The collaboration proceeded with Hamilton introducing Fraser to members of the Masking Indian community. “I was pulled into ...

The Junior Board of Rock Island held its 86th annual Mardi Gras Ball fundraiser on Saturday, March 1, at the Waterfront Convention Center in Bettendorf.

The Mardi Gras route through the Gulf Coast will be available in August. The rail will stop in New Orleans, Mississippi, and Alabama.

All forms of New Orleans expression were part of the mix, he said, from papier mâché Mardi Gras masks, to yard art sculpture, to second-line parades and blues, jazz and rap music.