http://t.co/QPrtz3lUyz Excited to return to #Calgary's only #Magical #arts #festival WowFest. Get tickets at http://t.co/763xbiY3ot #yyc
— James Jordan (@JJordanmagic) February 8, 2015
19 February 2015
Calgary: James Jordan at WOWFest
From James Jordan Twitter feed:
18 February 2015
Wes Zaharuk, Phil Pivnick and Ben Train at "Magic Tonight"
Confirm details by visiting Abracadabaret.com
Mississauga (Thurs): Wes Zaharuk
Pickering (Fri): Phil Pivnick
Toronto (Sun): Ben Train
James Alan, over at Abracadaberet, has kindly offered the readers of Canada's Magic a coupon code for 50% off tickets to "Magic Tonight!" Use the coupon code cmagic when you buy your tickets for Magic Tonight to receive your discount*.
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Pickering (Fri): Phil Pivnick
Toronto (Sun): Ben Train
James Alan, over at Abracadaberet, has kindly offered the readers of Canada's Magic a coupon code for 50% off tickets to "Magic Tonight!" Use the coupon code cmagic when you buy your tickets for Magic Tonight to receive your discount*.
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Montreal: The McCord Museum magic acquisition
From the Montreal Gazette:
The McCord Museum has acquired a $3-million collection of 600 posters, 200 rare books and 200 documents relating to the golden age of magic – from the 19th to early 20th centuries.
Included are objects linked to Harry Houdini, including personal correspondence and scrapbooks. Houdini performed in Montreal four times, including the event in 1926 where a McGill student punched Houdini in the stomach before he was prepared for it, rupturing his appendix. Houdini died a week later.
“It’s the second-largest collection of Houdini material held in a public institution,” said David Ben, artistic director of Magicana, an organization dedicated to the study of magic. Ben served as an adviser to the museum and was there on Monday as journalists were invited into the museum vaults to view some of the artifacts. The Library of Congress in the U.S. has the largest such collection, making this the most extensive in Canada. “The collection is significant,” Ben said.
Read more.
From Julie Eng's Facebook page:
More media links:
La magie entre au musée - La Presse+ http://t.co/Wl9al8mkMr via @lp_lapresse
— Julie Eng (@anjusan) February 10, 2015
Thrilled to be present at @museemccord announcement of its new magic collection. See video and hear interview here: http://t.co/TQgWdXrC3Q
— David Ben (@theconjuror) February 10, 2015
Acquisition majeure pour le Musée! RT @LeDevoir: #Houdini surgit au @MuseeMcCord http://t.co/rE0k1UazT3 pic.twitter.com/B3f0evCpMt
— Musée McCord Museum (@MuseeMcCord) February 10, 2015
Montreal’s McCord Museum gifted largest cache of magic-related memorabilia in Canada - The Globe and Mail http://t.co/LXMmbexcvl
— Magicana (@sharingwonder) February 10, 2015
17 February 2015
Thirty seconds with Ben Train
This is the fifth in a series of "Thirty
seconds with ..." interviews, so called because I approached the
interviewees at Sorcerers Safari Magic and Performance Arts Camp last summer with the idea that I
would interview them for 30 seconds. It didn't always work that way.
Ben's first memory of magic was seeing Triumph performed when he was 14 years old. He hopes that magicians today adapt to, integrate, and utilize all of the new technology and platforms to their advantage.
Ben heads up Five Academy Magic and performs as well as lectures all over the world.
Ben will be appearing this coming Sunday at Magic Tonight (50% discount with coupon code cmagic) .
From the Fireside Productions Facebook page:
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Professional
magician Benzi Train is from Toronto, Ontario.
Proud of his homecountry, Ben thinks of "poutine, maple syrup, and
free health care" when thinking about Canada. (Good thing for that health care too; poutine
and maple syrup aren't good for you in large doses.)
FUN FACT:
Ben's a fan of Harry Potter, chocolate chip cookies and Netflix.
DID YOU KNOW?
Ben's most embarrassing moment was getting pantsed at camp last summer. (I think there's video footage of that out there somewhere. Finding it will be left as an exercise for the reader.)
Ben's a fan of Harry Potter, chocolate chip cookies and Netflix.
DID YOU KNOW?
Ben's most embarrassing moment was getting pantsed at camp last summer. (I think there's video footage of that out there somewhere. Finding it will be left as an exercise for the reader.)
Ben first came to Sorcerers Safari Magic and Performance Arts Camp loving the idea that two of his passions, magic and camping, could be experienced simultaneously. He comes back because, it's "the most amazing place in the world." The words family, fun, and magic come immediately to mind when he thinks about magic camp. Last summer marked Ben's twelfth year at Sorcerers Safari. He has attended as a counsellor in training, a counsellor and most recently as an instructor.
Ben's first memory of magic was seeing Triumph performed when he was 14 years old. He hopes that magicians today adapt to, integrate, and utilize all of the new technology and platforms to their advantage.
Ben heads up Five Academy Magic and performs as well as lectures all over the world.
Visit Ben's
website at bentrain.ca .
Ben will be appearing this coming Sunday at Magic Tonight (50% discount with coupon code cmagic) .
From the Fireside Productions Facebook page:
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From the Sorcerers Safari Twitter feed:
Guarantee your spot at #MagicCamp Aug.15-19 2015. Tell your parents registration is on your wish list - it's now open at sorcererssafari.ca
— Sorcerers Safari (@SorcerersSafari) December 22, 2014
16 February 2015
Pickpocket James on Daytime TV
From Pickpocket James' Twitter feed:
Popping on Daytime TV for the Live show on Feb. 16th. @RTVBarrie @VioletsVenue
— PickpocketJames (@PickpocketJames) February 10, 2015
15 February 2015
14 February 2015
Europe: Jay Sankey tour
From Jay Sankey's newsletter:
I also love meeting my awesome students and fans. Which is why I'm so psyched for my European Lecture Tour, starting NEXT WEEK!
Bruxelles/ Feb 16
Lieges/ Feb 17
Luxembourg/ Feb 18
Geneve/ Feb 19
Reims/ Feb 20
Strasbourg/ Feb 21
Dijon/ Feb 23
Clermont Ferrand/ Feb 24
St. Etienne/ Feb 25
Nimes/ Feb 26
Marseille/ Feb 27
Toulouse/ Feb 28
Poitiers/ March 2
Lorient/ March 3
Paris/ March 4
Bale/ March 5
Zurich/ March 6
Lille/ March 9
Velden/ March 10
Antwerpen/ March 11
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