Location: Uptown New Orleans
Date: January 6, 2021
Location: St. Charles Ave. Streetcar Line
We all know that
to #revelresponsibly some new ideas about celebrating
Mardi Gras 2021 have emerged- even though our annual
street car ride is cancelled, we will be having
a unique and interactive scavenger hunt for our
coveted hand-painted record throws!
The first clues on where to find records along the
St. Charles Ave street car line will be released
on Instagram on Jan. 6 at 5pm, followed by more
clues for more records! So be sure to follow
us on Instagram and set a reminder to keep an
eye out on Twelfth Night for clues. The following
morning, an e-blast will go out to all our subscribers
with every clue so you can see if any were not found
the night before.
About the DVD The first Mardi Gras in America was celebrated in Mobile, Alabama in 1703. In 2007, it is still racially segregated. Filmmaker Margaret Brown (Be Here to Love Me: A Film About Townes Van Zandt), herself a daughter of Mobile, escorts us into the parallel hearts of the city s two carnivals. With unprecedented access, she traces the exotic world of secret mystic societies and centuries-old traditions and pageantry; diamond-encrusted crowns, voluminous, hand-sewn gowns, surreal masks and enormous paper mache floats. Against this opulent backdrop, she uncovers a tangled web of historical violence and power dynamics, elusive forces that keep this hallowed tradition organized along enduring color lines.
