In Michelle Miller's final look this week at pillars of New Orleans' style, the correspondent delves into the centuries-old Carnival tradition of Black Masking. Acclaimed contemporary artist Demond ...

The open-air "Mardi Gras" party, which has attracted thousands of revellers to the historic Grassmarket, will not be going ahead this summer. It has usually been the first major event of the ...

Starting this summer, Amtrak will launch a new twice-daily service between two of the most popular Mardi Gras destinations in the southern U.S. Dubbed the "Amtrak Mardi Gras Service," this new route ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - America’s passenger railroad today officially announced the new Amtrak Mardi Gras Service with twice-daily runs between New Orleans and Mobile with stops along the ...

Move over, beads and king cake — Mardi Gras is hitting the rails. The long-standing Gulf Coast rivalry between Mobile and New Orleans over who threw the first Mardi Gras party now has a new ...

Starting this summer, passengers can ride the new Amtrak service along the Gulf Coast from New Orleans to Mobile, with four stops in Mississippi, on the Amtrak Mardi Gras Service. The name of the ...

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 ...

Governor John Bel Edwards reiterated Sunday that last month's Mardi Gras celebrations weren't cancelled or downsized because "not one person" at the federal level directed the state to take such ...

Frieda Hanssen, 104, is the grand marshal for the Pomeroy Homecoming 2024 parade on Saturday. Born in 1919, she has lived in the Pomeroy area her entire life and been an active member of the ...

this Mardi Gras season with collection boxes around campus for unwanted beads and throws. The Mardi Gras bead collection drive will run through March 1, with boxes in the Student Union, School of ...

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