While masks are not required, dressing up is strongly encouraged. The last time that the Hambidge Art Auction had a ...

one of the oldest Mardi Gras mask shops in the French Quarter, visitors are greeted by walls adorned with vibrant, handmade creations. Inside the shop, there is little space untouched by art.

For more than 20 years photographer Phyllis Galembo has traveled Africa and Haiti documenting the art of the masquerade. What is it about masks? “It’s the creativity,” says Galembo.

The Becket Arts Center will host an adult masquerade party on Friday, March 28, to celebrate the artists whose coffee-sack creations will be auctioned off that evening.

I knew not the art of catching a throw listed by Vincent Spear in his 1969 pamphlet, Techniques of Mardi Gras Throw-Catching; or, How to Ruin a $50 Sport Coat to Catch a 10¢ Necklace. Or ...

Due to the threat of severe weather and heavy rainfall on Fat Tuesday, March 4, the city of Athens moved its annual Mardi ...