O’Ryan McGowan-Arrowroot is wearing colorful pants that are way too long with vertical stripes and a shirt with bold horizontal stripes. His polka dot socks are mismatched. He puts on a hat made from ...

NEW YORK-- West Indian American Day Carnival events return live to Brooklyn starting this weekend, and you won't want to miss one group of young people who bring new meaning to the phrase "holding ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Shynel Brizan remembers her first Kings and Queens of Carnival competition like it was yesterday. It was 2012. She was 19 years old and still relatively new to the moko ...

As the flamingo puppets and their stilt-walking humans — members of the Dragon Knights performance group — enter the grounds of the Orange County Fair from their backstage area, adults pull out their ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — Standing 9 feet tall, Raquel Potí regularly graces the front pages of Brazilian magazines and newspapers, and on Saturday the artist donned a lavish feathered costume and lacquered ...

Stilt walker Ariana Wells participated in Staunton's Happy Birthday America parade on July 4. Wells, who recently moved to Fishersville, has been stilt walking for 10 years. The parade featured 185 ...

NEW YEAR'S EVE PARADES... always have a bit of extra verve, but few can match the energy and ebullience of the fabulous froo-fra-fra that dances through the historic heart of Monterey. It's a ...

Allenton Riley stands tall as he roams his Capitol Heights neighborhood. It's hard to overlook a dancing teenager 12 feet tall. Stilts double the 6-foot Riley's height as he practices in a T-shirt and ...

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — The holidays at The Gardens Mall are kicking off with a not-so-scary Halloween event this weekend. "Batty Manor” is back at and is located at the Grand Court. There will be ...

“Transcommunality: Laura Anderson Barbata, Collaboration Beyond Borders” at BRIC House (all photographs by the author for Hyperallergic unless noted) Laura Anderson Barbata started her international ...

Alex Gruenenfelder Smith is a certified candidate for Mayor of Los Angeles running in his first political campaign at age 20. He readily concedes there will be a lot to learn, but has his sights set ...