Learn what Mardi Gras is, where it began, when it happens and simple ways to celebrate this lively tradition.

The first annual Caribbean Carnival Art Night, a night of Caribbean culture in all forms of art, will be hosted by the ...

To mark the beginning of Lent, ashes will be distributed during all services that will be held at various times on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 18, at St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church, 1500 Brookdale ...

What’s Going On is a listing of activities taking place throughout the Downriver community. To submit an event, send an email to downriverlife@thenewsherald.com. List the time, date, location, cost ...

For show times from Feb. 19-22 and more information go to www.northcoastreptheatreschool.org.Ticket prices are regularly $25 ...

Mountain Top Social Club meetings will resume at 1:30 p.m. Feb. 10 and 24 at the American Legion, 1550 Henry Drive, Mountain Top, PA. The parking and entrance are at the rear of the building. For more ...

To mark the end of this chapter, Andrea Mistretta issued a final poster that documents her four decades of promoting Mardi ...

Easter Sunday will be celebrated in the first week of April in 2026. The date for Easter changes annually because it is based on the lunar calendar. Lent, a 40-day period of preparation for Easter, ...

Ash Wednesday is observed by a variety of Christians around the world. The first day of the Lent season, a forty-day period of self-examination and penance before Easter is observed by Lutherans, ...

Mardi Gras, also known as Fat Tuesday, will be on Feb. 17, 2026. Lent is a 40-day season of prayer and fasting that begins on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026. Easter will be celebrated on Sunday, April 5 ...

Ash Wednesday is Wednesday, March 5. It is the first day of Lent, a 40-day season of prayer, fasting and giving. On Ash Wednesday, priests place ash crosses on worshipers' foreheads to indicate they ...

Though it is still the middle of winter in New England, with February getting closer, it is only a little over a month from Ash Wednesday, signifying that the Christian Easter season is not that far ...