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... »
.Still going with pix from last weekend's parade and there's plenty yet to show. No new material, anyway. The town looks dull - hardly a day below freezing this winter, no snow cover for more than a few hours, still-barren trees. I need to go out on a ... »
By Mary Miller Cullins Record crowds showed up Saturday in Soulard for the annual Mardi Gras Parade, but here in St. Louis, we ain’t done yet!Now entering its tenth year, tonight’s Fat Tuesday Parade is a colorful, boisterous, parade that winds through... »
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... »
I was sorry to hear the Paper Dolls have called it quits, but it appears that everyone involved has plenty of other things going on. Such is life (or, as Dick Richmond once put it in his P-D review of an ELP concert, “Sailor Be”). The Mardi Gras parade... »
Police in Maryland Heights are looking for three men who made a lousy attempt at burglary. They are searching for... »
