Every year, cities across the United States pause in March to celebrate an annual festival known as Mardi Gras. The celebrations are most concentrated in areas such as New Orleans, Mobile ...

In New Orleans for the Mardi Gras, I, surely, wasn’t ready for the mad ride and ceaseless exhilaration. Think 250 million ...

The beads. So many beads ... Despite what you might have heard, Mardi Gras didn't get its start in New Orleans. Mardi Gras actually began in Mobile, Alabama – a port city with close proximity ...

FILE – Revelers throw beads from the balcony of the Royal Sonesta Hotel onto crowds on Bourbon Street during Mardi Gras festivities in the French Quarter in New Orleans, March 8, 2011.

Move over, beads and king cake — Mardi Gras is hitting the rails. The long-standing Gulf Coast rivalry between Mobile and New Orleans over who threw the first Mardi Gras party now has a new ...

The cultural celebration called Mardi Gras ... Parades in New Orleans began in early January. Festivities across the city include elaborate parades, eating king cake and sharing bead necklaces ...

If you’re planning to either ride in or attend Mardi Gras ... certain beads and confetti cannons. Here are the new rules krewes and paradegoers will need to follow. The City of New Orleans ...

MARDI GRAS IS A TIME TO CELEBRATE, AND WE LOVE PUTTING ON A GREAT SHOW FOR YOU. BUT WHILE WE DANCE AND PERFORM, WE NEED YOUR HELP TO STAY SAFE. A PLEA COMING FROM NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC SCHOOL ...