Kansas City’s Fat Tuesday festivities

Kansas City and New Orleans have a lot in common. Both have vibrant, musical histories. Both have historic party districts. Both have neglected neighborhoods in ruins — [Whoops, off topic! -NP] And like the folks in N’awlins, Kansas Citians loooove Mardi Gras. Nobody could party to the extent that the Big Easy does, of course, but we still know how to laissez les bon temps roulez. After the jump, a roundup of events we’ve heard about leading up to Fat Tuesday.