Circus Arts

Cirque du Soleil Philly

Cirque du Soleil's new show to make North American debut in Philly

Circus students will interpret love through acrobatics in special Valentine's Day performance

Circus Arts Valentine's Day

Watch a spooky performance during Philly School of Circus Arts' Halloween celebration

Haunted Circus Halloween 2022

Watch a high-wire walking performance during FringeArts' festival this month

Circus Campus Fringe Festival

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Trenton Circus Squad to teach children how to do aerials, acrobatics and tight wire acts in Camden

TCS Circus

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Flying trapeze lessons return to Philadelphia School of Circus Arts this week

Circus Arts

Immersive experience at historic mansion on the Delaware River puts twist on Shakespeare classic

Cirque du Nuit's Midsummer Gala

Ghostly Circus at Fort Mifflin includes circus arts, fire and choose-your-own-adventure

Ghostly Circus at Fort Mifflin

Ghostly Circus moves to Fort Mifflin for pandemic-themed show

Ghostly Circus at Fort Mifflin

Fringe Festival show will have audience drive through Laurel Hill Cemetery

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Old City Fest is a seven-hour street party in the historic neighborhood

Old City Fest 2019

Ghostly Circus at cemetery includes fire, circus arts, aerial performances

Carroll - The Ghostly Circus

Performing Arts

Cirque du Soleil acrobats tour the streets (and Rocky Steps) of Philadelphia

Carroll - Cirque Amaluna

Behind the scene at Cirque du Soleil's CRYSTAL in South Philadelphia

Carroll - Cirque du Soleil Crystal

A sneak peek of Cirque du Soleil’s CRYSTAL

Carroll - Cirque du Soleil's CRYSTAL

PHOTOS: Mütter Museum Superstition Party

Dillon - Mtter Museum

Ghostly Circus throwing dinner party with aerial performances, fire dancers

Carroll - The Ghostly Circus

Try a new halloween maze at Mount Airy's Haunted Circus Mansion

circus arts haunted mansion exterior

PHOTOS: 'The Ghostly Circus: Dante's Inferno'

Carroll - The Ghostly Circus

Catch some air at flying trapeze school

Philadelphia Flying Trapeze

The Ghostly Circus will return to Laurel Hill Cemetery for a fifth year

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PHOTOS: New Cirque du Soleil routine sets the [handle]bar even higher

Carroll - Cirque du Soleil Volta rehearsal

Jefferson nurse recruiter takes sense of adventure to new heights

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America's first circus school opens its Philly doors next month

Circadium

Performing Arts

15 photos from the Ghostly Circus – beautifully bizarre, it's held within a historic cemetery

Carroll - Ghostly Circus

10 photos of acrobats performing 'DreamCycle' (in various states of undress)

Carroll - Cirque Us

She's got a (long) leg up on the circus industry

Carroll - Circus Stilt Walker

Watch an other-worldly show among tombstones

Carroll - Ghost

Gallery: Behind the scenes at Cirque du Soleil's 'TORUK - The First Flight'

Carroll - Cirque du Soleil TORUK

As Greatest Show on Earth closes, contemporary circus could thrive

Circus School

Performing Arts

Gallery: Cirque Éloize performs at CHOP

Carroll - Cirque Eloize Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

UniverSoul Circus returns to Philly for season's grand finale

UniverSoul

WATCH: Philly will soon be home to a full-time circus-arts school

Circadium

Puppets, physics and circus arts combine in new Philly-developed children's show

Circus Town Art

Gallery: 'Steampunk Expo' at Morris Arboretum

Photos: Phila. School of Circus Arts' high-flying 'Cabaret Pinot Noir'

Photo Gallery: The dazzling, death-defying ‘Ghostly Circus'

Performing Arts

Gallery: Spiders from Cirque du Soleil's 'OVO' perform in Philly

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More than 100 vendors will bring decades of vintage fashion to Oaks

The Philly Vintage Flea

NIH grant disruptions slow down breast cancer research

Breast Cancer Research

Philadelphia 250

Philly firsts: In 1688, a group drafted a public petition against slavery

first slavery petition

Riot Nerd to mark 10 years of niche fandom and queer-forward nightlife

RiotNerd10Years

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