Ensō, a popular restaurant in the Clifton neighborhood from chef Lawrence Weeks, will reopen April 8 after a months-long ...

Tuesday is Mardi Gras, also known by its English translation Fat Tuesday. It's the festival that happens before the start of Lent, the 40-day period observed by certain Christian denominations ...

It was the fact that everyone was welcomed in what his family called the "Mardi Gras house," whether they were on the 50-page guest list or revelers in otherworldly costumes dancing on the streets.

NEW ORLEANS — 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 ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The good times and parades still rolled in New Orleans for Mardi Gras Day celebrations early Tuesday, ahead of expected severe winds, thunderstorms and tornado warnings in the ...

Why isn't Mardi Gras on the same day? Mardi Gras falls on a different date each year because it is based on a system that revolves around Easter, which also doesn't occur on the same day every year.

The multi-week-long Mardi Gras celebration has come to an end in Pensacola. Fat Tuesday has arrived, marking the conclusion of the purple, green and gold festivities that began on the Twelfth ...

Severe weather alerts caused Mardi Gras parades in New Orleans and other cities throughout the U.S. to be moved up or canceled Erika Goldring/Getty Severe weather systems are threatening Mardi ...

LAFAYETTE, La. — Mardi Gras is a celebration that spans several weeks, with the grand finale marking the beginning of Lent. Despite the windy conditions on Fat Tuesday, KATC was in downtown ...

“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 ...

“Due to the forecasted high winds and potential threat to public safety, we have made the difficult decision to cancel parades on Mardi Gras Day,” Jefferson Parish President Cynthia Lee Sheng ...

Mardi Gras festivities are underway in New Orleans early Tuesday morning despite a forecast of severe weather expected later in the day. The city’s iconic Fat Tuesday parades are adapting to the ...