Mardi Gras, also called Fat Tuesday, is a festive celebration which occurs the day before Ash Wednesday. Locally, some parties start as soon as March 1 ...

With Easter and Spring Break coming later this year, March is still packed with loads of fun things to celebrate! There are ...

After a weekslong pre-Lenten bash — complete with elaborate parades that meander through New Orleans, shimmery beads tossed ...

Mardi Gras celebrations get rolling, Olympic figure skaters honor lives lost, St. Patrick’s Day arrives in Old Town, and the ...

The Red & Black compiles a weekly roundup of shows and events for the upcoming weekend. This weekend includes Mardi Gras ...

Get ready for beads, beats, and bites! Discover the best Mardi Gras celebrations, from parades to crawfish feasts and toe-tapping live music.

From crawfish boils and Cajun cook-offs to late-night bar parties and burlesque shows, here are a few ways to celebrate Fat ...

New Orleans, Rio de Janeiro, Venice — people have been celebrating for days or weeks, since Mardi Gras is the culmination of ...

Feb. 28 Hey Day Happy Hour: 4-6 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Feb. 28 and March 1, at Hey Nonny, 10 S. Vail Ave., Arlington ...

What a crazy “winter” we finally had. We probably had around three feet of snow up at our place, if not more. Then after the snow, we ...

How did Mardi Gras, a religious holiday, become a time to cut loose and party hard? It originated from French tradition and ...

Krewes all over St. Louis are busy crafting floats, but Ryan Marshall makes some of Mardi Gras' biggest at the VP St. Louis ...