Judging by the Arts Scene, the Circus Is Back in Town

In this one-woman clown show at New York’s Cherry Lane Theatre, where it’s running through Dec. 21, Natalie Palamides (above) ...
Sarasota Magazine

A New Documentary on the Circus Highlights the Ringling Brothers' Contributions

While peanuts and crackerjacks aren’t hard to come by, reliving the early circus of the 1900s is not an easy feat. Next month, the PBS documentary The Circus will give a long overdue look at what was ...
Sarasota Magazine

Flashback: Acrobats at the Circus Hall of Fame, 1973

Everybody knows about the Ringling Museum’s extensive collection of colorful circus memorabilia. But another privately owned circus museum, the Circus Hall of Fame, also operated from 1956 until 1980 ...
The Atlantic

Circus in Three Rings

Editor’s Note: Sylvia Plath was just 23 and two months removed from her graduation from Smith College when The Atlantic published “Circus in Three Rings,” the first of several Plath pieces featured in ...