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Fat Tuesday in Kansas City: It’s worth getting dressed all weird for these five Mardi Gras events

March 4, 2011
Emily Johnson,


The season of Lent, a time for fasting and purification, is approaching more quickly than your excuses to avoid it. And the chaos of Mardi Gras is coming with it.

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