A sepia-toned studio photograph of a stoic-faced troupe of acrobats resides in the Special Collections vault at Illinois State University. In the back row, a top-hatted white-faced clown with ...

NOVI — Children in grades K-4 in the Novi Community School District in the Novi4ALL Program were treated to a special sensory ...

Amid declining attendance and controversy about animal welfare, the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus is closing for good in 2017 (it made its final stop in Richmond in March). But 45 years ...

SEAVILLE – The Cole Bros. Circus will perform under the big top next Monday and Tuesday, Aug. 11-12 in Seaville at the field on Route 9 north of the Cedar Square Shopping Center. This is the 130th ...

(WSYR-TV) — Step right up! Step right up! And prepare to immerse yourself in the wonderful and wacky world of American showman P.T. Barnum as the REV Theatre brings the legend to life. “BARNUM” ...

On July 6, 1944, a blaze broke out at a Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey show in Hartford, Connecticut. At least 167 people died, and hundreds were injured Jordan Friedman - Freelance Writer ...

The Big Top Circus presented by Bee Windows will perform at the 2025 Indiana State Fair Big Top Zone. The circus, featuring clowns, aerialists and acrobats, is an experience for the entire family, a ...

Over 40 years ago, Tom von Oehsen, made a decision that changed his life forever — he decided to enroll in clown school. “I really had no clue what I wanted to do…so I took a gap year and applied to ...

Circus Arts Conservatory co-founder Pedro Reis stepped down from management of the circus nonprofit last November, but as production strategist, he still is responsible for producing the CAC’s ...

My father, James Neumann, is wondering if you might be able to answer this question that has puzzled him for years. His great-grandfather Casper Ringelstein had a house on Roosevelt Avenue, south of ...

WINDING up a five-week stand in Manhattan’s Madison Square Garden last week, Ringling Bros, and Barnum & Bailey Circus was off for Boston on the first lap of its annual 10,000-mile tour. As always, ...

Long before radio broadcasts, movies, and television series, the circus was the biggest and greatest entertainment industry in the United States and beyond. Spectators couldn’t wait to catch a glimpse ...