Not so long ago, king cake vodka was only the fevered fantasy of a mind lost in the haze of Mardi Gras. And then someone went and made this (probably bad idea) a reality. Lucky Player released the first king cake vodka in 2012
In announcing Kenner’s first full-scale Mardi Gras season parade in a generation, city officials on Wednesday (June 12) presented a 4¼-mile route starting at The Esplanade shopping mall and ending at the Pontchartrain Center. The Krewe of Isis wil…
Kenner officials have scheduled a “major Carnival announcement” amid speculation that the 47-year-old Krewe of Isis is moving its parade there from Metairie. If that comes to pass, it would be Kenner’s first large-scale Mardi Gras season parade si…
Twelve of Jefferson Parish’s 14 street parades this year received praise and no fines from regulators. The other two, both Mardi Gras season processions, were fined for an excessive number of unmasked riders, displaying a political campaign sign o…
Jefferson Parish made a major change in its 2019 parades, reversing the route for some Metairie processions. But one thing remained the same: The cost to taxpayers went up again, at a rate faster than inflation.
Slade Rushing, the celebrated chef who helped reopen Brennan’s in the French Quarter, parted ways with the restaurant Thursday (May 9), according to a statement from Ralph Brennan, who owns the restaurant with Terry White.
Purists are probably purple with rage. The daring all-female Mystic Krewe of Nyx, New Orleans’ largest Carnival parading groups, is holding a parade on July 27 in downtown New Orleans. The organization proudly proclaims that it will be “the only K…
A pre-World War II warehouse called 23 East is being considered as a venue for Mobile, Alabama’s 2021 Mardi Gras season, Mayor Sandy Stimpson’s spokesman says. The new venue will be needed once the Mobile Civic Center is torn down and replaced.
The Krewe of Caesar, which rolls the largest Mardi Gras season parade in Jefferson Parish, decided last week to “cease operations” because of the increasing difficulty of funding a high-quality spectacle, the uncertainty over the Metairie parade r…
Kenner hasn’t hosted a full-scale Mardi Gras season parade since 1992. But city officials are talking with Caesar, East Jefferson’s largest krewe, about moving its procession to Kenner in 2020 now that the 500-member Carnival group has announced i…
The Krewe of Caesar, Metairie’s largest Mardi Gras season parading group, is ceasing operations, Fox 8 television reported Wednesday (April 24). Captain Bob Carnesi blamed the difficulty of funding "a parade of the high quality that we are known f…
A Galveston woman lost more than her bag of Mardi Gras beads recently -- she lost her mom’s ashes, The Galveston County Daily News reported Wednesday (March 13). The ashes were contained in a glass pendant that apparently was inside the bag where …
There was no expectation that Zulu Social Aid & Pleasure Club members would show up to a forum to discuss blackface and agree with activists on their contention that their masking tradition is bygone, even a symbol of white supremacy. The grou…
Update: The organization ended the donation drive early. As of Tuesday morning, more than 1,000 stuffed animals were collected, which meets the needs of EMS.
The air was chilly as roughly 200 guests milled in a side yard between shotgun houses on Valance Street in anticipation of a noontime wedding and a parade on Mardi Gras (March 5). The attire of the crowd members was far more interesting than at mo…
The Elks Krewe of Jeffersonians on Friday (March 8) announced the prize winners from its Mardi Gras truck parade in Metairie. They are:
The season for Mardi Gras parades is a tough time to get around in New Orleans. Whether they start from Uptown or Mid-City, krewes use or cross several major thoroughfares to reach downtown. Buses and streetcars are taken off their normal routes, …
Mardi Gras has come and gone, but the city’s cleansing continues this week after a festive trash-filled season.
The sky was turning dark and the air felt like rain was coming. I hoped the bad weather would hold off a little longer, at least for this one Mardi Gras parade.
There was never a doubt that real estate developer Henry Shane would one day reign on Mardi Gras as king of the Krewe of Argus.
Growing up after World War II amid the frenzy of residential construction in New Orleans East, Larry Gibbs recognized early on that he wanted to spend the rest of his life building things. One of his first attempts, however, didn’t turn out so well.
Rex will roll by the ParadeCam lens starting at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, March 5. Viewers can also see the first part of the Elks Krewe of Orleanians truck parade.
The Krewe of Orpheus has announced its 2019 celebrity riders. The monarch will be Mario Lopez, host of "ExtraTV'' and the nationally syndicated radio show "On With Mario.'' Also riding will be Orpheus co-founder Harry Connick Jr. and country music…
There were 240 hula hoops, and there was nowhere for me to stand.
The Krewe of Argus rolls in Metairie on Mardi Gras (March 5), and here are some of the throws you can catch. Gus the Peacock is the krewe’s signature throw.
Happy Mardi Gras! It’s going to be a cold one in New Orleans, but at least it will be dry and sunny, according to the forecast from the National Weather Service.
The boat carrying the King and Queen of Zulu and krewe members crashed into the landing gate Monday (March 4). No one was injured.
There was a conflict of emotions on St. Ferdinand Street in the Marigny on Monday afternoon (March 4), as the gaiety of the annual Red Beans Parade was mellowed with melancholy. Sharree Walls, a member of the Mardi Gras marching group that creates…
Marcus Ciko has used Mardi Gras beads as the raw materials for head-turning designs for more than 20 years. Finally, the world seems to be catching up.
The Krewes of Proteus and Orpheus are rolling by the ParadeCam lens starting at 5:15 p.m. on Lundi Gras (March 4).
Actor Luke Perry, who died Monday (March 4), reigned almost exactly 19 years ago, on March 5, 2000, as Bacchus XXXII. At that time, he was at the height of his fame as the James Dean-esque Dylan McKay on “Beverly Hills 90210,” which ran from 1990 …
Peyton Manning made a Mardi Gras parade appearance during the weekend.
A flood warning was issued Monday morning for the segment of the Mississippi River passing through New Orleans, as the river is forecast to reach 17 feet, its official flood stage, on Saturday (March 9), according to the National Weather Service. …
Mardi Gras is always a big day for Joseph Pierre Boudreaux, better-known as Big Chief Monk Boudreaux of the Golden Eagles Mardi Gras Indian masking group. But Fat Tuesday 2019 will be especially memorable.
For some of us, Mardi Gras morning in the Bywater/Marigny is the best part of all of Carnival, though there’s no hailstorm beads or lumbering floats to be seen. Starting at 9 a.m. (more or less) hundreds of do-it-yourself costumers gather at selec…
After Sharree Walls was killed Saturday night (March 2) when she was struck by a suspected drunk driver on Esplanade Avenue, friends will honor her memory during Krewe of Red Beans’ parade on Monday.
The rain has cleared out of New Orleans just in time for Lundi Gras and Mardi Gras, forecasters with the National Weather Service said Monday (March 4). However, it left behind winter-like temperatures.
The Krewes of Okeanos, Mid-City, Thoth and Bacchus are rolling by the ParadeCam lens starting at 10 a.m. on Sunday, March 3. Parade Cam will broadcast each parade from start to finish. Okeanos starts the day at 10 a.m.; Mid-City starts at 11 a.m.;…
A tornado watch has been issued for North Shore parishes in Louisiana and numerous counties in Mississippi and Alabama through 6 p.m. Sunday (March 3).
Three of four Mardi Gras parades scheduled to roll Sunday (March 3) in New Orleans will begin an hour early due to the threat of thunderstorms, according to the city. Also, Okeanos, Mid-City and Thoth will roll with floats only -- no bands or walk…
New Orleans does not change easily.
There’s nothing better during Mardi Gras than the catch. You make eye contact with a masked rider on a float and score a piece of Carnival treasure.
Unlike most most Mardi Gras season parades, Krewe d’Etat is not led by a benevolent king but by a disgruntled dictator. For 23 years the dictator has tried to foment revolution among the Carnival masses in New Orleans. On Friday night (March 1) it…
To hear one of his closest friends tell it, Robert S. Boh is a humble, understated man who would never – but never – hog the spotlight.
Le Krewe d’Etat has lampooned current events during Carnival season annually since it started rolling in 1998. So it’s no surprise that Mardi Gras’ most satirical krewe would take on the NOLA No-Call in the wake of the NFC Championship Game.
The Krewe of Iris, followed by the Krewe of Tucks, are rolling by the parade camera lens on Saturday (March 2) starting at 11 a.m. Parade cam will show each procession from start to finish.
Mardi Gras season parade spectators in the New Orleans area were enjoying temperatures in the 70s on Saturday (March 2) with just a 20 percent chance of afternoon showers. But the National Weather Service said thunderstorms were possible Sunday wh…
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The start time for the LaPlace Mardi Gras parade, the Krewe du Monde, will start an hour earlier than scheduled Sunday (March 3) in hopes of avoiding severe weather, St. John the Baptist Parish officials announced Friday.
The Mystic Krewe of Hermes, Le Krewe d’Etat and Krewe of Morpheus are rolling by the ParadeCam lens starting at 6 p.m. Friday (March 1). Temperatures should be in the low-70s for the evening, and the chance of rain drops with the start of the parades.
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards and New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell have voiced their full support for the law enforcement assigned within the city during Mardi Gras season.