If you can’t find something to do pretty much every day of Halloween Week, you’re either dead or don’t believe in fun. This year the calendar is jam-packed with markets,
The Carnival season returns, but after a year missing out on parades and floats and neutral ground picnics, many New Orleanians are celebrating more than just
As the nation reckons with the mass deaths from Covid-19, the collective power and joy of a second line provides inspiration for how the rest of us might mourn.
The brilliant shades, painstakingly placed plumage, ornate and personalized insignias the beaded and feathered suits of Mardi Gras Indians are as dynamic as the performances members who wear them. The art of “masking” and the costume fabrication that accompanies it figure prominently in life of Cherice “Queen Reesie” Harrison-Nelson. As a third-generation participant in the tradition and queen of the Guardians of the Flame Maroon Society, Harrison-Nelson has cultivated a rich aesthetic sensibility that she’s articulated in a West African-themed fashion line debuted in April 2021.
Queen Cherice Harrison-Nelson marked her 30th year as a Mardi Gras Indian in 2021. She works year-round on her suits. She models the dress for sale on Etsy. Photo by Noé Cugny.