Trapeze artist Antoinette poses with her husband aerialist Arthur "Art" Concello. Milner Library's Circus and Allied Arts Collection For years, Illinois State University’s Milner Library has made it ...

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James Deutsch | Senior Content Coordinator, Smithsonian’s America at 250 Book Project Trained and created for UniverSoul Circus in Johannesburg, South Africa, the Pizza Posse marries acrobatics to ...

Circus trains and parades are essentially relics of the past, but at one time, the South Bend area saw its fair share of visits from the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey; the Cole Brothers ...

The history of training circus animals goes back much farther than what we think of today. There was no striped tent, brass band, or trainers stepping into the ring. People have watched animal ...

The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus is drawing to a close this weekend after 146 years of performances and travel that at times have been marred by tragedy and celebrated in film, but also ...

PROVIDENCE – The circus is coming to town. After a six-year hiatus, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey is bringing its traveling show back to Providence’s Amica Mutual Pavilion this weekend. The last ...

PLOVER – The Portage County Historical Society will welcome the Engford family circus performers again this year for Heritage Days at Heritage Park in Plover. Ruth Engford Clark, her husband, Frank ...