One of the worst train disasters in U.S. history is remembered at two Chicago-area sites: a memorial in Gary marking where a troop train slammed into the Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus train in 1918, ...

In May 1963, an estimated 2,000 people marched to Oak Woods Cemetery on Chicago’s South Side. These protesters included Black undertakers and ministers, as well as NAACP officials.

While telling me about the three-day extravaganza called the Chicago Circus & Performing Arts Festival that is taking place this weekend on the West Side, Amancay Kugler remembered her first circus.

Graceland Cemetery in Chicago, founded in 1860, is one of the city’s most iconic and historic burial grounds. Known for its picturesque landscape, it features winding paths, serene ponds, and ...

Circus Vazquez is bringing its new 2024 production to three Chicago area locations. Tickets are on sale now for performances from May 24 - June 3 at Little Village (440 W. 26 St., Chicago, IL ...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker, keynoting a fundraiser for the Democratic Party of Virginia, said Saturday Trump will “spew his hateful lies, his vitriol, his dark vision for this country, and he'll do ...

Ringling Bros. Circus tour brings new kind of circus show to Chicago area this weekend The show, which has been reborn without animals, is set to perform in Rosemont through Sunday ...

Julia Graham and her husband drove past the cemetery around 10 p.m. on a night earlier this month, when they spotted a man wearing a circus-inspired get-up run towards them and scale the 7-foot ...

Of those circus spaces—the Center for Dynamic Circus, MSA & Circus Arts, CircEsteem, Trapeze School New York in Chicago, Aloft, and The Actors Gymnasium—most include circus schools as well as ...