Put on your purple green and gold running shoes, because next year’s Carnival is going to be a sprint. Mardi Gras 2027 will arrive on Feb. 9, just 34 days after the start of the traditional Carnival ...

CHESTERLAND, Ohio -- The Geauga County Board of Developmental Disabilities will host a free Community Carnival from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on March 7 at The Metzenbaum Center. The event will celebrate ...

The Boi Tolo, one of the city’s most iconic street parties, has come to represent the glittery, gritty grass-roots celebration far from the glamour of the official parades. Revelers taking part in the ...

Each year, when I write about the hot topics in Carnival satire, my first step is to look for an overriding theme. Often, over the past decade, that process has started and ended with one word: Trump.

RIO DE JANEIRO — Carnival in Rio de Janeiro is for the uninitiated an energetic spectacle of joy, beauty and just-let-it-go. But for revelers with years of experience it is also a test of endurance, ...

PARATY, Brazil (AP) — Revelers heading to Carnival parties in Brazil typically don colorful, skimpy outfits and splatter glitter everywhere, but near an old colonial town in the south of the country ...

PARATY, Brazil (AP) — Mud-covered revelers took over the beach in Paraty, Brazil, on Saturday as part of a Carnival tradition that has grown steadily since it began 40 years ago. In the seaside town ...

“Beasts of Carnaval” by Rosália Rodrigo, Mira Books, 400 pages, and “Carnaval Fever” by Yuliana Ortiz Ruano, Soft Skull Press, 256 pages. Confined to our own Carnival bubble that is Mardi Gras, it’s ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — The mayor of Rio de Janeiro gave King Momo the key to the Brazilian city on Friday, ushering in the symbolic Carnival monarch’s five-day reign over the festivities. Until Wednesday, ...