mardi gras

As plans for a potential return of Mardi Gras 2022 ramp up, Mayor LaToya Cantrell said she is interested in mandating a proof-of-vaccination requirement for passengers arriving in Louis Armstrong International Airport for the last two weeks of Carnival season — an idea that some state tourism officials hope doesn’t materialize.

City officials are monitoring the spread of COVID-19 and will meet with krewe leaders to see if Mardi Gras festivities will be feasible.

In April, Mardi Gras Indians held a funeral and parade for one of their own — one of a few large cultural events to occur since the pandemic started and most large events in the region were canceled.

If you ask a New Orleanian who Mardi Gras is for, they’ll likely paint you some version of a timeless picture: Locals and tourists standing shoulder to…

While Mardi Gras parades, gatherings, krewe balls and house parties are not permitted this year due to Covid, we look back to celebrate the music, people…

This week on The Reading Life: novelist Ladee Hubbard, author of “The Rib King,” which tells the story of the patriarch of the family we met in her first…

Susan Larson talks with Echo Olander, Yoni Goldstein and photographer, Patrick Niddrie, about their new book, “I Wanna Do That!: The Magic of Mardi Gras…

During a Mardi Gras Advisory Council meeting on Nov. 5, Mayor LaToya Cantrell said that Mardi Gras 2021, while “not canceled,” would be “different” from…

“Not canceled, just different.”That was the title of the PowerPoint presentation that Mayor LaToya Cantrell shared during the Mardi Gras Advisory Council…

Blaine Kern Sr., known as “Mr. Mardi Gras,” has died at the age of 93.Kern was the second of three generations of Kerns to run Kern Studios, which builds…