NATICK — Joe Kohen is ready to clown around when the Shriners Circus makes its return Wednesday at the Aleppo Shriners Auditorium in Wilmington. Natick resident Kohen, the circus' "boss clown," and ...

STARITSA, Russia (AP) — Clowns and street performers gather to attend the Karandash-Fest in the town of Staritsa in the region of Tver, about 200 kilometers (125 miles) northwest of Moscow. The ...

Fifty-five years ago, Union writer Welton Jones used his journalistic skills to help to solve a mystery involving circus clowns and the missing grave of a Russian ballerina. Jones, the former arts ...

When something goes wrong in a circus, they send in the clowns to distract the audience. Well, something has gone very wrong with this circus, and the clowns are everywhere. We welcome letters of 275 ...

The show was a little late in starting Thursday at Circus Circus, so Rocco the Clown stepped in. The performer didn’t say a word when he went onstage. He just started using his hands to urge the ...

One of my favorite things when I was just a lad in Duluth was when the Shrine Circus would show up. This was in the 1950s and ’60s. It was a spectacular event to see, especially when the three rings ...