The Big Top Parade will take over downtown Baraboo this summer. The event features circus wagons, marching bands, floats, and ...

Baraboo was home to the Ringling Brothers, a family of successful circus proprietors, and the highly competitive industry ...

Fred Pfening Jr. chuckled when asked whether he would be at the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus this week. "Oh, I should think so," said the 83-year-old editor and publisher of Bandwagon: ...

SARASOTA, Fla. -- By today's standards, the circus is more of a sideshow act than the pinnacle of modern entertainment. But at the turn of the 20th century, the traveling circus was the height of ...

A passionate friend of the circus, John Lentz spent his life collecting and preserving circus history, from vintage circus posters to the legacy of clown Emmett Kelly. Lentz, who retired here 30 years ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Sailor Circus “Celebrate 70” spring show: Thursdays through Saturdays, April 18-20, April 25-27; 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday; 2 and 7 p.m. Saturdays; $15 to $28; Sailor Circus Arena, 2075 Bahia Vista ...

WEBVTT A DEVELOPING STORY THIS MORNING. THE STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY WILL NOT TAKE OVER OPERATIONS AT BARABOO'S CIRCUS WORLD MUSEUM. THAT RULING CAME DOWN FROM THE LEGISLATURE'S FINANCE COMMITTEE. THE ...

PITTSFIELD — Just checking in on Jack Trowill, the man who, for decades, would travel over hill and dale with his projector, his slides, his notes and his memories. He’d be at the beck and call of any ...