GREENSBORO, NC — There are no tigers and elephants; in fact, the only “animal” is an electric dog named Bailey. The clowns are still there, but hardly wear any makeup. Ringling Bros. and Barnum & ...

In 1986, a little writer named Stephen King penned a horror novel entitled It. The plot focused on a demonic clown named Pennywise the Dancing Clown, who instinctively knew how to terrorize his child ...

As a professional clown, all Beth Byrd-Lonski wants is to make people laugh. To bring silliness and joy to their lives. So why is it that disaster seems to be following clowns around the nation? Last ...

Our first president George Washington attended the first American circus in Philadelphia in 1793. Circus would expand from that auspicious start to become American folklife, intertwined with the ...