Montreal: Spectacular Sunday!

If you're not going to be at Gordon's birthday bash, you should definitely consider attending Spectacular Sunday!

From the Comedy Nest:

Sunday June 1st 

You won’t believe what’s happening here on June 1st… literally! Five world-class magicians take over the Nest for a hilarious and mind-boggling spectacle where so many laws of physics will be broken, Stephen Hawking might show up and give them a ticket! Catch JONATHAN BURNS (Late Show with David Letterman), RICHARD SANDERS (Just For Laughs), ROMAINE (The Magic Castle), ANGELO THE AMAZING FOOD MAGICIAN and more on this special night of awesome astonishment! Reserve your tickets now! 

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Toronto: Diabolical Deceptions

From the Diabolical Deceptions: Dealing with Devils, Magic & Mystery! Facebook page:

May 31 

With:

• James Alan

• Mind Bender

• Chris Mayhew

• Baldini

• Bella Muerta

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David Merry on Too Much Information

@canadasmagic Doing 7 episodes of the New TV show "Too Much Information" https://t.co/fuefFJZ4gq I'm on Episodes 6,12,13,15,20,21,26
— David Merry (@davidmerry) May 5, 2014

From the Too Much Information Facebook page:

Starting May 13 

Too Much Information is a new original half-hour comedic panel/variety show exclusively for Super Channel.

Hosted by Norm Sousa and includes the cream of Canadian comedy: Carla Collins, Mark Forward, Stewart Francis, Geri Hall, Dave Merheje, Dave Merry, Naomi Snieckus, Ron Sparks, and Pat Thornton.

Tapings begin May 13-29 at CBC Toronto Studios (250 Front St. W.)

Get your FREE tickets at: hotrows.com/tickets 

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Winners of the Best Magician Contest 2014

The results from the Best Magician Contest 2014!

From Popular Magic News:

“Best Magician Contest 2014” was successfully completed on April 26, 2014. Comparing with the past years, there were new talented magicians who came from different parts of Toronto to participate the contest; some of them even came from Ottawa just for showing off their talents and made our audience left with so much wonders and joy. 

Here is the result of the contest: 

Champion Award:  Luiz Castro
My Favourite Magician Award:  Scott Hood

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Congratulations to Luiz and Scott!



[via Arthur Poon]

Niagara Falls: Mindtrix the Show

From the Fallsview Magic and Entertainment Theatre Facebook page:

Post by Fallsview Magic and Entertainment Theatre.

Toronto: Canadian Premiere of The Secret Life of Uri Geller - Psychic Spy?

The premiere was last night on May the 4th.  There's a second showing on May the 7th.

From the Toronto Jewish Film Festival:

A self-proclaimed psychic, Uri Geller became an entertainment sensation in the 1970s, famous for his ability to bend spoons with his mind and make watches stop or go faster. But away from the bent silverware and broken clocks, Geller purports to have led a secret life as a “psychic spy” for three decades, working as a secret agent in Mexico as well as being recruited by the CIA and the Mossad. Director Vikram Jayanti (The Agony and the Ecstasy of Phil Spector) explores these claims based on freshly declassified information. Was Geller really able to wipe out information from KGB floppy disks merely by thinking “erase, erase, erase”? Did his psychic powers play a role in the Entebbe rescue? This fascinating documentary may not be able to provide definitive answers, but it never fails to entertain us with the possibilities.

Guest: Magic historian David Ben

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The Confabulist by Steven Galloway

From the Vancouver Sun:

With his new novel The Confabulist, Vancouver writer Steven Galloway effortlessly blends history and fiction into a thrilling narrative that is as irresistible as it is subtly complex.

It’s difficult to go wrong when you start with legendary escape artist Harry Houdini. While he does spend some time with Houdini’s career on the stage, Galloway builds The Confabulist around Houdini’s crusade against the bogus spiritualists in vogue in the 1910s and 1920s, debunking their claims of communication with the dead and crippling the elaborate confidence games they developed around seances and visitations.

The story centres, however, around Martin Strauss, who claims, in the introduction to the book, “What no one knows, save for myself and one other person who likely died long ago, is that I didn’t just kill Harry Houdini. I killed him twice.” 

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[via iTricks]