African masquerade ensembles are recognizably carnivalesque, yet not aligned with Carnival as we know it. The exquisite, ...

The Amtrak route between Mobile, Alabama and New Orleans returns this August after a 20-year hiatus—and tickets start at just ...

New Orleans celebrates its first Mutant Appreciation Day in Uncanny X-Men #18, but something sinister may be brewing beneath ...

Organizers said UFC 318 drew a record-breaking crowd of over 18,000 fans, generating more than $8 million in ticket sales at ...

Starting Aug.18, customers will now have an option to hop on the new Amtrak Mardi Gras Service. This is a new, twice-daily intercity train service traveling between Mobile, Alabama and New Orleans.

Sibylle Peretti has been celebrated around the world for opalescent glass vignettes of plant and animal life mixed with ...

It’s not the traditional season for the famed celebration, but a new Mardi Gras is coming to six cities and towns along the Gulf Coast twice a day, starting August 18. This version will be Amtrak’s ...

The new documentary 'A King Like Me' reveals that members of the Black group Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club decided to wear face makeup that resembled blackface in its early years because Black men ...

Alabama welcomes Amtrak's Mardi Gras Route. When will it launch first trains to New Orleans?

Ten inmates escaped from a New Orleans jail almost two months ago, and authorities have captured all but the man with the ...

Looking for a way to beat the Southern summer heatwave? You’re in luck, as National Daiquiri Day is Saturday, July 19.