NOMA to Stay Open All Night June 7-June 8

The New Orleans Museum of Art will remain open all night long from Saturday, June 7 to Sunday, June 8, to mark the closing of its current blockbuster exhibition, Rodrigue's Louisiana: Cajuns, Blue Dogs, and Beyond Katrina.

Special events will be ongoing during the 24-hour period beginning Saturday, June 7 at 5 p.m. and continuing through the end of the exhibition's run on Sunday, June 8 at 5 p.m. The lineup of events is highlighted by live music and Cajun dancing with Lafourche (Saturday, 5 p.m.); more music by an artist to be announced (Saturday, 9 p.m.); late-night dance music with DJ Beverly Skillz (Sunday, midnight to 3 a.m.); book signings with the famed Blue Dog artist George Rodrigue (Sunday, 1 and 3 p.m.); a cooking demonstration with Rodrigue's old friend, Chef Paul Prudhomme (Sunday, 2 p.m.); an appearance by another longtime Rodrigue friend, jazz legend Pete Fountain (Sunday afternoon); and live Dixieland jazz from the New Orleans Jazz Club (Sunday, 2 p.m.).

A cash bar will be open during the live music and DJ on Saturday night, and special "Blue Dog" daiquiris will be available all Sunday afternoon.

Other events on tap include complimentary Sunday morning coffee and donuts (Sunday, 9 a.m.-noon); screenings of a Rodrigue documentary in the Stern Auditorium (all day Sunday); appearances by New Orleans Zephyrs mascot Boudreaux, New Orleans Saints mascot Gumbo and the Saintsations, and New Orleans Voodoo mascots Mojo and Bones (Sunday, 1-3 p.m.); free snowballs for kids (Sunday, 1-5 p.m.), and a drawing to win a signed, personalized Rodrigue print.

Rodrigue's Louisiana: Cajuns, Blue Dogs, and Beyond Katrina, as well as NOMA's other current exhibitions and permanent collection works on view, will remain open for a total of 31 consecutive hours, from the time the Museum opens on Saturday, June 7, at 10 a.m., until Sunday, June 8 at 5 p.m.

Louisiana residents receive discounted Museum admission during Rodrigue's Louisiana: Cajuns, Blue Dogs, and Beyond Katrina--$5 for adults, $4 for seniors, and free for children under 18.

Other special exhibitions currently on view include New Orleans: A Sense of Place, organized by the Historic New Orleans Collection, tracing more than 150 years of the city's history from 1850 on; Gentlemen Callers: Paul Cadmus and George Dureau from the Collection of Kenneth Holditch; and Dog Show, a light-hearted look at images of canines from the Museum's permanent collection, also closing June 8.

For more information and a schedule of events, contact the Museum at (504) 658-4100 or e-mail pr@noma.org.