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It is hard to think about Mardi Gras in New Orleans without thinking of Dr. John. Malcolm John Rebbenack’s association with the city and music goes all the way back to his childhood. Born in New Orleans, Rebbenack’s father owned an appliance store that also sold records and John soon developed a love for the classic jazz artists. He began taking music lessons as a teen and after meeting Professor Longhair as a teen settled on a career as a musician. Rebbenack moved to LA and found session work in the 60’s. Becoming fascinated with the legends of New Orleans voodoo, he invented his stag...

New Orleans's House Floats Are Keeping Mardi Gras Tradition Alive Jenny Adams © Erika Goldring/Getty Our Here, Now column looks at trends taking hold in cities around the world. Given how different the world looks these days, we're focusing on the feel-good moments emerging in between. When it became clear that Mardi Gras 2021 would be like no other, Caroline Thomas, a Mardi Gras artist who designs, builds, and paints the floats that roll through New Orleans for the annual celebration, realized that the centuries-old celebration would have to be adapted for the ongoing pande...

Mardi Gras parades got canceled by Covid-19. So, New Orleanians turned their houses into floats CNN 2/16/2021 © Allen Boudreaux Lego figures, local legends and the pandemic have inspired float houses. When New Orleans' mayor announced that the city's legendary Carnival parades would be canceled on account of Covid-19, Megan Boudreaux wasn't surprised. Like so many, the mom and insurance manager had known in her gut that the weekslong fête would take 2021 off. Revelers of all ages packed at least three deep along routes that wind for miles seemed the textbook antithesis of social distan...

photo: Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbee From a bead-bedecked gallery on St. Charles Ave., masked revelers designed by Sean Gautreaux peer down the parade route for the bands that will play again next Mardi Gras. When the mayor of New Orleans cancelled Mardi Gras 2021 late last November, crews sheathed their half-built floats in plastic to await better times, and Caroline Thomas, a Mardi Gras artist, called her old friend Devin De Wulf with an idea. Since March, De Wulf, founder of the Krewe of Red Beans, has spearheaded efforts to support New Orleanians effected by the pandemic through Feed the Front Lin...

“The Night Tripper” at 1834 Toledano St. The first of the “house floats” that will be dotting our urban landscape this Carnival season has already made an appearance Uptown. Sponsored by the Krewe of Red Beans and called “Hire a Mardi Gras Artist,” the idea is to put those out-of-work artists — usually frantically designing and painting floats this time of year — back to work. With parades canceled, many Mardi Gras float artists found themselves suddenly unemployed. One of those artists, Caroline Thomas, proposed the idea to the Krewe of Red Beans to create a crowd-funding sit...