Cold Temps For Mardi Gras
Sat, January 19, 2008 - 11:48 pm
Chilly temperatures keep some folks from taking in Mardi Gras festivities.
Dressing for a Parade
Sat, January 19, 2008 - 4:35 pm
There is a business side to the celebration of Mardi Gras. Some local shops depend on Carnival to keep the doors open all year...or for a hundred years! Here's a century-old establishment that is still supplying the bright costumes of the season.
Mardi Gras Begins On High Note
Fri, January 18, 2008 - 10:00 pm
Downtown Mobile sees its first parade of the Mardi Gras season
Mobile’s First Mardi Gras Parade
Fri, January 18, 2008 - 1:26 pm
Conde Cavaliers will roll tonight. Click for times and route information.
Clothier to Kings and Queens
Thu, January 17, 2008 - 1:48 pm
The spectacular outfits worn by Mardi Gras Royalty at their coronations are all hand-made by a very few local designers...designers who are, truly, highly skilled artists.
Mardi Gras Mounted Patrol
Thu, January 17, 2008 - 1:16 pm
Mobile's Mounted Patrol has been so successul, law enforcement from around the State and the Country now come here to be trained. It turns out we have the perfect training ground...Mardi Gras.
Mighty Marching Tigers
Thu, January 17, 2008 - 1:04 pm
A few years ago a Mobile man had an idea about kids and music...not the sort they download to iPods, but the kind they could actually play themselves. It turned out a lot of youngsters liked the idea...hear for yourself.
Mardi Gras Museum
Thu, January 17, 2008 - 12:16 pm
Mobile's Mardi Gras goes back to the middle 1700s and it is still growing! There are now about 80 mystic societies, orders, and krewes, with some 30 parades. And that's just in Greater Mobile. Two years ago there was another major addition to the celebration...the Mobile Carnival Museum.
Melted Bead Art
Wed, January 16, 2008 - 5:17 pm
We all know recycling is a good idea, but sometimes it takes creative thinking...which is how a Gulf Coast lady recycles Mardi Gras beads!
Float Prep Fury
Tue, January 08, 2008 - 5:12 am
With an earlier start to Mardi Gras season this year, many local groups are scrambling to make sure their floats are done on time.
Mardi Gras Ship
Mon, January 07, 2008 - 9:02 am
Missile cruiser to participate in Mobile Mardis Gras.
Mammoth Parade=Mammoth Mess?
Thu, January 03, 2008 - 8:00 pm
A new, shorter route is approved for the Mobile Area Mardi Gras Association (MAMGA) but not everyone is happy about it.
