Feb 5th, 2008 · It may be Super Tuesday elsewhere, but in New Orleans, it's Fat Tuesday -- Mardi Gras -- the third since Hurricane Katrina. And with 12 days of parades and parties, the Gulf region is almost as festive as before the storm.
Feb 5th, 2008 · It's Mardi Gras, which in New Orleans means beads, parades, and parties. But the struggle continues for New Orleans businesses trying to stay ahead of the economic fallout from Hurricane Katrina. Armand Olivier, owner of Olivier's Creole Restaurant in the French Quarter, explains how his business is faring.
Feb 5th, 2008 · In the months after Hurricane Katrina, Edie Hall of New Orleans lost her father, her job and her partner. But she's still got New Orleans -- and a favorite song to go with it. Her pick: Professor Longhair's "Go to the Mardi Gras."
Feb 5th, 2008 · What's purple, yellow, green and sweet all over -- and mostly available only in New Orleans? Just in time for Mardi Gras, we sink our teeth into King Cake, that Louisiana delicacy, with superchef Paul Prudhomme.
Feb 20th, 2007 · Mardi Gras wraps up today in New Orleans with the big Fat Tuesday festivities. This year's events haven't drawn crowds as large as they were before Hurricane Katrina, or even last year. The city also had trouble finding a sponsor, and some hotels still have vacancies.
Feb 20th, 2007 · At Mardi Gras celebrations in New Orleans, the flambeaux are torches that light the way for night parades. Traditionally, they have come from the city's black neighborhoods. But in the post-Katrina era, many flambeaux-carriers are no longer in town, and many torches are going unlit.
Feb 20th, 2007 · Just after sunrise on Mardi Gras, the first music of the day fills the streets of New Orleans. Jazz great Pete Fountain leads the way, as he has since 1960.
Feb 20th, 2007 · Jazz trumpeter and New Orleans native Irvin Mayfield lost his father, Irvin Mayfield Sr., in the floods resulting from Hurricane Katrina. Mayfield talks about his Mardi Gras memories and his hometown today.