Hill Elementary speech students got a festive lesson when they crafted their own Mardi Gras masks. Jill Shedd is one of two ...

The calendar includes a presentation of the headliner of the festival, Annika Chambers at the Eugene O’Neil Theater in San Jose on Thursday, February 8 at 8pm. The Mardi Gras parade is a ...

New Orleans (WDSU) — Right now, police are investigating several violent crimes that originated Mardi Gras weekend through Ash Wednesday. Some of the crimes include shootings. WDSU Reporter Shay ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of people take to the streets of New Orleans to celebrate Mardi Gras with parades and partying, leaving behind an avalanche of waste. At dawn Wednesday ...

Mardi Gras falls on a different date each year because ... The department explains that an ecclesiastical full moon is based on the Christian calendar and lands on the 14th day of a new moon.

Thousands of revelers in outlandish costumes are filling the streets of New Orleans as the city celebrates Mardi Gras Day despite the threat of storms.

High winds forced some changes to Mardi Gras in New Orleans, which moved up and shortened the two biggest parades to wrap them up before the bad weather moved in. The weather didn't stop Shalaska ...

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“Mardi Gras is all about having these moments. This city is like nowhere else in the country right now,” said Kendall Calyen, 41, marveling at the 200-year-old tradition unfolding before his eye ...

(Mardi Gras means Fat Tuesday in French ... Easter is the holiest day in the Christian calendar, observing the day Jesus Christ resurrected from the dead three days after his death on Good Friday.

Mardi Gras is officially upon us ... these festivals were adapted by Christians and incorporated into the liturgical calendar as a period of indulgence before the penitential observance of ...