New York, Mar 18 (EFE).- Activists gathered outside New York city hall on Friday to demand that Mayor Eric Adams and city council members redirect funds from the police department to social programs. The protest, organized by Grassroots Advocates for Neighborhood Groups & Solutions (GANGS) to coincide with a virtual preliminary budget hearing of the …
Last year ago, the unimaginable happened: February passed in New Orleans with no Carnival parades. With parades cancelled due to Covid, there were no massive floats rolling the street, no masses of revelers standing elbow-to-elbow and hollering to have some beads thrown their way. So New Orleanians had to use their own imagination and […]
When three smaller subkrewes of the Krewe of House Floats University, Freret and St. Charles Avenue melded into one, an anything-goes theme evolved, which in turn became “Laissez Les Bons Temps Rouler,” said subkrewe captain Jenna Rockett. With no constraints to follow, krewe members improvised their individual whims. The Bergers of State Street […]
The residents of the Irish Channel are once again showing their creativity and Carnival spirit in Year Two of the Krewe of House Floats. This year, the neighborhood’s theme is “Down on the Bayou.” The Irish Channel subkrewe captain, Autumn Town, said that the theme is a way to pay homage to bayou communities […]
In its second year, the Audubon/Riverside subkrewe of House Floats selected the theme “Déjà Vu in 2022.” It has a double meaning. First, it’s here we are again still with the pandemic. The Krewe of House Floats’ overall theme for the 2022 Carnival season, “Vaccinate, Decorate, Celebrate,” is also a nod to the enduring […]