James Biss starts new one year run at Dave and Buster's

Join James Biss at Dave & Buster's Toronto (Concord) location THIS Saturday night for the start of his new one year run there, every Saturday night. Doors open by 9:30pm. James is on at 10pm.

Please confirm details by contacting James.

Murray Hatfield's US dates

Murry Hatfield and Teresa will be in California at the end of March, including 7 days at the Magic Castle.

April, May and June will bring them back to beautiful British Columbia.

For more information visit MurrayHatfield.com

Shawn Farquhar at Louisiana Magic Weekend 2011

Shawn Farquhar is confirmed for Louisiana Magic Weekend 2011 March 18-19, 2011.

For more information about the convention, or to register, visit Louisiana Magic Weekend 2011.

Shawn will also be lecturing in Arizona (February), Louisiana (March), Florida (March) and touring France in May and June.  For details visit MagicLecture.com

Review: Magic 'n' Miracles

We'd previously posted about "Murray Hatfield and Teresa: Magic 'n Miracles tour."

Today, Murray Hatfield's Magic 'n Miracles was reviewed by Tom Zillich in Surrey Now.

From 'Miracles' happen with Vegas-level magic show:

Murray Hatfield is loving the current touring version of the Illusions: Magic 'n' Miracles production that hits the Bell Performing Arts Centre stage three times on Saturday, Jan. 8.

"It's proving to be one of the strongest shows we've ever done," he told the Now.

also:

Over the past couple of decades, the touring Miracles show has raised an impressive $10 million for charity, notably the Firefighters Burn Fund.

On this tour, which began in Ontario in November, Hatfield is joined by "three of the strongest guest acts ever." Featured are Danny Cole, an award-winning magician who fuses original magic with contemporary music, and Charlie Frye and Company, billed by Hatfield as "the most amazing, energetic and frantic juggling act in the world." Also in the spotlight is B.C.'s own Shawn Farquhar, the first Canadian to win a "grand prix" at the world championship of magic, sponsored by the Fédération Internationale des Sociétés Magiques (FISM).

Read the full review at TheNowNewspaper.com

Links for 2011-Jan-07

• Magic Lessons at Browser's Den
• Magic Club (12yo +) at Browser's Den
     
• Lecleric Show episodes on YouTube:
  1. Pen Manipulation DAY 1 of 365 (free iPod giveaway),
  2. Disappearing Cookie DAY 2 of 365 (free iPod giveaway),
  3. Eric eats Glass (lightbulb) DAY 3 of 365 (not suitable for children)
  4. Pandas Getting it on DAY 4 of 365
  5. Exploding LEGO Piece - DAY 5 of 365
  6. 3am Cigarette Magic - DAY 6 of 365 (free iPod giveaway)
     
• Starting Friday save 15% on Jay Sankey's "'22 Blows to the Head' mentalism DVD  and get 'Time Sensitive' effect for FREE (reg $20!) (offer ends in 7 days)  Confirm details with Jay.

Additional dates for Martin Lewis Canadian lectures in 2011

Tip of the hat to Lee Asher for letting me know that there are more Martin Lewis lecture dates than the ones I'd previously posted.

The according to to the X-elent Lecture Series website Martin's lecture dates are:

• Ring 183 (Victoria Magic Circle) on January 31st
• Ring 28 (Edmonton Magic Guild) on February 1st [contact e-mal can be found at magicinfo.ca]
• Ring 66 (Calgary Magic Circle) on Febrary 2rd
• The Magic Club of Winnipeg on Feb 3rd
• Ring 92 (Vancouver Magic Circle) on February 4th

Note that the Calgary date on the X-elent Lecture Series website, Martin's lecture dates conflict with that on the Ring 66 site. 

Please confirm details about dates, times and locations by contacting each club. 

Browser's Den: CHAD ZHOU

From the Browser's Den of Magic:

The new year is starting off at 'Browser's Den' with a Special Guest at our Magic Club Meeting this Saturday, January 8. MR. CHAD ZHOU will be coming to our Magic Club to perform and teach some of his favourite coin and card material. He will also be sharing some ideas that he is working on for discussion. When I (Old Jeff) first met Chad some five years ago Chad showed me his 'Any Card at Any Number' which fooled me and many others in the shop; and fooled me badly. In fact it was pretty much only Jeff Hinchliffe who at that time had an idea of the method that Chad used.

We would like to publicly thank Chad for coming and being our Special Guest; especially so since he lives quite a distance from the shop. So we hope that you will attend the meeting this Saturday at the shop from 2:30pm until 4:30pm.

If this interests you, please confirm details directly with the Browser's Den of Magic.