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Nik Wallenda and two members of the troupe that suffered a tragic fall earlier in the week returned to the wire at Circus Sarasota. http://www.bradenton.com/news/local/article131861954.html

A Florida investment firm has bought the bankrupt Big Apple Circus. http://www.bigapplecircus.org/

Vanessa Thomas Smith, the first African American female ringmaster, will be honored at a Pennsylvania museum. http://www.burlingtoncountytimes.com/life-style/local-entertainment/best-bets-first-female-african-american-circus-ringmaster-to-speak/article_62e7a0a1-3d1e-5c07-86c2-51192b78f4da.html

The Wallenda high wire troupe was rehearsing an eight person pyramid for Circus Sarasota. http://abcnews.go.com/US/injured-high-wire-accident-florida-circus/story?id=45354152 http://www.heraldtribune.com/news/20170209/rietta-wallenda-among-those-injured-in-circus-accident

The family of circus clown Otto Griebling discuss the end of the Greatest Show on Earth. http://www.southbendtribune.com/news/community/south-bend-woman-granger-man-have-especially-fond-memories-of/article_8ba65baa-baa8-5f4a-952c-bf0fd6cefc8a.html

An Ohio businessman has bought the historic Sells mansion in Columbus. The home was built by the owner of Sells Bros Circus and includes some circus artifacts. http://www.dispatch.com/entertainmentlife/20170205/remodeled-circus-house-beside-goodale-park-energizes-new-owner

Ramos Bros Circus has opened their 2017 season with shows in California. http://www.hidesertstar.com/news/article_5f258ffa-ea73-11e6-8c5c-2b6bfcf491e3.html

The new issue of Spectacle is now up and running at www.spectaclemagazine.com It features a review of the Monte Carlo Festival, and the circus at Paris’ Cirque d’Hiver. The feature is a conversation with clown Tom Dougherty and the partner he has taken since he left Ringling. A lot of reaction to the Ringling closing […]

Feld Entertainment will replace the Circus Arts Conservatory as the producer of the summer circus spectacular at the Ringling Museum this year. http://www.heraldtribune.com/news/20170201/summer-circus-spectacular-shifting-course-this-summer

Bello Nock has announced that he is one of the bidders in the auction for the assets of the bankrupt Big Apple Circus. https://www.wsj.com/articles/send-in-the-clown-veteran-performer-hopes-to-save-big-apple-circus-1485978723