Live tweeting from CAM/PCAM

Doug Cuff, creator of magicinfo.ca has been live tweeting from the CAM/PCAM Combined Convention: M.A.G.I.C.  Follow Doug at @magicinfo_ca.  Use the tags #CAM2011 and #PCAM2011 #PCAMCAM2011 if you'd like to join in.

Edited to add:

• Mike Segal is also live tweeting and tagging with #PCAMCAM2011.  Follow him at @SorcerersSafari.

Helen Donnelly clown workshops

From Helen Donnelly's website:

• August 1-5th will be a level 3 "Clown: Evolution of Performance" at the Haliburton School of the Arts
• 6-night workshop 'Discover Your Clown' in Toronto (Sept 14, 21, 28, Oct 5, Oct 12, Oct 19)
• 6-night workshop 'Develop Your Clown' in Toronto (Nov 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, Dec 7)

[h/t: Deborah Fallick]

Toronto: Alan Grose coin and magic workshop

 Alan Grose will be holding a coin workshop on Saturday, September 24 at The Browser's Den of Magic (new location).

Confirm details at The Browser's Den of Magic.


[h/t: magicinfo.ca]

Shawn Farquhar on Penn & Teller's Fool Us

Edited July 30th to add this YouTube video I found:
 


As if there wasn't going to be enough amazing magic going on in Canada at the end of this month, on July 30th (smack in the middle of the CAM/PCAM Combined Convention: M.A.G.I.C.), Shawn Farquhar will appear on Penn and Teller's show, Fool Us.

See Shawn's Facebook page for a photo of him with Penn.

James Alan: profiled by Leah Morrigan

James Alan is deconstructed by image consultant Leah Morrigan at her blog In the Key of He.

From her post, "The magic suit":

Today, there are illusionists, mentalists, sleight-of-hand entertainers, and impossibilists, but a few are true to the original tradition and uphold the practice of old-fashioned magic. Toronto-based  James Alan is one of these magicians. He practices old school magic, modernizing timeless classic tricks for current audiences, and pays homage to the respectful dress of the magician and the magician’s tools.

Read more.