New circus companies continue to bring new ideas to the art of circus. A Village Voice reviewer saw several in NYC. https://www.villagevoice.com/2017/08/09/atlass-lucky-takes-its-place-in-an-exciting-season-of-circus/
Princess Stephanie of Monaco has adopted two former circus elephants and cares for them at the palace. http://people.com/royals/prince-albert-talks-about-princess-stephanie-elephants/
Feld Entertainment’s newest show, a superhero circus, is billed as their largest production ever. http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/04/entertainment/marvel-live-show/index.html
When local banks didn’t want to do business with his circus, Ben Wallace started his own bank in Peru. http://bankingjournal.aba.com/2017/08/the-circus-bank/
The critters at Circus World are getting melon treats this summer. http://www.wiscnews.com/baraboonewsrepublic/news/local/article_5c58fdb5-1401-5e7e-80bb-3139612a9599.html
Dinny McGuire was the ringmaster of Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey for eleven years. He remembers some of the highlights in this article. http://www.bransontrilakesnews.com/
The National Endowment for the Arts hosted a Circus Town Hall during the recent Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington, DC. Following the event, the NEA Director confirmed the importance of circus as a national art form. https://www.arts.gov/article/celebrating-art-circus
Chris Jones of the Chicago Tribune says that Cirque du Soleil’s LUZIA is one of their best productions. http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/theater/ct-cirque-du-soleil-review-ent-0724-20170723-column.html
The next time you are in Dubois, Pennsylvania, you can spend the night in a former Ringling Circus train car. http://www.wearecentralpa.com/news/dubois-attraction-holds-two-of-the-last-ringling-brothers-circus-trains/773441320
