On a recent afternoon in the Gentilly neighborhood of New Orleans, Demond Melancon sat at his dining room table doing what he ...

UA students sort through mounds and mounds of Mardi Gras beads for The Arc of Great New Orleans’ year-round recycle program that employs people with intellectual and developmental disabilities while ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - The annual Beads for Doughnuts drive took place Saturday at Augusta Evans School, giving residents a chance to recycle leftover Mardi Gras beads from this carnival season and get ...

New Orleans must be the world capital of parades. After Mardi Gras, the city barely has a chance to catch its breath before springtime processions hit the streets. Here’s a list of all the major ...

SHREVEPORT, La. — With the 2026 Mardi Gras season over, one local business is giving leftover beads and throws a second life — with a sweet reward attached. Happy Belly's Italian Ice Factory on Youree ...

LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) — Now that Mardi Gras season has ended across Acadiana, LARC is asking residents not to toss leftover parade beads in the trash, but to donate them instead through its ongoing ...

The highs of catching beads and throws during Mardi Gras can be extremely fun, but those treasures often pile up after parades. For anyone looking to dispose of their throws and beads, two local ...

NEW ORLEANS(AP) — It is Carnival season in New Orleans. That means gazillions of green, gold and purple Mardi Gras beads. The beads are increasingly viewed as a problem, but a Mardi Gras without beads ...

Meier’s Creek was crowded on Tuesday night with families and friends enjoying one of Syracuse’s local Mardi Gras celebrations. The Inner Harbor taproom was decorated with colorful beads, paper balls ...

While the rest of the world is decked out in pink, red and white for Valentine’s Day, Louisiana coats itself in purple, green and gold in anticipation of Mardi Gras. Mardi Gras — also known as Fat ...

Vibrant green, purple, and gold strings of beads are a staple of New Orlean’s Carnival, the weekslong festive season which culminates on Tuesday, Feb. 17, with Mardi Gras. But the plastic jewelry that ...

NEW ORLEANS, La. — As people head back to work Tuesday after the long holiday weekend, beads will be flying, crawfish boiling, and parades rolling in New Orleans as the city celebrates Mardi Gras.