Ari Steeples, a third-generation bear trainer, is set to lead the Murat Shrine Circus as its ringmaster, continuing a family ...

The circus is in Asheville for its seventh year! Venardos Circus runs from Thursday, Oct. 2, to Sunday, Oct. 19, at Tanger ...

He puts on a bright tailcoat. He smooths out his waistcoat. He checks his bow tie, making sure it’s crisp and straight. He puts on a top hat. It’s at a jaunty angle. He hears the crowd, eager and ...

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus will stage eight performances today though Monday at The Mark of the Quad Cities, Moline. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. today and Friday; 11:30 a.m., 3:30 and 7:30 ...

The following is a Folklife Festival story told through the lens of an object: the circus ringmaster’s top hat. Like all good “storied objects,” this one is imbued with the Festival experience of its ...

FLORIDA (CNN) – Kristen Michelle Wilson plays the role so naturally; the fact that she’s a woman doesn’t even come to mind Wilson said, “This is not a gender specific role. This is all about being ...

BARABOO (WKOW) -- A long-time ringmaster at Circus World in Baraboo is preparing to leave the ring after 39 years. Though he doesn't swing from the ceiling or ride a unicycle, everyone who goes to a ...

John Kennedy Kane is living his dream as ringmaster for the Big Apple Circus. It’s a role he prepared for as a child, when he would stage circus acts in the basement of his South Buffalo home. In fact ...

Singer Lauren Irving plays a central part in the resurrection of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. She’s not the ringmaster, but she’s close to it. “I never get tired of hearing that I ...

Pop artists’s 12th record contains some of her outrageous songs, suggesting she feels confident enough at this point in her ...

Ringmaster Chris Connors of the Cole Brothers Circus of the Stars will introduce the performers at PNC Field in Moosic this weekend. At times, Chris Connors’ boss will ask him why he’s just standing ...