live collaboration with other musicians\, but she also has a strong passion for creating original pieces of her own in her home studio. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nJamal Batiste\nNew Orleans’s own Jamal Batiste is a master percussionist and multi-instrumentalist who has traveled extensively throughout the world. He has captivated audiences in the USA\, the Caribbean\, South Africa\, Morocco\, Japan\, Ireland\, Scotland\, France\, and England with his star-studded performances in rock\, funk\, soul\, gospel\, hip-hop\, and R&B. Batiste is also a songwriter and recording engineer and holds an independent record label\, Jam-All Pro Music Group.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDrew Mosby\nDrew Mosby is a dedicated guitarist\, vocalist\, and harmonicist composing original music and playing with local bands like Coin Coin\, Tetrad\, and Kelly Love Jones. Drew also spends much of his time sound engineering at live shows\, a skill he brought to New Orleans 14 years ago when he moved from his hometown in Iowa. Private guitar instruction is also a mastered skill of his\, as he continues to fine tune the artistry of many young musicians.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNana Sula Janet Evans\nNana Sula Janet Evans is a priestess\, artist\, author\, singer and performer.  She is founding priestess of the Temple of Light – Ile de Coin-Coin in the Musicians Village which is a temple for the elevation of all souls. She is also author and producer of the book and CD project entitled Spirit of the Orisha.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSha’Condria “iCon” Sibley\nSha’Condria “iCon” Sibley is an Alexandria\, Louisiana\, native and long-time New Orleans–based poet\, writer\, and artist of many mediums. Her work spans across visual art\, theater\, music\, radio\, and film. She is a multiple-time national poetry slam champion\, and her work has been featured on national and British television; at Essence Music Festival; on music projects with Grammy artists; in exhibits\, documentaries\, and anthologies; as well as on many notable platforms including For Harriet\, Huffington Post\, Teen Vogue\, and BBC World Radio. Sha’Condria is the author of My Name Is Pronounced Holy: A Collection of Poems\, Prayers\, Rememberings\, and Reclamations.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpecial Thanks from the Musicians\nFoundation For Louisiana\, NOMA’s Learning and Engagement Department\, Artist Journey Allen & The Living School NOLA\, Jebney Lewis of The CAC\, Brennon Jones of LED ATL\, Tulane University Department of Theater\, Tulane University Department of Dance\, Jazz & Heritage Foundation\, T H R I V E\, Vegan Chef NOLA\, LC Consulting LLC\, AFM 174-496 New Orleans\, Shacondria “iCon” Sibley\, Kesha Mckey\, Dorise Blackmon\, Marjorie Wheeler\, Patricia Shelby\, Barry Thomas \n\n                            \nEducation and outreach initiatives at NOMA are supported in part by The Gayle and Tom Benson Foundation; Zemurray Foundation; the Lois and Lloyd Hawkins Jr. Foundation; The Helis Foundation; The City of New Orleans; IBERIABANK|First Horizon; Janice Parmelee and Bill Hammack; Sara and David Kelso; Patrick F. Taylor Foundation; The RosaMary Foundation; The Azby Fund; the Louisiana Division of the Arts\, Office of Cultural Development\, Department of Culture\, Recreation & Tourism\, in cooperation with the Louisiana State Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts\, a Federal agency; The Collins C. Diboll Private Foundation; Burkenroad Foundation; Marian Dreux Van Horn Education Endowment; Ruby K. Worner Trust through the PNC Charitable Trusts Grant Review Committee; The Harry T. Howard III Foundation; Harvey and Marie Orth; New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation\, Inc.; The Bruce J. Heim Foundation; and Mrs. Bennett A. Molter\, Jr. This project is supported in part by the Louisiana Culture Care Fund. Funding for Louisiana Culture Care Fund grants has been administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities (LEH) and provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) as part of the American Rescue Plan (ARP) and the NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan (SHARP) initiative. URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/trust-by-kelly-love-jones/ CATEGORIES:Performances ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nomastaging.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Kelly-Love-Jones-by-Jonathan-B-Vasquez-1.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20211029T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20211029T200000 DTSTAMP:20251107T025808 CREATED:20210928T172936Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211028T150104Z UID:72675-1635532200-1635537600@nomastaging.org SUMMARY:The NOLA Project presents Tell It to Me Sweet DESCRIPTION:Wander through tales from creepy to strange in this brand-new look at some very old fables written by NOLA Project ensemble member Brittany N. Williams. Meet magical aunties\, too-clever wolves\, wicked stepmothers\, foolish devils\, and determined ghosts on a winding tour of five stories pulled from European and African American fairy tales and folklore. \nThis outdoor play is the perfect way to explore the Besthoff Sculpture Garden while experiencing live theatre that is bold\, fun\, family-friendly\, and safe. Come and wind the trail of tales with us this fall! \nPURCHASE TICKETS \nPerformance Information\nTickets are $35 for adults\, $25 for NOMA members\, and $20 for those under the age of 21. \nGates will open at 6:15 pm pm and each show will begin at 7:00 pm\, unless otherwise specified. Performances will take place on the following days: Friday\, October 29; Saturday\, October 30 (shows at 6:30 and 8:30 pm); Sunday\, October 31; Tuesday\, November 2; Friday\, November 5; Sunday\, November 7; Tuesday\, November 9; Sunday\, November 14. (For the shows on October 30\, gates will open at 5:45 pm and 8:00 pm for their respective showtimes.) \nThe NOLA Project’s Tell It to Me Sweet will take place entirely outdoors in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden. In the event of a cancellation due to weather\, the performance may be rescheduled for a later date. \nWhat to Expect at Performances\nAs you walk through the garden from tale to tale in small groups: \n\nUshers and box office staff will be masked\nActors will be safely distanced from audience\nAudience members will have plenty of room to spread out\nProduction is fully outdoors\nMasks are required\nCostumes are encouraged\n\nNOMA’s COVID-19 Safety Guidelines\nNOMA’s primary concern is the health of our visitors\, staff\, and community\, and we will continue to follow the City of New Orleans’s public health guidance. For all programs and private events\, guests aged 12 years and older are required to provide proof of at least one dose of an approved COVID-19 vaccine or a negative PCR test within the past 72 hours to access. We will accept original vaccine cards\, the LA Wallet app\, or a high-resolution photo of both sides of your vaccine card as proof of vaccination. \n\nPresentation of Tell It to Me Sweet is supported by a grant from the New Orleans Theatre Association. URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/the-nola-project-presents-tell-it-to-me-sweet/2021-10-29/ CATEGORIES:Performances ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nomastaging.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/ClientFile391232.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210911T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210911T203000 DTSTAMP:20251107T025808 CREATED:20210817T182558Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210902T190201Z UID:72273-1631386800-1631392200@nomastaging.org SUMMARY:POSTPONED — TRUST by Kelly Love Jones DESCRIPTION:Due to Hurricane Ida\, these performances have been postponed and will be rescheduled for a future date. \nThe New Orleans Museum of Art in collaboration with PowerHouse Productions is excited to present TRUST\, a concept and performance by singer/songwriter Kelly Love Jones. \nJoin us in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden amphitheater for an evening of music\, visual art\, dance\, and theater. Jones brings to the stage a star-studded cast: Lakeba Angelle\, Tiffany Morris\, Jamal Baptiste\, Xavier Molina\, and Cameron Watson. \nTRUST invites us to let our guard down and believe in our own power. It asks us to tune into our inner guidance system\, our growth process and our ability to change a circumstance through positive\, collective work. If you missed PITCH DARK presented by New Orleans Airlift at the Music Box Village in 2019\, then TRUST is part two of the series. Like PITCH DARK\, this performance is designed to illuminate the senses. \nDoors open at 6:30 pm\, and the performance begins at 7:00 pm. \nTickets are $30 | $25 for NOMA Members \nEach outdoor performance of TRUST will be limited to 150 attendees\, and masks are encouraged regardless of vaccination status. The museum continues to follow the City of New Orleans’s public health guidelines. Please check our visitor information page for any updates. \n[Photo by Johnathan B. Vasquez]\n\nThe Team\nPowerHouse Productions is a collaboration between two tenacious producers\, Kelly Love Jones and Lakeba Angelle\, that aims to influence and transform the way we view\, experience\, and practice social justice and social relations as a human family. Jones and Angelle use art as a tool to influence positive action and impartial respect for all life. They indulge the art(s) of music\, spoken word\, visual art\, dance\, culinary art\, leadership\, altruism\, and reciprocation to spread their message of egality and civility. \n\n\n\n\nKelly Love Jones\nJones’s artistic\, creative\, and cultural work is centered at the heart of healing\, empowerment\, and forgiveness. She likes to call her music “New Orleans Swag” because it is influenced by and mixes in the traditional rhythms of the Second Line\, R&B\, hip-hop\, and folk. Jones’s music also celebrates legendary artists and their traditions\, like Deacon John and Allen Toussaint\, who through their musicality and songwriting made available New Orleans’ soulful and spirit-filled culture\, the bayou landscape\, and its colorful heritage to people around the world. Jones’s music is a good bowl of gumbo\, mixing in all these traditions to produce songs that honor love\, well-being\, ancestry\, family\, tradition\, and good times. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nLakeba Angelle\nCo-producer Lakeba Angelle is a chef\, dancer\, traveler\, educator\, speaker\, consultant\, writer\, and poet. She’s a well-respected liaison in the artist community in many rights\, and her heart is sincere. Described as an “aggregator of resources\, regarding financial matters in particular\, Lakeba’s knowledge and agility in that arena has more often than not made the difference between success or failure of a venture. Lakeba brings a degree of poise and integrity to every project she’s connected with\, that it automatically helps improve the business posture of the artist moving forward” (Lilli Lewis Project). Angelle is a cum laude graduate of Tulane University and a NOWFE bronze medalist.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTiffany Morris\nBassMonsterTiff\, guru of the bass guitar\, has been mastering for more than two decades. She is a graduate of Xavier University and was born in Slidell\, Louisiana. Tiffany has shared many stages with acclaimed artists such as Ellis Marsalis\, Kelly Love Jones\, Joy Clark\, and Cyril Neville’s Swamp Funk Band. BassMonsterTiff is also the resident bassist at Beacon Light Church of Laplace\, Louisiana. BassMonsterTiff appreciates live collaboration with other musicians\, but she also has a strong passion for creating original pieces of her own in her home studio. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nJamal Baptiste\nNew Orleans’s own Jamal Baptiste is a master percussionist and multi-instrumentalist who has traveled extensively throughout the world. He has captivated audiences in the USA\, the Caribbean\, South Africa\, Morocco\, Japan\, Ireland\, Scotland\, France\, and England with his star-studded performances in rock\, funk\, soul\, gospel\, hip-hop\, and R&B. Baptiste is also a songwriter and recording engineer and holds an independent record label\, Jam-All Pro Music Group.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nXavier Molina\nXavier Molina is a dynamic and prolific musician\, singer\, songwriter\, and producer. As a multi-instrumentalist\, Molina plays all of the core instruments (acoustic\, electric\, and bass guitar\, drums\, piano\, and trumpet) with proficiency and skill\, bringing excellence\, depth and heartfelt energy to every song he touches.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCameron Watson\nA dedicated NOCCA student\, pianist\, and multi-instrumentalist\, Cameron Watson is a young artist and entrepreneur committed to excellence. Already at the age of 16\, he has engaged in study with Berklee Music School and Loyola University. Cameron manages his own band called 4 of a Kind and is also a member of Kaleb and the Menz\, Caren Green\, and Cornbread.\n\n\n\n\n  \nContributing Sponsors\nFoundation For Louisiana \nNOMA’s Learning and Engagement Department \nArtist Journey Allen & The Living School NOLA \nJebney Lewis of The CAC \nBrennon Jones of LED ATL \nTulane University Department of Theater \nTulane University Department of Dance \nJazz & Heritage Foundation \nT H R I V E \nVegan Chef NOLA \nLC Consulting LLC \nAFM 174-496 New Orleans \nShacondria “iCon” Sibley \nKesha Mckey \nDorise Blackmon \nMarjorie Wheeler \nPatricia Shelby \nBarry Thomas URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/trust-by-kelly-love-jones-2/ CATEGORIES:Performances ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nomastaging.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Kelly-Love-Jones-by-Jonathan-B-Vasquez-1.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210613T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210613T140000 DTSTAMP:20251107T025808 CREATED:20210602T160521Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210602T160521Z UID:70816-1623585600-1623592800@nomastaging.org SUMMARY:The NOLA Project Summer Reads: The Seagull\, or How to Eat It DESCRIPTION:In anticipation of future performances\, the NOLA Project presents a series of readings in NOMA’s brand-new Lapis Center for the Arts. All three readings are free with museum admission. Each event gives a behind-the-scenes look at the development of the NOLA Project’s upcoming performance seasons. \nIn this modern-day adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull\, ensemble member Gab Reisman reimagines the Russian family drama on a family retreat on Lake Pontchartrain’s North Shore.\nThis program is free with museum admission.  URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/summer-reads-the-seagull/ CATEGORIES:Performances ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nomastaging.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/NOLA-Project-Summer-Reads-2021.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210612T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210612T140000 DTSTAMP:20251107T025808 CREATED:20210602T155854Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210602T155917Z UID:70805-1623499200-1623506400@nomastaging.org SUMMARY:The NOLA Project Summer Reads: Tell It to Me Sweet DESCRIPTION:In anticipation of future performances\, the NOLA Project presents a series of readings in NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts. All three readings are free with museum admission. Each event gives a behind-the-scenes look at the development of the NOLA Project’s upcoming performance seasons. \nWander through tales spooky and strange in this brand-new look at some very old fables. In Tell It to Me Sweet\, written by ensemble member Brittany N. Williams\, you’ll meet magical aunties\, too-clever wolves\, wicked stepmothers\, foolish devils\, and determined ghosts. The performance takes you on a winding tour of five stories pulled from the Brothers Grimm and elsewhere. \nThis program is free with museum admission.  URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/summer-reads-tell-it-to-me-sweet/ CATEGORIES:Performances ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nomastaging.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/NOLA-Project-Summer-Reads-2021.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210606T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210606T140000 DTSTAMP:20251107T025808 CREATED:20210601T173722Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210602T160013Z UID:70758-1622980800-1622988000@nomastaging.org SUMMARY:The NOLA Project Summer Reads: Treasure Island DESCRIPTION:In anticipation of future performances\, the NOLA Project presents a series of readings in NOMA’s brand-new Lapis Center for the Arts. All three readings are free with museum admission. Each event gives a behind-the-scenes look at the development of the NOLA Project’s upcoming performance seasons. \nThis brand-new comic adaptation of Treasure Island—penned by NOLA Project founders Allegra\, Bartelle\, and Wallace and inspired by the Besthoff Sculpture Garden’s beautiful waterfront amphitheater—blends story and sea shanties as the audience follows Long John Silver and his crew to Skull Island on a search for the notorious Captain Flint’s buried treasure. \nThis program is free with museum admission.  URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/the-nola-project-treasure-island/ CATEGORIES:Performances ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nomastaging.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/NOLA-Project-Summer-Reads-2021.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20191114T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20191114T210000 DTSTAMP:20251107T025808 CREATED:20191113T194536Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191113T194536Z UID:51265-1573758000-1573765200@nomastaging.org SUMMARY:CANCELED: The NOLA Project presents The Legend of Sleepy Hollow DESCRIPTION:Due to unseasonably cold weather\, the final two productions of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow for Wednesday\, November 13\, and Thursday\, November 14\, have been canceled. Ticketholders will be contacted by The NOLA Project for refunds. For more information\, visit nolaproject.com. URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/canceled-the-nola-project-presents-the-legend-of-sleepy-hollow/ CATEGORIES:Performances ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nomastaging.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/SleepyHollow-460x280.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20191113T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20191113T210000 DTSTAMP:20251107T025808 CREATED:20190820T222914Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191113T194555Z UID:50789-1573671600-1573678800@nomastaging.org SUMMARY:CANCELED: The NOLA Project presents The Legend of Sleepy Hollow DESCRIPTION:Due to unseasonably cold weather\, the final two productions of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow for Wednesday\, November 13\, and Thursday\, November 14\, have been canceled. Ticketholders will be contacted by The NOLA Project for refunds. For more information\, visit nolaproject.com. URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/the-nola-project-presents-the-legend-of-sleepy-hollow-2019-11-13/ CATEGORIES:Performances ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nomastaging.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/SleepyHollow-460x280.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20191016T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20191016T210000 DTSTAMP:20251107T025808 CREATED:20190820T222914Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191101T161441Z UID:48461-1571252400-1571259600@nomastaging.org SUMMARY:The NOLA Project presents The Legend of Sleepy Hollow DESCRIPTION:Back for their tenth collaboration with NOMA\, the NOLA Project theater company returns to the Besthoff Sculpture Garden with a new twist on Washington Irving’s Halloween classic The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by ensemble member Pete McElligott. \nThis outdoor\, spooky\, immersive production features Ichabod Crane and the infamous Headless Horseman. Sounds great\, huh? We at the NOLA Project thought so\, too—and that’s what we intended for the audience. That is\, until the cast started to be mysteriously killed off…and the crew…and the entire Louisiana Philharmonic that was supposed to take part in the festivities. But the show must go on! By any means necessary… \nCome enjoy this horrifically hilarious Halloween-season production that is part American classic\, part the play that goes wrong\, and all kinds of absurd fun. Written by NOLA Project favorite Pete McElligott\, this new telling is bound to leave you laughing your head off. Perhaps literally. \nThe Legend of Sleepy Hollow runs Wednesdays\, Thursdays\, Fridays\, and Sundays at 7 pm from October 16 to November 13. All seating is bring-your-own. Food trucks will be available at all performances as well as a fully stocked bar. No outside food or drink is allowed inside the Sculpture Garden other than food truck and NOMA bar items. \nRain Plan: For productions canceled due to inclement weather\, we will notify all ticketed patrons no later than 4pm. Patrons will then receive instructions via email on how they may reschedule their tickets for another performance or request a refund. All ticket purchases for any production that is rained-out mid performance are final. \nAdmission: Adults $30 | NOMA Members $25 | Youth (under 21) $15  \nFor tickets\, visit The NOLA Project website. URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/the-nola-project-presents-the-legend-of-sleepy-hollow/2019-10-16/ CATEGORIES:Performances ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nomastaging.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/SleepyHollow-460x280.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20190910T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20190910T213000 DTSTAMP:20251107T025808 CREATED:20190716T232350Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190904T215723Z UID:47452-1568143800-1568151000@nomastaging.org SUMMARY:The NOLA Project presents Measure for Measure DESCRIPTION:The NOLA Project presents its ninth collaborative play at the New Orleans Museum of Art with a new take on William Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure. \nStandard admission $33 | NOMA members: $25 | Youth (under 21): $15 \nPURCHASE TICKETS FOR ALL DATES  \nABOUT MEASURE FOR MEASURE BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE\nWhen depravity and debauchery threaten to corrode the whole of Vienna\, a strong\, willful\, religious purist is handed the reigns of power in order to set things straight again. But is all as it seems? And will new power lead to moral purity\, or to ultimate corruption? Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure is a brilliant play almost absurdly well-fashioned for our modern American age of divisive politics and legal retribution. \nAnd even more exciting\, The NOLA Project is proud to partner with PlayOn Shakespeare to present this production with a world-premiere new modern-verse translation by playwright AdidiBrennan Kapil with support from the Hitz Foundation. \nAs a part of PlayOn Shakespeare\, the Oregon Shakespeare Festival commissioned 36 playwrights—more than half are women and more than half are playwrights of color\, each paired with a dramaturg—to translate Shakespeare’s works into contemporary modern English to celebrate the enduring impact of the Bard’s plays. These commissions challenge the playwrights to bring the same level of dramatic pressure and rigor of language to their work as is present in the originals\, deepening our understanding and engagement with Shakespeare. The NOLA Project is excited to present this classic story and fresh modern translation\, directed by Mark Routhier\, in NOMA’s opulent Great Hall. \n  URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/the-nola-project-presents-measure-for-measure/2019-09-10/ CATEGORIES:Performances ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nomastaging.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/m4m-no-author.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20190529T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20190529T210000 DTSTAMP:20251107T025808 CREATED:20190522T015909Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190522T020445Z UID:45753-1559156400-1559163600@nomastaging.org SUMMARY:The NOLA Project presents The Henchman: A Shakespeare Sequel DESCRIPTION:The NOLA Project returns to the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden for yet another crowd-pleasing outdoor theatrical production in partnership with NOMA. \nThe Henchman: A Shakespeare Story\, an imagined sequel by playwright Michael Aaron Santos to A Midsummer Night’s Dream\, reveals the true story of Jacob\, the little changeling boy who Oberon and Titania quarreled over many years ago. Unexpectedly learning that he the long-lost son of the King of India\, Jacob discovers he must now flee his fairy-world homestead to escape the pursuit of Esau\, Jacob’s warmongering brother\, who is hellbent on dispatching Jacob\, and claiming the throne. Oberon and Titania are forced to send Jacob with his faithful friend Puck to Greece to enlist the aid of Theseus and Hippolyta in an adventurous comedic sequel to the Bard’s timeless tale. \nThe Henchman runs Wednesdays\, Thursdays\, Fridays\, and Sundays at 7 pm from May 8 to 31. All seating is bring-your-own. Food trucks will be available at all performances as well as a fully stocked bar. No outside food or drink is allowed inside the Sculpture Garden other than food truck and NOMA bar items. This production will be staged in two locations; Act I will occur in the oak grove in the back of the current garden and Act II will move to the front pine grove during the intermission.  \nRain Plan: For productions canceled due to inclement weather\, we will notify all ticketed patrons no later than 4pm. Patrons will then receive instructions via email on how they may reschedule their tickets for another performance or request a refund. All ticket purchases for any production that is rained-out mid performance are final. \nAdmission: Adults $25 | NOMA Members $18 | Students with ID $15 | Children (5 – 17) $12 \nPURCHASE TICKETS \n\n \nThe Henchman is made possible by a grant from the New Orleans Theatre Association. URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/the-henchman-a-shakespeare-sequel/2019-05-29/ CATEGORIES:Performances ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://nomastaging.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/The-Henchman-tickets.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR