New Orleans’ Mia X is hip-hop royalty, so it’s fitting that she’s throwing a royal regency ball to celebrate her 55th birthday on Saturday, Jan. 11, at Toulouse Theatre. The ball starts at 8 p.m., and tickets are $40 general admission and $75 for VIP via toulousetheatre.com.

The first parade of the Mardi Gras season took place as scheduled in the French Quarter despite security fears following the New Years Day mass killing

The first parade of Carnival season in New Orleans is scheduled to take place in the French Quarter on Monday, just five days after a terror attack on Bourbon Street, that left 14 victims dead. On Sunday,

The Joan of Arc Parade, an annual event since 2008, honors the French heroine's birthday and marks the beginning of the Carnival season, leading up to Mardi Gras. She is considered the unofficial patron saint, or "Maid of New Orleans."

New Orleans has faced tragedy again and again and always seems to bounce back, maintaining its reputation for jazz and joyfulness.

Women dressed as angels, hands clasped in prayer, passed through New Orleans Monday evening to celebrate the first parade of Carnival season, just blocks from where 14 people were killed five days ago by a rampaging driver.

The first parade of the Mardi Gras season will roll tonight, less than a week after a man drove his truck into crowds on Bourbon Street, killing 14 people.

Hundreds filled the streets for the annual Joan of Arc parade through New Orleans' historic French Quarter. Organizers said they want the event to convey the city's spirited grit as it grapples ...

Women dressed as angels, hands clasped in prayer, passed through New Orleans Monday evening to celebrate the first parade of Carnival season, just blocks from where 14 people were killed five days ago by a rampaging driver.

"Don't sit around waiting for others to do it. You're never too young or too old to get involved in the movement," said Dorathacq "Dodie" Smith-Simmons, a Freedom Rider honored at one of New Orleans' annual MLK Jr.

MLK organized important parts of the Civil Rights Movement from New Orleans. Here's where he gave speeches, organized and ate in the city.

Shock and grief have given way to finger-pointing over whether additional security could have stopped — or mitigated — the recent attack that killed 14 people in New Orleans.