Rachel Schiffer is no stranger to the circus. Her grandmother trained as a clown, and her grandfather took her to her first Circus Smirkus show when she was just 7 years old. During the show, Smirkus ...

Eva Lou Rhinelander loves clowning around. But even more, she likes wrapping herself up into all sorts of contortions, not to mention going round-and-round with the hula hoop. Rhinelander, 18, who ...

In 1969, at age 19, Rob Mermin literally ran off and joined the circus. While his friends were wallowing in the mud at Woodstock, attending college and protesting the Vietnam War, Mermin was getting ...

MIDDLEBURY, Vt. (WCAX) - Vermonters running away to the circus. Circus Smirkus’s 38th annual Big Top Tour came to Middlebury Saturday. Troupers ages 12 to 18 performed in a two hour show, including ...

GREENFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Circus Smirkus, a nonprofit arts and education organization that is based in Greensboro, Vermont, will be performing in Greenfield on Sunday and Monday. Pioneer Valley ...

An 18-year-old trapeze artist performing with Circus Smirkus suffered an injury after being involved in a “rigging incident” Wrentham Police Chief William McGrath said the incident happened during a ...

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Violet Phillips could hardly stand still as she waited to be led under the tent at Circus Smirkus. “Her friends brought her last year, and she’s talked about it all year,” said Beth DuPont of Saratoga ...

Twenty-nine young performers are headed onto the road over the next few days as part of the Circus Smirkus summer tour that this year is going to be based on the theme of newsgathering. The performers ...

ESSEX JUNCTION Vermont's Circus Smirkus has suspended operations at its Essex Circus Smirkus Academy and Greensboro headquarters. Officials at Circus Smirkus released a statement Monday citing ...

It’s summer, and that means Circus Smirkus is coming to town. Circus Smirkus, Vermont’s award-winning, international traveling youth circus, will present “Oz Incorporated” during its 2013 Big Top Tour ...