In December, the circus announces its first female ringmaster, Kristen Michelle Wilson. 2017 — Feld Entertainment announces it will close the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus.

I was quite taken with Mary Ann Lewis’ suggestion that the circus clowns laid off by the closure of Ringling Bros., Barnum and ... are throwing knives at! The ringmaster! All these and others ...

Alfred Ringling commissioned the Sarasota house, now listed for $2.5 million, solely for entertaining and hosting guests ...

The odds of landing a coveted spot on the Ringling Bros. Circus’ elite traveling clown corps might be slightly higher than winning the lottery. But not by a whole lot. More than 4,000 clown ...

Sons of poor immigrants in the Midwest, the Ringling Brothers expanded within a decade from a small regional circus to a large traveling circus across the country, and ultimately bought Barnum and ...