The heyday of the circus sideshow act exists in the 21st century as a distant memory, usually preserved by grainy sepia photos and folklore that rarely impresses today’s historical skeptics. Yet, the ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Perhaps The Great Peters’ fatal mistake was whistling under the Big Top. Perhaps he had worn a ...

For years, Kali von Wunderkammer has worked to bring the circus sideshow scene in New Orleans up to the same level of popularity seen in larger, East Coast hot spots such as New York City and ...

When we spoke with Bella Blue last week after she was voted the No. 16 burlesque performer around by 21st Century Burlesque magazine readers, she made a comment about New Orleans burlesque that struck ...