Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club

FILE - In this March 2, 2014 file photo, parade-goers cheer for beads and trinkets from float riders as the Krewe of Bacchus Mardi Gras parade rolls down Napoleon Ave. in New Orleans. A spike in violent crime in the French Quarter is unsettling residents and comes just as New Orleans prepares to host crowds of tourists for Mardi Gras.

WWNO

Jefferson Parish cancels Mardi Gras parades. Zulu and Rex alter plans

Athina Morris

With strong winds in the forecast on Tuesday, Mardi Gras parades in Jefferson Parish have been canceled, and two parades in New Orleans have adjusted their plans, WDSU and Fox 8 reported.

Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club member Terrence Rice in the documentary film, “A King Like Me.”

Louisiana Considered

‘A King Like Me’ gives intimate look at NOLA’s oldest Black Krewe; how women in New Orleans fought for their right to drink

Bob Pavlovich

Today on Louisiana Considered, we’ll talk with the director and star of a new documentary about New Orleans’ oldest Black carnival krewe. We’ll also hear about the day women stormed a bar for equal drinking rights and catch up on this week in politics.

Arts & Culture

In A City That Grieves Like No Other, Pandemic Restrictions Compound Loss Of Black Culture Bearers

Bobbi-Jeanne Misick

With its traditional jazz funerals, second lines and Black Masking Mardi Gras Indian ceremonies, New Orleans is a city that knows how to pay tribute to…