A large helping of sparkle with a side of glitz seasoned with a dash of a young Vice President Richard Nixon makes a strange Mardi Gras dish. But that's what the Capitol Park Museum is serving up ...

Articles and photos about the Washington, D.C., Mardi Gras Ball brought memories of the ... the White House and shook hands with President Nixon. "Then Russell Long and Edwin Edwards took us ...

Richard’s father, too, is part of the New Orleans Mardi Gras festivities—his band Chocolate Milk’s song, “Groove City,” is often played during the revelry. This year, Richard yet again ...

The album also sheds light on a local tradition that’s been a part of Richard’s family for decades: the Mardi Gras Indian parade, a result of a kindred partnership that formed centuries ago ...

Mardi Gras is back in New Orleans. The pre-Lent festivities, canceled last year because of COVID, have resumed and the mood, while joyous, is anti-politics. Among the dozens of floats separated by ...