One of the great Carnival events is not a parade or watching beads rain down on desperate breast-baring middle Americans on Bourbon, but this yearly artistic gathering of our city’s great costumers.
23rd Annual Costume Bazaar
Category Archives: Carnival
Krewe de Vieux tonight
When was Carnival’s golden age? Take a look around — we’re living in it | The Lens
C.W. Cannon one of my favorite columnists, talks of our current Carnival period as a golden age with more democratic and satirical characteristics than we experienced in the late 20th century, where whites-only krewes had their way and superfloats flourished which led to the demise of many of the small neighborhood parades. I’ll tell him how much I appreciate this on the downtown parade routes that I am sure to see him on over the next few weeks..
Russian literary critic Mikhail Bakhtin, in a book about folk culture influences on the great Renaissance French writer Rabelais, outlined a theory of Carnival based on ancient and medieval traditions. Centuries later, it’s remarkable to witness how the “carnivalesque” spirit he details lives on so palpably on the other side of the world. A few of the key attributes Bakhtin ascribes to Carnival are a satirical impulse of a bawdy kind that he calls “grotesque realism,” the inversion of normal prevailing social hierarchies, and mass participation.
In light of principles like these, it’s a no-brainer that the latest city ordinance supports, rather than inhibits, the ancient foundations of Carnival tradition. Even here in New Orleans, one of the prevailing social strictures upended by Carnival has been segregation in public settings. Blocking off and segregating swaths of the public space for members-only parties doesn’t jibe with the carnivalesque injunction to cast off social distinctions and rub shoulders with strangers for a limited period of time.
When was Carnival’s golden age? Take a look around — we’re living in it | The Lens.
The NOLA Chorus Girls at Tiki Tolteca
Friday, February 7, 2014
Time 9:00pm
The NOLA Chorus Girls are throwing the PARTY OF THE YEAR!!!!
When: Friday February 7th. 9pm – until we can party no more.
Where: Tiki Tolteca, above Felipes on N Peters.
How Much: ONLY $5 bucks! (Entry fee includes one free raffle ticket to win a plethora of fabulous prizes donated by local businesses.)
Why are we having a fundraiser?
The NOLA Chorus Girls are going to be in the Pygmalion parade on February 22nd. Its our first parade and we want to do it up right. And to do it right, it costs a bit of money.
We need money to pay for the following things:
— A full jazz band to accompany our killer dance moves
— A vintage truck to put the band in (as well as our throws and water and so on)
— Chorus Girl Mardi Gras throws!
— Creating signs of black and white vintage chorus girl photos to be carried in the parade
—- And other various adornments to our overall Chorus Girly look.
In exchange for your support we will show you one helluva a good time!
Here is a list of all the fun things we have planned (we may even add more later):
— A Kiss a Chorus Girl Booth
— Palm Readings
— A Photo Booth
— A couple of sets of LIVE JAZZ for social dancing played by some of our buddies.
—- A Chorus Girl Talent Showcase that includes our own NOLA Chorus Girl routines, Chorus Girl musical talents, Chorus Girls showcases of other styles of dance, and more!
— And during the second half of the night you can shake your money makers to old Soul & R&B music spun by one of the Chorus Girl Project’s fearless leaders, Ms Amy J.
More details are being worked out and we will be listing all the raffle prizes very soon. Additional raffle tickets can be purchased at the even for $5 each of $20 for 5 tickets.
Hope to see you there!
Love,
The 50 fabulous ladies of The New Orleans Chorus Girl Project!
Dalt Wonk – The Riddles of Existence
Brand new card game for Carnival enthusiasts from one of my favorite illustrators, Dalt Wonk (whose name resembles my real signature way too closely!)
The Riddles of Existence is an oversized deck of fifty cards, each with a full-colored figure wearing a costume. Beneath the illustration, there is a riddle in verse. The costume is the answer, or hint, to the riddle. This is the game. The illustrations and the verse provide great pleasure, above and beyond, the game. There is also a card with the answers to The Riddles of Existence for those who are stumped.
other work: http://www.daltwonk.com/illustrated-texts/
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