The colorful celebration, also known as Fat Tuesday, is held annually on the day before the fasting season of Lent, which begins on Ash Wednesday. The celebrations are most festive in New Orleans’ ...
No stranger to disasters and hardship, New Orleans transforms itself and its traditions based on what befalls it. Take the changes wrought by 2005's Hurricane Katrina, and those from the COVID-19 ...
The Krewe of Red Beans marching club produced some of the most popular Mardi Gras house floats in the whole Carnival 2021 home decorating craze. The spooky Dr. John-inspired house on Toledano Street, ...
Twelfth Night signals the start of Carnival traditions, early parades, and king cake season New Orleans is the most ...
Jerrilynn Miller has been knee-deep in feathers, beads, baubles and glitter since December, when she got to work creating the elaborate centerpieces for tables at the Majestic Krewe of Aurora Grand ...
PORT ARTHUR, Texas — The Mardi Gras Store in Southeast Texas is gearing up for one of the region's biggest annual celebrations, offering a comprehensive selection of parade and party supplies while ...
If you want to unearth the history and origins of Mardi Gras, the iconic Mardi Gras colors are a good place to start ...
SPRINGFIELD — What’s the bid for Lot #770? That’s the one offering a 97-inch “spinning exotic dancer pole” made of brass, which comes with additional pole sections. As of Monday afternoon, the top bid ...