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Brian and Tina Miser bought one of the former RBBB rail cars and have parked it at their place in Indiana. https://www.wthr.com/article/even-after-ringling-demise-circus-life-goes-on-for-indiana-family

The new Big Apple Circus will feature both a high wire and a flying act, plus Grandma the clown and other features when it opens in New York City in October. https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/BIG-APPLE-CIRCUS-to-Welcome-Global-Acts-for-Return-to-Lincoln-Center-20170829

Circus World has completed its 2017 season, a summer filled with significant events. http://www.wiscnews.com/baraboonewsrepublic/news/local/article_c07307ba-254b-5c52-8e07-a297e6340176.html

A former Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey train car has been moved to the CATS circus retirement home in Florida. http://web.tampabay.com/news/humaninterest/circus-workers-park-turning-old-ringling-bros-train-car-into-community/2335057

The Art Museum at McDaniel College in Westminster, Maryland is showcasing the circus. http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/arts/artsmash/bs-fe-mcdaniel-circus-20170731-story.html

The new issue of Spectacle is now up and running at www.spectaclemagazine.com It features reviews of Circus Flora, Circus Juventas and a French circus visiting NYC. Dominique Jando summarizes the Smithsonian Festival, and the Editor’s Fanfare addresses some upheavals in the circus community. All this and three extensive photo galleries. Enjoy and please alert interested […]

The 2018 Monte Carlo Festival will celebrate the 250th anniversary of the founding of the first modern circus.

Circus Smirkus has a dynamite band this year. Two of the three musicians came from Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey. This video from Lane Talburt will give you an idea of what the band brings to the show. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PI6vnc6weUI

Follow this link for a video interview with Ty McFarlan, the new ringmaster for the regenerated Big Apple Circus. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d838zgFBXJk

The Zoppe Family Circus continues to entertain audiences across the country, despite difficult financial times. http://roadsandkingdoms.com/2017/zoppe-family-circus/