The historic Soulard neighborhood in St. Louis hosts the one of the largest Mardi Gras celebrations outside of New Orleans, and while the festivities typically wind down with the beginning of the Lenten season, Carnival lives on at Soulard Art... »
Here's the latest wrap-up of assorted links and short local news items of interest:* Pianist Vijay Iyer (pictured), who will be in St. Louis next week to play Wednesday, March 14 through Saturday, March 17 at Jazz at the Bistro, had a few words this we... »
.The Thursday Arch Series has the week off while I run through some more Mardi Gras parade images. Need to shoot some new Arch pictures, anyway.The parade had many enjoyable qualities but subtlety was not one of them. Blocks of intense color were the r... »
Let the good times roll today, and enjoy some Fat Tuesday festivities. Tonight marks the tenth year for the St. Louis Fat Tuesday Parade. This night-time parade is a colorful and fun way to end the Soulard... »
.The term Mardi Gras is, of course, French. New Orleans, the capital of the festival in the US, was founded by France. The other great center of the carnival is Rio de Janiero, which speaks Portuguese, but that doesn't fit the narritive so let's move o... »
Enjoying your travels in Europe but disappointed about missing St. Louis' historic Mardi Gras celebrations in Soulard, during your trip abroad? There's no need to fret, get your pre-Lent costume-party-fix at... »
.If Tuesday is Fat Tuesday, Mardi Gras, yesterday in St. Louis was Samedi Jofflu, Chubby Saturday. They (whoever they are) say we have the second biggest Mardi Gras celebration in the U.S. after New Orleans. Not that we could remotely approach the size... »
Two plays opening this week, one a comedy, one a tragedy about a 1950s comic, explore estrangement and reunification. New Jewish Theatre The Value of Names In New Jewish Theatre’s “The Value of Names,” Leo the director names his friend Benny the comedi... »
