What’s happening in the next few weeks:

* With parties, parades and balls, Mardi Gras is one of the greatest shows on Earth. Make your reservations early. It runs from the Feast of Epiphany and ends on Mardi Gras Day, or Fat Tuesday, which this year is Jan. 6-Feb. 24. (504) 566-5011.

* “Sacred Arts of Haitian Vodou,” Feb. 1-April 11. This nationally touring show finds a natural stop in New Orleans. Paintings, handcrafted vessels, hand-sewn fabric arts and voodoo altars. New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park, (504) 488-2631.

* “Prophecy of Pop,” an exhibition at the Contemporary Arts Center, merges 1960s Pop artists with contemporary artists in mixed-media installations. Saturday-Feb. 8. 900 Camp St., (504) 523-1216. Also at the arts center: “The Art of Haiti,” Feb. 16-April 12.

* “Cities of the Dead: Life in New Orleans Cemeteries,” through Oct. 18. This exhibition features photographs representing local cemeteries from different perspectives, including an exploration of various burial techniques, decorative ironwork, funerary marble work and traditions. Louisiana State Museum, Presbytere, 751 Chartres St., (504) 568-6968.

* Le Petit Thea^tre du Vieux Carres, one of the oldest community theaters in the U.S., celebrates its 81st year with Neil Simon’s “Lost in Yonkers,” Dec. 6-20, and Irving Berlin’s 1928 musical “Cocoanuts,” Jan. 31-Feb. 14. 616 St. Peter St., (504) 522-2081.