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18 Apr 2024

We took a circus to Mexico, it did not go as planned

As I walked across the border from Tijuana, I felt my body relax as I entered the United States. We had done it– we took a circus to Mexico. The surrealness of the last 10 days all started to come back to me as I sat on the train to

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25 Jan 2024

The Circus is Back in Town, So Bring Out the Clowns!

We strolled onto the damp, January asphalt a block or so from Warriors Stadium, and were immediately contacted by a clown. “Bonne soirée,” I said.  He feigned to be impressed by my French, made an elaborate bow as onlookers laughed, and gave me a clown nose for my efforts. Right

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27 Jan 2024

The San Francisco Beer Passport is Here!

Step into a world of adventure with the San Francisco Beer Passport. There’s no better way to explore San Francisco than to literally drink it in. This passport is amazing! Each one contains 27 coupons to buy one beer, get a second beer FREE at 27 of the finest locally

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13 Jun 2022

The Secret Garden Showcases the Next Generation of Circus Stars

Unlike most of us who read it as kids in school, director Felicity Hesed read The Secret Garden for the first time during the pandemic, and instantly started seeing connections. In her new circus theater adaptation, Mary Lennox’s parents, who died of cholera in the book, are victims of Covid-19.

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07 Oct 2015

Circus Automatic : Performers You Should Know

I was at an underground circus performance, off of a dimly lit street somewhere in the Excelsior District of San Francisco. I was there to interview a woman who specializes in shooting a bow and arrow with her feet. Inka Siefker, the world renowned archer and world record holder is

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