The festival will begin at 4 p.m. Friday and 2 p.m. Saturday. Every year in Mahoningtown, a giant mannequin baby doll dances in a circle with fireworks coming off while Italian music plays in the ...

MILLISIA WHITE IS USED TO TALKING ABOUT DANCE. As the artistic director of the New Orleans Society of Dance (NOSD) and the founder of the New Orleans Baby Doll Ladies, when the phone rings, she ...

LOWELLVILLE, Ohio (AP) - Before donning a giant papier-mache doll costume and dancing while fireworks erupt from the outfit’s arms and head, Frank Speziale likes to have a beer and relax with friends.

Just a few decades ago, the baby doll tradition of New Orleans' Black neighborhoods seemed destined to fade. Only a handful of women celebrated Carnival Day in the signature satin dresses and baby ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) —The origins of New Orleans’ most beloved organizations are storied. By the early 1900s, women from New Orleans’ Red Light District, 7th Ward Creoles of color along with women of ...

Mount Carmel festivals, which could not be held in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, have returned this summer — bringing food, musical entertainment, games, bingo and fireworks for families.