Review: An Incredible Evening of Magic

From Monday Magazine:

When I went to the Victoria Conference Centre theatre last Saturday night for An Incredible Evening of Magic with Murray Hatfield and Teresa, I expected to see some slight of hand and some smoke and mirrors. I wasn’t sure if these two local illusionists would be any good and I guess I was expecting something more hokey than hocus pocus. 

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[h/t: @MurrayHatfield]

Calgary: Scott Baird at The Vanishing Rabbit

From @VanishingRabbit:

Come visit Scott Baird in the Magic shop all next week. If you like coin magic you're going to love him.

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Toronto: Dan Hauss lecture

From the Morrissey Magic website:

Dan Hauss, the creator of Flow, Rattled, Lit and Sleeping Queen (just to name a few),has a wealth of unpublished underground magic to share with you!

Saturday September 17th 2011 2PM

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Tickets $20 Call 416-782-1393 to reserve your seats.

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Ray Chance quoted in the Toronto Star

From The Toronto Star article "How to make your iPhone do magic tricks" by Elizabeth Haggarty:

Self-taught performer turned resident MuchMusic magician Ray Chance points out that while magic has been around for hundreds of years, the tricks that are being performed are pretty much the same. It’s the presentation that has changed — and now that means iPhones.

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Do you agree with Ray's position on smart phones in magic?