New Orleans' efforts to reduce Mardi Gras waste and reuse beads and throws have been ongoing for decades and involve a complicated web of community groups, leaders and businesses. Carnival lasts just a few months each year, but collecting, sorting and reselling beads is a year-round endeavor.

Mardi Gras season has arrived, but that’s not an itinerary in New Orleans — all those events are taking place in the D.C. area in the coming days. We might not party 24-7, but we do know how to let the good times roll,

Celebrations include Mardi Gras dance parties, pet costume parades, live jazz entertainment and tasty New Orleans food.

New Orleans parades and the Cajun version of Mardi Gras, called the courir, may seem worlds apart, But experts say they have more in common than you may think.

Are you ready for Mardi Gras? It’s going to be easy this year as Mardi Gras is coming to Augusta. Transplanted New Orleanian Christina Watson and her husband Alvin, owners of Bike Bike Baby in Augusta,