Philadelphia is the home of the American circus. The first circus in the country was held in the city in 1793, where just 800 spectators gathered in a wooden ring to watch clowns, equestrians and ...

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In this era of digital entertainment, we forget about what was dominant in previous times: America’s and Aspen’s favorite, the circus. An early circus in our country had George Washington in the ...

In 2016, siblings Dustin Cottrell and Corey Cheval combined their passions of ragtime and the circus arts to create Dusty’s Ragtime Circus. “The big circuses have gone away,” Cottrell said, “so ...

Sad-faced clown Emmett Kelly spoke those words in 1956, upon hearing that “The Greatest Show on Earth” was folding its mammoth tent for the last time. The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus ...

BRATTLEBORO — It's that time again when celebrated circus artists from around the world arrive in town in support of New England Center for Circus Arts' popular Circus Spectacular fundraising event ...