Entertainment & Arts
Nearly a century ago, in 1891, impresario P.T.
Dec. 25, 1989
Travel & Experiences
Step right up, ladies and gentlemen, the Barnum Museum is not for suckers.
Books
BONES FOR BARNUM BROWN: ADVENTURES OF A DINOSAUR HUNTER by Roland Bird; edited by V.
Dec. 29, 1985
When you stop to think about it, it may not be the greatest show on earth, but “Barnum,” the energetic musical loosely based on the life of the preeminent 19th-Century American showman, sets out to ensure that you never get the chance.
Aug. 4, 1994
Archives
A collection of fossil bones and fragments thought to be parts of the first Tyrannosaurus rex ever discovered sold at auction Sunday for $93,250 -- far below the predicted selling price of $400,000 to $900,000.
May 17, 2004
In more than a few of the 10 stories that comprise “The Barnum Museum” it’s as if a prodigious, bizarre and photographic imagination is struggling mightily to pin itself to the mat of the post-modern story as practiced, for example, by the late Donald Barthelme.
Sept. 30, 1990
Buena Park Civic Theater’s production of “Barnum” has the charm of a circus calliope: It’s brash, noisy, old-fashioned and a bit creaky but exuberant enough to be diverting.
Oct. 24, 1986
noon & 2pm Children Former Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus clowns Moxie and Epoxie use their juggling, dancing and music skills to delight the young and the young at heart in the “Jumbo Shrimp Circus,” appearing through Tuesday at the Los Angeles Children’s Museum. * “Jumbo Shrimp Circus,” Los Angeles Children’s Museum, 310 N.
Dec. 25, 1997
DINOSAURS IN THE ATTIC: An Excursion into the American Museum of Natural History by Douglas J.
Jan. 2, 1994
Business
As Barnum’s Animals Crackers turns 100, Nabisco wants to add a new beast to the 53 that have inhabited the circus-themed box.
Jan. 2, 2002