The Mardi Gras Mask-a-Thon costume contest was introduced on Fat Tuesday in 1985. It was a project of the Mayor’s Mardi Gras Coordinating Committee, the Rex Organization and WDSU-TV. McDonald ...

and types of masks out there.” Opening Friday, “Mardi Gras: Unmasked” runs through March 3 in the Bryan’s library, where the winners of the annual Mardi Gras poster and umbrella-decorating ...