Our attention turns to Mardi Gras. Balls and parades are right around the corner. We start with a little Carnival history. Dave Elliott stopped by the Coastal Mardi Gras Museum to talk with museum ...

If you’re planning to either ride in or attend Mardi Gras parades this year, there are some new rules you’ll want to keep in ...

St. Joseph Cathedral, 401 Main St., will host the Krewe of St. Joe’s Mardi Gras gumbo potluck lunch at 11:30 a.m. Sunday, Feb ...

The Baton Rouge Zoo has two colorful and fun celebrations underway for families to enjoy. Guests can participate in its Krewe De Zoo until Mardi Gras Day, as well as the Art for Animals Festival & ...

Restaurants and shops, many of them brimming with bespoke items and funky finds, will be open during the Mardi Gras ...

It's almost time to break out your King Cake and Mardi Gras beads — Fat Tuesday is just around the corner. Though many don't traditionally associate Carnival Season with Easter, the monthslong ...

Easter 2025 season is late this year. 'Fat Tuesday' Mardi Gras will give way to Ash Wednesday and kick off the start of Lent. Here's when Lent begins ...

In the midst of this bleak, blinding-white abyss called Minnesota, I’m missing my Mississippi roots. Instead of intermittent shades of gray skies, white and coal-black soil, I’m ...

Louisiana's Carnival season is a period of celebration, comfort food, and community. From king cake and crawfish boils to the religious traditions that anchor Mardi Gras, chef Melissa M. Martin of the ...

King cake — a colorful brioche cake with a good luck plastic baby inside — is eaten around Fat Tuesday and Mardi Gras but can ...

The beloved drag performer and community advocate Poison Waters is known for her decades-long career as an emcee at Darcelle ...

Mardi Gras, which began as a religious holiday, has become a weeks-long celebration, one that gives millions the opportunity ...