Mardi Gras /tags/mardi-gras Mardi Gras en-US Copyright Fri, 28 Feb 2025 14:01:10 GMT 'It's like a cinnamon roll that's ready to party': King cake comes to 四虎影院 /arts-culture/2025-02-28/its-like-a-cinnamon-roll-thats-ready-to-party-king-cake-comes-to-kera What's a King cake? Morning Edition host Andrew Garcia and 四虎影院 producer Therese Powell dive into this staple of Mardi Gras celebrations. Fri, 28 Feb 2025 14:01:10 GMT /arts-culture/2025-02-28/its-like-a-cinnamon-roll-thats-ready-to-party-king-cake-comes-to-kera Therese Powell, Andrew Garcia Let the good times roll at these 6 North Texas Mardi Gras celebrations /arts-culture/2025-02-24/let-the-good-times-roll-at-these-6-north-texas-mardi-gras-celebrations Grab some beads and some fun at these Fat Tuesday events. Mon, 24 Feb 2025 14:00:00 GMT /arts-culture/2025-02-24/let-the-good-times-roll-at-these-6-north-texas-mardi-gras-celebrations Therese Powell In A Year Without Parades, Mardi Gras In New Orleans Is All About House Floats /news/2021-02-16/in-a-year-without-parades-mardi-gras-in-new-orleans-is-all-about-house-floats New Orleans officials canceled all the Mardi Gras parades this year. But that didn't stop some residents from getting into the spirit anyway. They decorated their houses for drive-through parades. Tue, 16 Feb 2021 15:00:32 GMT /news/2021-02-16/in-a-year-without-parades-mardi-gras-in-new-orleans-is-all-about-house-floats Aubri Juhasz No Mardi Gras Parades, So Thousands Make 'House Floats' /news/2021-01-27/no-mardi-gras-parades-so-thousands-make-house-floats All around New Orleans, thousands of houses are being decorated as floats because the coronavirus outbreak canceled the elaborate parades mobbed by crowds during the Carnival season leading to Fat Tuesday, which is Feb. 16. Wed, 27 Jan 2021 21:00:36 GMT /news/2021-01-27/no-mardi-gras-parades-so-thousands-make-house-floats Associated Press Pandemic-Era Mardi Gras: No Big Crowds, But Plenty Of Cake /arts-culture/2021-01-07/pandemic-era-mardi-gras-no-big-crowds-but-plenty-of-cake The Mardi Gras season always starts on Jan. 6 and ends on Fat Tuesday, which this year falls on Feb. 16. The season is usually marked by extravagant balls and parades where costumed riders throw trinkets to the mobs of people packed along the parade routes. Thu, 07 Jan 2021 15:07:44 GMT /arts-culture/2021-01-07/pandemic-era-mardi-gras-no-big-crowds-but-plenty-of-cake Associated Press