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 & ...

I’m not suggesting entering our local political arena, though I’m sure some would argue we always could use a few more bozos in town for comic relief. All kidding aside, I’m talking real, ...

— When you walk into the lobby of Saginaw's Dow Event Center to attend a performance of the 71st Elf Khurafeh Shrine Circus, a group of very festival women will greet you. "We're just havin' a ball," ...

AGAWAM — In her blond pigtails and colorful jumpsuit Bella Hastings seems innocent enough, until she stares at you with her bright red nose and skeleton face — she's no average clown. "A lot of people ...

As a youngster, Lorraine Chambers wanted to run away with the circus. Now she’s fulfilling that dream: She’s a student in the Clown College put on by the Laguna Woods Senior Clown Alley. “Being a ...

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 ...

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (WCIV) — The saying is "the show must go on," but in the case of 146-year-old Ringling Brothers Circus, it's time to call it quits. The traveling circus' last performance will be ...