... celebrate the Mardi Gras season from Twelfth Night or Epiphany, Jan. 6, until Lent, and attend parties each week until Mardi Gras day, which is Feb. 27 this year. Those parties include enjoying the rich, sweet King Cake. Hidden in that cake is ...

... group of very deserving young residents." The Mardi Gras parade season will run from Feb. 18-28; Fat Tuesday, or Mardi Gras Day, is Feb. 28. Spears grew up in Kentwood, and has participated in fundraisers for victims of Hurricane Katrina ...