A North End tradition, the annual Elephant Brunch, has come to an end with the announced closing of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Typically held in mid-October, the circus elephants would parade down Causeway Street onto Commercial Street before reaching their brunch destination near the Hanover Street Fire House. There, to the delight of onlooking children and Read More…
Thanks to the generosity of our partners at TD Garden Neighborhood Charities, this past Thursday, 60 members of the NEAD Family attended the Barnum and Bailey Circus, THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH!! The children and their families had an awesome time. We were treated to fantastic seats in the loge for less than the cost Read More…
With the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus in town at the TD Garden, there will be the annual elephant feeding on Thursday, October 15 on Hanover Street, by the Prado (Paul Revere Mall) at 11:00 am.
RINGLINGS LARGEST LADIES LUNCH WITH BREAST CANCER SURVIVORS IN BOSTONS NORTH END
Ringling Bros. Teams up with the Massachusetts Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure® to Promote October as Breast Cancer Awareness Month with an Elephant Brunch!
WHAT:Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey elephants will walk down the street to the North End from the TD Garden for a festive lunch. The traditional fare (Approx. 40 loaves of bread, 30 bunches of bananas, 30 lbs of apples, 20 heads of lettuce, 3 bushels of carrots, 6 watermelons, if available) will be provided by Mikes Pastry and F&B Produce.
Immediately following the elephant feeding, Kelly Ann, the painting pachyderm, will create a masterpiece in front of the crowd, which will later be donated to the Massachusetts Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure. Kelly Anns trainer, Aaron Morris and Hischam Ballsam will be available for interviews.
Post-painting, invited breast cancer survivors and their families will board Penelope, the pink DUCK from Boston Duck Tours for a private tour of the city along with several performers from Over the Top. Later, these families will swing by the TD Garden for the Thursday evening performance of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Presents Over the Top!
It’s sickening that circuses still use animals like this, and worse, that people go and patronize and support these spectacles. Elephants don’t belong on city sidewalks, crates, or circus tents. They don’t deserve a life of confinement and training by violent methods. I don’t understand how or why people celebrate this. Good that this will be “one of the last” elephant brunches.
Awwwww, they are so cute! I wish I could have been there to see them in person!
What a beautiful tradition. If not for this how could the children experience elephants. Wonderful tradition hope somehow it can continue. Job well done.
Better off in the Circus than being hunted and killed in the jungle for their ivory tusks and then their bodies left to rot.
I think that some people should direct their anger towards DCF and their incompetence in “protecting” children in this city & state instead of whining about 3 elephants having a buffet on Hanover St.