| Phunny Phorty Phellows launch Carnival 2008 01/07/2008 |
| Celebrants ring in the season on Twelfth Night Read More |
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| A Phond Pharewell 01/07/2008 |
| The streetcar rolled in, the trinkets and beads flew, and the Carnival season has officially begun! Stay tuned for more video and photos from the rolling party. MP3 File... Read More |
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| Phew, Phinally! 01/07/2008 |
| The Phunny Phorty Phellows came rolling in, with the party already well underway: MP3 File... Read More |
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| Phunny Business 01/07/2008 |
| Jon Donley's blogging live from the scene as things start to go bananas... and the Storyville Stompers are firing up the brass! Audio reporting, with a couple video clips to whet your appetite... MP3 File Shaking it up to... Read More |
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| Masquing at Lee Circle 01/07/2008 |
| Things are starting to heat up at Lee Circle... MP3 File... Read More |
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| The Phellows vs. Katrina 01/07/2008 |
| Jon Donley explains some of the history of the Phunny Phorty Phellows' relationship with the streetcars and how the failure of the levees affected this longstanding tradition. MP3 File... Read More |
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| Introduction to Twelfth Night 2008 01/06/2008 |
| Jon Donley sets the scene for tonight's action! MP3 File... Read More |
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| Live from Lee Circle, with bated breath 01/06/2008 |
| 1744 - As noted earlier, this is the third year of disruption of the normal route because of Hurricane Katrina. The traditional kickoff party far Uptown at the Willow Street Station often drew hundreds of fans, many in costumes of... Read More |
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| On the Twelfth Day of Christmas . . . Phorty Phunny Phellows 01/06/2008 |
| NOLA's on board tonight as the Heralds of Carnival kick off the season by "hijacking" streetcar.
Video: The 2007 ride of the PPP Read More |
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| Twelfth Night kicks off Carnival season 01/04/2008 |
| Check out this weekend's events Read More |
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| Family Gras is beefing up the party menu 01/02/2008 |
| When Jefferson Parish officials gathered last year to evaluate the inaugural Family Gras festival in Metairie, they could find only one thing to criticize: the lack of food, really good food. Revelers didn't starve, for many brought along their own... Read More |
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| Hulk Hogan to reign as king of Bacchus 12/18/2007 |
| Hulk Hogan, star of the wrestling ring and reality television, will ride as Bacchus XL two days before Fat Tuesday, the megakrewe announced today.... Read More |
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| Kevin Costner to star in Endymion 11/26/2007 |
| • ABC26: Krewe of Endymion announces its Grand Marshall Movie star Kevin Costner will ride in Endymion's parade this year, parade officials announced Monday. Costner, who has starred in such hit movies as Bull Durham and Field of Dreams, also... Read More |
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| Krewe du Vieux names King, new route 11/13/2007 |
| All Hail King 2008 Ronald W. Lewis! Krewe du Vieux is honored to have the Lower Ninth Ward's own Ronald W. Lewis. Lewis is a New Orleans icon. He is the founder of the Big 9 Social Aid & Pleasure... Read More |
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| Endymion going back to Mid-City 11/03/2007 |
| The Krewe of Endymion will roll in Mid City again next year for the first time since Hurricane Katrina, the club's top officer said today.... Read More |
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| Nagin declares Carnival a huge success 02/27/2007 |
| Tourism business is on rebound, he says Tuesday, February 27, 2007By Frank DonzeAfter a largely problem-free Carnival season that saw New Orleans hotels and restaurants filled close to capacity, Mayor Ray Nagin said Monday that he is looking forward to continued growth in the city's tourism economy. Surrounded by leaders of the hospitality industry and top members of his staff, an upbeat Nagin heralded the city's second post-Katrina Mardi Gras as a rousing success that came off without a hitch, save for three separate violent incidents in the evenings after parades had ended. The mayor said he was particularly buoyed by news that 95 percent of the city's 31,000 hotel rooms were booked for the five-day period that ended on Fat Tuesday: an even better showing than the previous weekend, when occupancy hit 90 percent. Read More |
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| City, tourism officials tout Mardi Gras successes 02/26/2007 |
| By STACEY PLAISANCE The Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Basing their estimates on hotel and restaurant figures, vendor permits and crowd size, city officials said they think the economic i... Read More |
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| Carnival addiction is incurable 02/23/2007 |
| His Mardi Gras was marked by too much of everything Friday, February 23, 2007Angus LindIt's the day after Mardi Gras, WWOZ is not playing "New Suit" or "Hey Pocky Way" and I'm sitting here surveying t... Read More |
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| 'ALIVE AND WELL' 02/22/2007 |
| Larger crowds have Jefferson leaders and krewes beaming about the parish's Carnival operation and its future viability Thursday, February 22, 2007By Richard RaineyEast Jefferson bureau As the last remnants of Mardi Gras were swept up Wednesday, the long-dispersed crowds left behind a swelling confidence across Jefferson Parish about the holiday's future and its role as a symbol for the recovery of a storm-ravaged region. Read More |
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| Mardi Gras is back in business 02/22/2007 |
| The success of this year's Mardi Gras buoys spirits in the city's tourism industry, with many seeing a return to the heady days before Katrina Thursday, February 22, 2007By John PopeStaff writer Based on such criteria as hotel occupancy and parade crowds, tourism officials Wednesday declared this year's Carnival not only a resounding success but also a harbinger of tourism's resurgence in the city that Hurricane Katrina ravaged. Read More |
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