Ivana B. Cvetkovic
journalist, media studies scholar, pop culture fan
St. Louis - Volunteers making food at the St. Alphonsus Liguori Rock Catholic Church.
St. Louis - Nezzie Terry and Henrene Brown packing fish fry orders at the St. Alphonsus Liguori Rock Catholic Church.
St. Louis - David Cassens prepares food for fish fries at the Holy Trinity Serbian Orthodox Church.
St. Louis - Volunteers making food at the St. Alphonsus Liguori Rock Catholic Church.
Fish fries in St. Louis
Fish fries, the communal celebration of the abstinence from meat on Fridays during Lent, have gained great popularity in St. Louis. Even though this religious tradition is associated with Roman Catholics, several churches of other Christian denominations throughout St. Louis run fish fries. No matter whether it is a Mexican, African-American, Serbian Orthodox church, or the Knights of Columbus, all of them have the common goal: supporting the call for abstaining from meats, raising charities and promoting their communities’ cultures.
Mardi Gras celebration in St. Louis
Hundreds of St. Louisans and the city’s visitors celebrated the 2014 Mardi Gras parade with masks, floats, good music and tons of beads. The signature of this U.S. second largest Mardi Gras celebration after the New Orleans' parade, was the city’s 250th birthday party celebrated all year-round. Many people flooded the streets in the city’s historic neighborhood of Soulard cheering to the floats and numerous krewes that participated in the Grand parade.