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PHOTOS: Mardi Gras Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday, is on Feb. 21 2012. Mardi Gras Pictures Riders in the Krewe of Rex parade through the city during Mardi Gras day on February 24, 2009 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Mardi Gras celebration ends at midnight, when the Catholic Lenten season begins with Ash Wednesday and culminates with Easter. (Getty Images) more pics » Mardi Gras (Getty Images) Mardi Gras kicks off next Tuesday and the festivities are already getting underway! Celebs ... Mardi Gras, San Diego style Celebrate the season with cooking classes, family-friendly festivals and wild parties. Mardi Gras events in the Tri-State Let the good times roll by celebrating Mardi Gras in the Tri-State this weekend. Celebrate Mardi Gras With A Homemade King Cake Make your own version of the traditional Mardi Gras King cake with colorful icing, cinnamon sugar filling and a tiny good luck toy tucked inside. G-rated Mardi Gras Bring your boas, your beads, your best guy or girl and the kids. Tuesday's Mardi Gras celebration will be a family party that people of all ages will enjoy, organizers said. Fat Tuesday Celebrations In Connecticut After the hearts and flowers, it's time for Mardi Gras. Here are a few spots to celebrate Fat Tuesday, Feb. 21: Sarah Hull: Inheriting Mardi Gras (PHOTOS) Everything -- from the cut of the masks to the thousands of pounds of plum-colored beads tossed from Iris' 33 gargantuan floats -- must pass muster. Mardi Gras beads cause environmental hangover Some green-thinking locals want New Orleans to recycle the tons of plastic necklaces that go flying during parades. But skeptics say it'll never happen. The beads were flying all around them, some pooling in the street, some caught by revelers and cherished for a moment — most of them destined, in all likelihood, for the landfill. Mardi Gras Museum puts contents on auction block KENNER, La. (AP) - Designed as a celebration of Mardi Gras when it opened in 1992, a museum in the New Orleans suburb of Kenner has closed and its stock of memorabilia will go on the auction block. The Mardi Gras Museum suffered from a drop in attendance, and its city-sponsor like many communities around the country has been forced to tighten its budget. Bidders will have the chance to acquire ...
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