Monday, February 3, 2020 3:00 PM by Brandon Schultz
Mardi Gras isn’t a day; it’s a season. Okay, officially Mardi Gras is specifically the Tuesday before Lent begins in the Catholic liturgical calendar, but it’s the culmination of carnival, a period of
Monday, February 3, 2020 3:00 PM
Some claim the earliest Mardi Gras celebration was in Mobile, Alabama, not New Orleans, but it depends on a few technicalities—and who's answering the question.
If you thought Mardi
Sunday, February 2, 2020 3:00 PM
An expert shares tips on how to celebrate Mardi Gras
BY DANA FORD-
Our Expert Cart Blackwell is curator at the Mobile Carnival Museum, the oldest such museum in the United States.
Saturday, February 1, 2020 3:00 PM
Valerie Fraser Luesse
We usually associate Mardi Gras with New Orleans and all the parade revelry in the French Quarter and Uptown. But the oldest carnival celebration as we know it—parades, masked
