There’s a new “Big Chief” in town. On Tuesday, Mardi Gras Records released "I'm Feeling Good! (Big Chief Remix)," a wholesale reinvention of Professor Longhair’s timeless 1965 Carnival cla ...

The krewe customarily selects and designs next year’s throws soon after Mardi Gras ends. The krewe then enters into contracts with an importer to buy them by “summer at the latest,” he said.

LOTS OF SUNSHINE. The New Orleans Police Department has made an arrest in connection with a homicide investigation on Mardi Gras Day. According to police, NOPD arrested a 15-year-old in connection ...

Second Liners Mardi Gras Club member Cheryl Thompson says this marks 20 years the organization has worked to provide an Easter for all. “With so much going on in the world today, this is just ...

After nuzzling a software engineer or two myself, and spending three hours preparing for the Jellicle Ball, I left rehearsal with tears in my eyes. And I don’t even like Cats that much.

Easter is a week away, ending 40 days of repentance and fasting for Christians known as Lent. In New Orleans, the contrast from Mardi Gras and Fat Tuesday to Ash Wednesday and weeks of reflection is ...

South Africans are expressing outrage over what they perceive as offensive imagery during the “Zulu” parade at the recent Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans, USA. The annual carnival, which ended ...

The women’s section alone could clothe a small nation, with everything from everyday wear to formal gowns that might have graced a Mardi Gras ball in a previous life. Men’s clothing occupies its own ...