Montreal: Steve Valentine lecture

From Montreal Magic Jam:

Steve Valentine
When:Saturday June 21
Where: Espace La Risée
1258 Bélanger Est, Montréal

In 2013, actor and two-time Magic Castle Close-up Magician of the Year, Steve Valentine presented his first ever-lecture at the Magic Castle, and he tipped EVERYTHING. Not just his original effects, but also real-world handlings and classic tricks almost lost in oblivion. Now a year later, Steve has won The Magic Castle’s 2013 Lecturer of the Year award, and has even more to share.

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[via Magic Information Canada]

Keith Brown wins London Fringe Impresario

Congratulations on winning the Impresario Keith!

From Theatre London:

The 2014 Fringe Awards were announced at tonight’s Fringe Fried awards ceremony. The “TiLees” baseball caps, featuring a new logo designed by Walter Sayers, were presented in eight categories; the first five, selected by Theatre in London.ca’s team of volunteer reviewers, went to:

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And from Keith Brown's Twitter feed:

can’t believe I won the Impresario! Thank you @LondonFringe @theatreinlondon & supporting patrons!! http://t.co/JSEZHfwX2h #LdnFringe
— Keith Brown (@KeithHBrown) June 15, 2014

Toronto: Luiz Castro coin class

From the Browser's Den of Magic:

LUIZ CASTRO FREE MAGIC COIN CLASS AT 'BROWSER'S DEN' ON: Saturday, June 28th. 

Luiz recently won the A1 Radio Toronto Magic Competition coming in first place amongst the other worthy competitors. Luiz's act consisted of excellent stage manipulation.

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[via Magic Information Canada]

Luminato round-up

From The Star:

At a magic show, audiences wonder if they can trust their eyes. But are the conjurers themselves believable? As part of the Luminato Festival, we ask some magicians if they can be trusted.

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From The Globe and Mail:

Sitting at a table covered with a red felt cloth in his Toronto studio, magic producer David Ben demonstrates how a magician shuffles cards.

To the spectator sitting across from him, it looks innocuous enough, but lean up beside him and he’ll show you that he can see the face of every card as he fans through the pack with his fingers. Oh, there’s a queen. He stops and cuts the deck, placing the queen on the bottom.

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David Ben on CP 24.


Magicana blog posts in reverse chronological order:

• CTA -Now or Never
• CTA – On Stage
• CTA – Sense and Sensibility
• CTA – Connect the Dots
• CTA – Going Global
• CTA – A Subtle Shift
• CTA – A Lousy Magician
• CTA – An Erdnasian Allusion

Sawchuck's 2nd anniversary

Happy anniversary Murray!

From Strip LV:

Congrats go out to Murray “Celebrity Magician” Sawchuck, in celebration of his 2nd Anniversary of his show at The Laugh Factory inside Tropicana Las Vegas. Also there to celebrate with Murray were his parents John and Arlene Sawchuk, as well as tons of Vegas celebrities to show their admiration and support

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Last month, iTricks posted a podcast with Murray.  Listen here.

The EH-Team lectures: now with more dates!

From Chris Mayhew's Twitter feed:

VancouverJune19 VictoriaJune20 SeattleJune21 EugeneJune22 PortlandJune23 SanJoseJune27 RenoJuly1 L.A.July10 pic.twitter.com/HJv8UPu7nj
— chris mayhew (@chrismayhew1) June 10, 2014

Bill Abbott on the cover of Vanish

You're planning on moving, Bill?  Say it ain't so!


From Bill Abbott's Twitter feed:

Excited to be on the cover of VANISH magazine! Written by @nicklewin1 thx editor @paulromhany photos @petermckinnon pic.twitter.com/m8NM8uveir
— Bill Abbott (@billabbottmagic) June 6, 2014

Read the wonderful article at Vanish.