Looking for an affordable spectacle? Try the Italian circus that tours city to city, sets up under a giant tent and presents aerial acts, hand balancing, contortionists and mermaids over a 35,000-gallon water tank. Cirque Italia creates a “vivid, dramatic and moving experience” without animals, despite the rumor of a dinosaur appearance.
Thursday 7/21–Sunday 7/24. $10-50, various times. Fashion Square Mall, 1600 Rio Rd E. cirqueitalia.com.
