Carnival

Will Carnival Cruiselines' CEO Micky Arison Become Miami's Warren Buffet or Ebenezer Scrooge?

Jose Suarez | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Micky Arison, Carnival Cruise Lines, Carnival Miami, Micky Arison Carnival, Carnival, Carnival Taxes, Carnival Shareholders Meeting Protest, Carnival Tax Protest, Carnival Corporation, Miami News
Jose Suarez

We want the people who claim to love our city to step up and prove it. Carnival and Micky Arison need to pay their fair share and be real leaders in a city facing budget cuts, foreclosures and high unemployment.

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Protest At Carnival Shareholders' Meeting Shuts Down Webcast

Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Video, Micky Arison, Carnival, Carnival Taxes, Carnival Miami, Miami Politics, Carnival Tax Protest, Carnival Shareholders Meeting Protest, Carnival Cruise Lines, Carnival Corporation, Miami News

A webcast of Carnival Corporation's shareholders meeting at the W South Beach Wednesday morning was reportedly shut down after the event was infiltrat...

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PHOTOS: Carnival In Barranquilla, Colombia

Judith Fein | Posted 05.22.2012

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Judith Fein

I laughed, I got caught up in the action and I forgot about my fears. That's the magic of Carnival.

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Rachel Tepper

2 Former Clowns Start Circus-Themed Food Truck

HuffingtonPost.com | Rachel Tepper | Posted 03.13.2012

Read More: DC News, Dc Food Trucks, Carnival, Video, Cirque Cuisine, DC Restaurants, Dc Around Town, Circus Food Truck, Circus, Food Trucks, DC News

WASHINGTON -- If you think local food trucks couldn't get any wackier in D.C., just wait. Two former circus clowns recently launched Cirque Cuisine, a...

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PHOTOS: Experiencing The Spirit Of Carnival

Olivia Katrandjian | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Carnival, Slidepollajax, Brazil, Rio De Janeiro, Rio, Holiday Travel, Mardi Gras, Travel News
Olivia Katrandjian

In Rio, wings made of brightly-colored feathers glittered on the backs of women wearing little more than jeweled bikinis.

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Enjoying Brazilian Carnival At A Bloco (PHOTOS)

Mark Eveleigh | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: South America, Carnival, Slideadbigshot, Brazil, International Destinations, South America Travel, Destinations, Travel News
Mark Eveleigh

Five drunk Smurfs wandered through the crowd covered in pale blue paint and a group dressed as journalists chased a (real) policewoman down the street yelling for an interview.

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Meatless Monday: Gumbo Z'herbes -- Mardi Gras' Afterparty

Ellen Kanner | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: Bourbon Street, Greens, New Orleans, Carnival, Gumbo Z'herbes, Roux, Mardi Gras, Lent, Ash Wednesday, Occupy Our Food Supply, Food, Green News
Ellen Kanner

It's not only Meatless Monday, it's Occupy Our Food Supply Day, so get involved. The ingredient in the secret sauce for making real food safe and acc...

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PHOTOS: Carnival Takes To The Streets

Sam Wolson | Posted 05.03.2012

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Sam Wolson

The beautiful women in exuberant, tiny dresses with massive head décor that often represent Carnival in popular media, unfortunately, belong only to the formal part of the festival.

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How Fat Is Fat Tuesday? [GRAPHIC]

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 02.21.2012

Read More: New Orleans, Carnival, Fat Tuesday, Tulane University, Thanksgiving, Floats, Parades, King Cakes, Catholic, mint.com, Lent, Mardi Gras, Beads, Gulf Coast, Pancakes, Video, Business News

Fat Tuesday, or Mardi Gras, may be celebrated by young and old, drunk and sober, but when it comes to economic impact, the celebration's moniker is no...

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PHOTOS: Carnival In Rome

Erica Firpo | Posted 02.22.2012

Read More: Costumes, Carnival, Festival, Celebration, Carnevale, Rome, Children, Slidefreestyle, International Destinations, Italy Travel, Events, Destinations, Travel Blogs, Travel News
Erica Firpo

Over the past few years, Carnevale Romano has had a revival, inspiring a "return to its roots" with organized events. Rome's piazzas host daily theatrical performances, equestrian shows, musicians, dancers and buskers, a kind of Venice-lite for the Carnival crowd.

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Rio Officials: Stop Peeing In Public

Reuters | Posted 04.22.2012

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RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb 21 (Reuters) - An oil-led economic boom, hosting of the 2014 soccer World Cup and the 2016 Olympics, and a plunge in violent cri...

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If You Got It, Float It: Fat Tuesday A Huge Win For New Orleans Economy

AP | STACEY PLAISANCE | Posted 02.21.2012

Read More: New Orleans, Parade Floats, Video, Carnival, New Orleans Convention and Visitors Bureau, Fat Tuesday, Louis Armstrong, Jazz, Mardi Gras World, Tulane University, Parade, Mardi Gras, Krewe, Business News

NEW ORLEANS -- As Carnival builds toward its out-of-control crescendo of Fat Tuesday, Barry Kern and his team of float-builders and artists are alread...

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PHOTOS: A Dispatch From Inside The Carnival Chaos

Mark Eveleigh | Posted 04.22.2012

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Mark Eveleigh

Countless nuns and angels mix happily with devils decked out in scarlet horns and forked tails, amid the heady, sex-charged atmosphere of samba and sweat.

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TEEN FICTION: 'You Know There Will Be No Returning Home'

| Madie Ramsay | Posted 02.21.2012

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This is a regular column featuring original poetry by and for high school students, provided by Figment.com, an online community writing site for youn...

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PHOTOS: Rio De Janeiro Goes Carnival Crazy

Posted 02.21.2012

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Rio de Janeiro lit up over the weekend as Brazil was consumed by Carnival fever and the country's numerous samba schools took to the street. The festi...

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The Week In Culture (PHOTOS)

Posted 02.19.2012

Read More: Week in Photos, Carnival, Week in Pictures, Culture Photos, Adele, Mardis Gras, Week in Culture Photos, Grammys, Week in Culture, New York Fashion Week, Culture News

Last week, Adele swept the Grammys, while Fashion Week and Carnival simultaneously took over the world. Click on for more from the week in culture. ...

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Bigger, Brighter, Better Organized?

AP | By JULIANA BARBASSA | Posted 04.18.2012

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RIO DE JANEIRO -- Showered in confetti and flanked by sequined samba queens, Rio's mayor symbolically relinquished control of the city to its rotund C...

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PHOTOS: Brazil's Carnival Bigger Than Ever

AP | By JULIANA BARBASSA | Posted 04.18.2012

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RIO DE JANEIRO -- The globe's biggest Carnival bash opens Friday, and it promises to be an even bigger blowout this year, with 20 percent more tourist...

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Tenerife Queen Dazzles

Posted 02.16.2012

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Carnival celebrations have yet to kick off in Brazil, but yesterday the island of Tenerife elected its Carnival queen, and boy did she make an impress...

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PHOTOS: Just In Time For Carnival, A Beginner's Guide To Rio

AP | By JENNY BARCHFIELD | Posted 02.15.2012

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RIO DE JANEIRO -- "Brazil is not for beginners," the late, great Brazilian composer Tom Jobim once quipped. Nowhere does the remark hold more true tha...

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'I'm Flattered To Represent Chubby Women'

Posted 02.13.2012

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Brazil brings to mind a number of things: Beautiful women like Giselle Bunchen, Adriana Lima or Alessandra Ambrosio; and Carnival, the biggest party i...

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PHOTOS: The Joy Of Carnival In Trinidad

John Oseid | Posted 04.14.2012

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John Oseid

A year ago, I put in a 10-hour-day under a beating sun in the streets of the Trinidadian capital Port of Spain. By 9 a.m., I was drenched in sweat, by noon my muscles ached fiercely. And I loved every minute of it.

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Can Brazil Keep The Peace?

AP | JULIANA BARBASSA | Posted 04.11.2012

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RIO DE JANEIRO — A strike by Rio police a week ahead of Carnival celebrations is drawing attention to a deeply troubled force in which low wages...

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Disgruntled Police Threaten Brazil's Upcoming Carnival Celebrations

AP | JENNY BARCHFIELD | Posted 04.09.2012

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SALVADOR, Brazil — Troops tightened the security ring around a Brazilian state legislature building Wednesday, seeking to step up pressure on th...

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Insiders' Guide To Mardi Gras

Pam Grout | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: New Orleans, Mardis Gras, Seafood, Carnival, New Orleans Mardi Gras, Travel Blogs, Carnival 2012, Holiday Travel, Festivals, Travel News
Pam Grout

This article's the digital equivalent of a "pinned note" that will point you in the right direction in case you (hic!) happen to quaff just a few too many hurricanes during this year's Carnival season.

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