The heyday of the circus sideshow act exists in the 21st century as a distant memory, usually preserved by grainy sepia photos and folklore that rarely impresses today’s historical skeptics. Yet, the ...

Step into Coney Island on a summer day and you’ll hear it — screams from the Cyclone, music blasting from boardwalk speakers. Walk down Surf Avenue and you’ll see a different kind of spectacle: ...

A comedian and sideshow artist are among the new acts announced for Halloweird at the Mystic Theatre. When is “really weird” not nearly weird enough? When you are programming the weirdest show of the ...

Nowadays, the circus is more than clowns just pouring out of a car. Some of the body-bending acts can blow you away. Next week, Les Ailes du Désir Foundation, Miami’s only nonprofit dedicated to ...

WEST STOCKBRIDGE — Before Opal Raven could walk across glass, she had to learn the fundamentals. That may sound peculiar at first blush, but as Raven will tell you, there’s no shortage of teachers ...