Arts
From a puppet show in city hall to puppet karaoke, Dave English is the one pulling the strings.
Bike cops and mounted officers line up as New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell, Police Chief Shaun Ferguson and representatives from several state and local police departments as well as first responders prepare to perform the traditional and largely symbolic midnight sweep of Bourbon Street to mark the end of Mardi Gras.
Elaborate and fabulous costumes compete for prizes in the categories of Drag, Leather, Group, Individual, and Best Overall during the 56th annual Bourbon Street Awards.
Here are some of the wildest images from Fat Tuesday.
For over 200 years the Northside Skull and Bone Gang has woken up Treme residents for Mardi Gras. The skeleton gang led by Chief Bruce “Sunpie” Barnes is meant to remind people of their mortality and to live a moral life to avoid becoming Skull and Bones.
The 1,500 members of the Krewe of Orpheus roll down the Uptown route on 38 floats with their parade entitled “Beastly Kingdoms of Orpheus” on Lundi Gras.
Spend Presidents Day singing with your favorite president! 4th Annual Presidents Day Sing-Along at Hard Rock Cafe, Monday, February 17.
Guster returns to Pittsburgh in March for an acoustic performance at the Carnegie Library of Homestead.
Floats are cool, but as a wise man once said, “It’s the stuff between the floats that makes Mardi Gras special.”