You don’t have to throw a party to celebrate Mardi Gras in New Orleans. Pair beads and parades with a slice of king cake at the Big Easy’s best bakeries. Try traditional cinnamon brioche king cake, a ...

This year, a group of Louisiana State University researchers are trying to make Mardi Gras a little bit greener.

Researchers at Louisiana State University have created a sustainable way to use biodegradable Mardi Gras beads after the festivities are over.

No stranger to disasters and hardship, New Orleans transforms itself and its traditions based on what befalls it. Take the changes wrought by 2005's Hurricane Katrina, and those from the ...