A recent article of mine on whether contemporary circus needs a new name to separate it from traditional circuses has sparked a fair bit of debate. I wrote the piece in response to some comments by ...

Tucson isn't exactly a magnet for circus troupes, but this weekend two are setting up stakes and high wires to deliver their versions of the greatest shows on earth. Neither is an elephants-and-tigers ...

As best as I can recall, the circus came to the small town in the Oregon steppe where I grew up when I was about 8. It was only a one-ring circus. I remember clearly the elephants. The huge wrinkled ...

P!nk shows off her circus skills again, this time at a secret gig at the Palais De Nikaia in Nice, and proves that even though Britney might have an album called “Circus,” P!nk is master of this ring.

"The Circus Pig and the Kaiser: A Novel Based on a Strange but True Event," by Carolyn Kay Brancato, is a fast-paced drama of wit and humor amid politically charged circumstances. This circus is an ...