Alex Kazam: Making Magic in A Real World

From CineCoup:

An exploration of the life of magicians from the perspective of a young Canadian comedy magician. His struggles in finding his way, as a single child of a single immigrant mom. Conversations and performances by mentor magicians that have led to Las Vegas performances.

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WowFest in photos

From Glen Co Photography:

I’m glad I went.  I got to feel like a little kid again.  I guess I only covered a small portion of the festival since looking at their website now (http://wowfest.ca) the whole event ran for several more hours after I had left.  The portion that I had covered was the Family Fun Magic Show.  This was the part where families can spend a day together watching some neat magic!  Sounds like a good time, right?  Bring the kids, the grandparents, even the in-laws!  There was a face painting station, The Garden Variety Show booth was making balloon animals for their willing recipients, and The Vanishing Rabbit Magic Shop was performing slight of hand trickery for those who dared near it!

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Billy Kidd on the CBC

Today on CBC I'll be chatting about magic and the wonderful Skirtsafire festival. 5:40pm on Radioactive foshizzles.
— Billy Kidd (@Billykiddshow) March 8, 2013

A Series of Unfortunate Effects

From the Facebook page for A Series of Unfortunate Effects:

In five days Ben Train will be doing a LIVE Q and A with Full Circle Magic! If you ever wanted to know about who does his hair, what books he likes to reading on the toilet, or wanted more info about the movie, this is your chance! See you there!

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Ottawa: Eric Roumestan lecture

On Monday, April 29, Eric Roumestan will be lecturing in the Ottawa area.  Contact John Pert for more information.  (Contact information found at Magic Information Canada)


[via Magic Information Canada]

Edmonton: Billy Kidd at SkirtsAfire

From the Edmonton Journal:

Many of the festival’s headliners have already been discovered. They include Edmonton singer-songwriter Colleen Brown, and Billy Kidd, a born-in-Edmonton magician who has performed across Canada, Japan, the U.K. and Portugal. The four-day festival kicks off Thursday, March 7, with a live performance by singer-songwriter Maria Dunn, who weaves songs and video into a ballad that tells the story of the immigrant women who worked at the GWG factory over its 93-year history.

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Toronto: A (7th?) Slice of Magic

From Chris Westfall Magic:

Tuesday March 19th

Chris Westfall with Bobby Motta and Shawnathan at Boston pizza.

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[via Magic Information Canada]