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Big top on the small screen

Circus Smirkus, the Vermont-based youth circus that visits Maine every summer, will appear on Maine televisions in a documentary highlighting both the performances and the struggles — physical and financial — of a small traveling show.
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By JEFF INGLIS  |  April 06, 2012
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Cirque de Ville will go over the top at the Dorrance

It doesn't take a particularly agile imagination to step back in time at the Dorrance, the restaurant and bar that opened in the old Union Trust bank building downtown last fall. The marble floors, the high ceilings, the stained-glass windows — they all
Three-Ring Dept.
By PHILIP EIL  |  February 24, 2012
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Cirque Dreams gets seasonal at PPAC

There is plenty of color and spectacle for the little ones and dexterous skill for the big kids (aka adults), as Cirque Dreams Holidaze dazzles at the Providence Performing Arts Center through December 18.
An acrobatic Holidaze
By BILL RODRIGUEZ  |  December 16, 2011
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The Night Circus

The man billed as Prospero the Enchanter receives a fair amount of correspondence via the theater office, but this is the first envelope addressed to him that contains a suicide note, and it is also the first to arrive carefully pinned to the coat of a
Excerpted from the novel by Erin Morgenstern
By ERIN MORGENSTERN  |  July 22, 2011
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Ask a Carny III

One carny's solutions to everyday problems.
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By BRIAN MCFADDEN  |  July 08, 2011
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Review: Circo

Out there on the dusty back roads of rural Mexico, that's where American documentarian Aaron Schock went to find a bona fide old-time circus, with a roaring lion and tigers and tightrope walkers under an actual big top.
Gran Circo Mexico
By GERALD PEARY  |  April 22, 2011
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The World/Inferno Friendship Society | The Anarchy and the Ecstasy

Jack Terricloth once likened playing in a band to being married and having a full-time job. Hence, his World/Inferno Friendship Society fashion themselves a kooky circus punk co-op, not a band.
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By BARRY THOMPSON  |  March 18, 2011
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Gift Guide 2010: Books that'll make your coffee table look smart

There are books, and then there are deluxe books. They're like normal books, but more badass.
 Rock of Pages
By MICHAEL GOETZMAN, MICAH HAUSER, AND STEVE MILLER  |  December 10, 2010
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Photos: Jerkus Circus at Oberon [verging on NSFW?]

Jerkus Circus takes comedy, burlesque, and freaky stunts to Club Oberon on November 12, 2010.
Jerkus Circus, live at Oberon, on November 12, 2010
By NINA MASHUROVA  |  November 19, 2010
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Photos: Solstice Circus's Autumnal Equinox Show

The Solstice Circus perform a special Autumnal Equinox show at Plough & Stars on September 23, 2010.
Solstice Circus celebrate the "FREAKquinox" at the Plough and Stars
By DEREK KOUYOUMJIAN  |  October 08, 2010
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Juggling act

Bobby works on his circus act.
Hoopleville
By DAVID KISH  |  September 17, 2010
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The joy of risk

The solo performances of Michael Moschen have many elements to them: dance movement, juggling, theater, pantomime, the balancing and acrobatic skills of a circus artist, the illusion-making craft of a magician.
Michael Moschen is alive!
By BILL RODRIGUEZ  |  March 12, 2010
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Photos: Britney Spears at TD Garden

Photos of Britney Spears' Circus tour at TD Garden
Britney Spears, live at TD Garden on August 29, 2009
By KELLY DAVIDSON  |  September 04, 2009
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Slideshow: Britney Spears at the Garden

Photos of Britney Spears, live at the Garden, March 16, 2009
Britney Spears, live at TD Banknorth Garden, March 16, 2009
By CARINA MASTROCOLA  |  March 17, 2009