Join Chad Lewis at noon June 12 for Bring Your Own Lunch and Learn in the Council Chambers on the top floor of City Hall, 221 E. Clark St. Get ready for a fascinating hour of Midwest circus legends ...

Nation's library celebrates history of circus arts with new archival acquisitions from Feld Entertainment's Ringling Bros.

The retired elephants of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus will be moving to a spacious new home at a Florida conservation center next year, concluding a journey that began in 2015 when ...

From the first time a circus visited San Antonio in 1858, the dates usually fell in October or even November — because even then, it was too hot to want to sit under a canvas tent during the summer ...

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Ralph Gardner Jr. wrote the Urban Gardner column Monday-Thursday.

most popular act, the elephants. Elephants were such a major draw for Ringling Bros. that it easily became the circus' trademark. The circus elephants were featured everywhere in promotions for ...

But once the circus shut down, the elephants, horses, tigers, lions, camels and zebras that had been part of it were sent to sanctuaries around the country. Former Ringling Bros. trainer Tabajara ...

Here, the "Human Fuse" act performs during the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus' "Fully Charged" show at Van Andel Arena in 2012. The elephants are escorted into Van Andel Arena after ...

Once the elephants in the room disappeared, it turns out the circus itself wouldn't be far behind. After 146 years under big top tents, executives of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey ...

Asia was one of several retired elephants sprayed down for a bath. Former Ringling Bros. circus elephants like April have all the time in the world to play in the sand at the 200-acre habitat.