Circuses

With new arrest, ricin case takes a strange turn

2013-04-28 00:00:00

TUPELO, Miss. — Federal agents of all sorts invaded northeast Mississippi several days ago, on a mission: Find the man who sent a poison-laced letter to the president. But the United States government quickly found itself entangled, once again, in a...

Pat Derby dies at 70; rescuer of exotic and performing animals

2013-02-20 19:15:00

Pat Derby could coax Willie the bear with a handful of jelly beans, make Christopher the cougar twitch his tail on command, and even kissed Rijo the tiger. But when it came to Walt Disney, she had less patience. Derby, a Hollywood animal trainer...

Letters: Ringling Bros.' side

2012-12-02 00:00:00

Re "No more curtain calls for elephants," Editorial, Nov. 26 The L.A. City Council's proposed ban on elephants in traveling shows, which The Times supports, is really based on the rhetoric of animal rights activists who oppose all animals in captivity...

Letters: It's no-show time for elephants

2012-11-30 00:00:00

Re "No more curtain calls for elephants," Editorial, Nov. 26 It was a pleasure to read that the Los Angeles City Council will likely ban elephants from performing in the city. Governments in dozens of countries have banned exotic animals from performing...

Why elephants need circuses and zoos

2012-11-29 14:15:00

The Times' editorial Monday on the L.A. City Council's proposed ban on elephants performing in traveling shows such as circuses paints a romantic picture of elephants as gentle giants. The editorial board seems to buy into the animal extremists'...

No more curtain calls for elephants

2012-11-26 00:00:00

The Los Angeles City Council is poised to consider a measure that would in effect prevent elephants from performing in traveling shows and exhibitions in the city. It's hardly unusual for the council to sound off on any issue under the sun, but in this...

Clown hitches a ride

2013-01-17 00:43:12

L.A. to consider ban on elephants in traveling shows, exhibits

2012-11-21 13:02:35

Classic Hollywood: The movies at work

2012-09-02 17:15:00

As far back as Louis Lumi�re's 1895 "Workers Leaving the Lumiere Factory in Lyon" 46-second short, work has been a central theme in motion pictures.�There have been stark dramas about officer workers as drones (King Vidor's 1928 "The Crowd"), satires...

Circus training without feeling like a clown

2012-04-21 00:00:00

I always dreamed of running away and joining the circus, and then on a recent Wednesday I did — and took my whole family with me. We sneaked away from bothersome school and work obligations and went for a private group class at Cirque School in...

ArtistWorks' online lessons resonate with musicians and students

2012-01-10 00:00:00

Hans Zimmer adds Gypsy flavor to 'Sherlock Holmes' score

2012-01-06 00:00:00

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey's Built To Amaze!

2013-05-06 08:04:00

Circus animals entertain the crowd at a performance of the Ramos Bros. Circus on Sunday, December 2, 2012. UCLA and NBA basketball player Brad Wright, with his wife Meshun paid for nearly 1300 children to attend the circus on the grounds of the Glendale Civic Auditorium .

2012-12-04 13:21:00

Children watch as elephants from the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus parade in Washington.

2012-11-29 13:14:15