Haines Junction is gearing up for the second-annual Augusto Children`s Festival. With 28 workshops for kids aged five to 12, on puppet-making, magic, Southern Tutchone dance, circus skills, ukulele playing … and many more. It’s...
Read MoreThe child’s heart that beats in my aging breast is breaking. They’re shutting down the circus.After 146 years (exactly twice my life span so far), the iconic Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus is turning...
Read MoreThe circus arts are some of the oldest performing arts: acrobats, contortionists, the bearded lady, bears pedaling bikes, clowns, and juggling.The big top, pennant flags waving in the wind. The smell of wood chips and animals....
Read MoreIt’s not always easy for a 19-year-old to decide what to do next; especially a 19-year-old like Graham Rudge.Should an award-winning year at art school be followed by a mechanical engineering degree, or a stint at circus...
Read More“I’m building my army of clowns,” she says with a sinister chuckle.Is she describing her dire plan to take over the world? Well, not quite. Not that we know of.When the statement comes from cheerful...
Read MoreThe circus is coming, the circus is coming!But don’t expect three rings, elephants and a lot of sawdust under the Big Top.Fresh from a sold-out three-week run in Paris, Jamie Adkins will roll and bounce onto the Yukon Arts...
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