Ottawa: Michael Bourada

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Excited to announce I'll have my own weekly show Every Friday at The Prescott in #Ottawa starting Apr 1st. #ottnews pic.twitter.com/05qonM6Rs8

— Michael Bourada (@MichaelBourada) March 8, 2016

James Randi's "An Honest Liar" on PBS TONIGHT

Check your local listings.


From PBS:

For the last half-century, James “The Amazing” Randi has entertained millions with his dazzling feats of magic, escape, and trickery. Along the way he discovered that faith healers, fortune-tellers, and psychics were using his beloved magician’s tricks to swindle money from the credulous. Fed up with the fraud, he dedicated his life to exposing con artists with a wit and over-the-top showmanship all his own. An Honest Liar is part detective story, part biography, and a bit of a magic act itself.


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Toronto: "Magicians: Life in the Impossible"

From Hot Docs:

April 30th, May 2nd, and May 8th

An average magician can entertain but a world-class artist can reawaken your faith in the impossible. In this utterly charming showbiz chronicle, four stellar magicians will amaze even the staunchest of skeptics. But for each of these virtuosos, true success seems illusory. Among them: Brian Gillis was Johnny Carson’s favourite close-up magician and a regular on The Tonight Show; David Minkin can levitate almost anything with his mind; and Jon Armstrong might be the best card trickster in the world—but none of them are satisfied. Each can captivate a crowd, but how long can they chase their dreams and at what cost?

Read more and buy tickets.

Get well soon Shin!

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Tough break! Just as the TV opportunities around the world were beginning to build for Shin Lim, an injury to his hand...
Posted by Clive Court on Friday, 25 March 2016

Vancouver: Shawn Farquhar at Telus Science World

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People often ask if I am performing locally, and this time I can say yes! It's a one time only performance at Telus...
Posted by Shawn Farquhar on Wednesday, 23 March 2016

Billy Kidd on CTV News Edmonton

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Broken wand: Tom Dawson

Updated February 2, 2020 to add:

• Read the obituary at Dignity Memorial.
• Link to Lee Asher's Instagram tribute.

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Rhonda Trichter Hawes to 52+Joker43 mins · Truro, MA, United States · I am devastated to pass along the news that...
Posted by 52 Plus Joker on Tuesday, 22 March 2016