Circus Train is Home to Traveling Performers Ringling Brothers and Barnum Baileys newest show is called Dragons. Ringmaster Jonathan Iverson, a former opera singer, joined the circus about 10 years ago. He was drawn by the history and mystique of the...
India's Circus Owners Banned From Using Children Performers India's traditional traveling circuses remain widely popular across the country, although attendance has been falling in recent years. Despite their popularity, there have long been concerns...
DOUG JOHNSON: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. This week, a special year-end show, we answer a question about the famous New Years Eve party in New York Citys Times Square. Play some music we missed. And ta...
Diana Calenti brings a taste of the Middle East to American audiences Mohamed Elshinnawi | Washington, DC 16 April 2010 Diana Calenti says she connects cultures by showing how different people share human expression and feelings. Diana Calenti's love...
The Olympic Games were created to bring together the best sporting talent from around the world. In recent years the scope has broadened and the games also showcase disabled athletes at the Para-Olympics and the arts at Beijing's Olympic Cultural Fe...
By Mary Morningstar Washington 20 December 2007 Veteran performers and newcomers contributed to the success of Country music in 2007. Although record sales overall continued to fall as digital downloads increased, several Country acts celebrated mult...
By Paul Burge London 24 August 2007 London is getting ready to host one of Europe's biggest annual street parties -- the Notting Hill Carnival. West Indian immigrants started the carnival as a local festival in the mid-1960s. It is now a much bigger...