Toronto: August 2016 free magic club meeting

From the Browser's Den of Magic Facebook group:

Just a short and friendly reminder that our (free) Magic Club meets this Saturday, August 6 at Browser's Den.

We meet from 2:30 to 5:30pm. All interested in talking about magic are welcome.

Lee Asher in the Daily Herald

From the Daily Herald:

"There are thousands of us, my friend, worldwide," says Lee Asher, 40, president of 52 Plus Joker (52PlusJoker.org), the playing-card collectors club coming to the Hyatt Regency Schaumburg Oct. 20-22 for the group's Annual Playing Card Collectors Convention. "We're kind of the Comic-Con for playing cards."

While euchre is believed to have led to the addition of the joker to modern decks, to collectors, cards are so much more than finding a decent euchre deck.

"Most every world event that's ever happened since the dawn of time has been documented on a playing card," says Asher, a professional magician from Toronto. "If you can think of something that happened, it's probably on a playing card."

Read more.

Edmonton: There's magic at the 2016 fringe

The 35th Annual Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival: August 11-21, 2016.

From Fringe Theatre:

Ta Da!
Morton is a young boy who has always dreamed of being a magician. With the school talent show fast approaching, Morton needs to gain confidence in order to share his magic with an audience for the first time. A charming blend of mask, magic and theatre for all ages!

by: Casavant Productions
www.mortonthemagician.com


Murder at the Magic Emporium
Who killed Henning Lee?! Crack the case at this family-friendly whodunit where magic meets mystery. Venture off-Whyte and step into the most unique BYOV of the festival: the Magic Emporium! Join Henning Lee (Magician Kent Wong) and a cast of characters for a night you won’t soon forget. [Free parking]

by: RJK ENTERTAINMENT SERVICES
magicemporium.ca


6 Quick Dick Tricks: A Dirk Darrow Investigation
“BEST OF FEST: PATRON’S PICK” Edmonton Fringe 2015 ALL NEW! Mind-reading! Shakespeare! Time travel! Join Australia’s favourite comedy psychic detective as he pursues a killer in satirical film-noir mentalist style. From the creator of 2 Ruby Knockers… ★★★★&1/2 “An excellent show.” -Edmonton Journal ★★★★&1/2 “Amazing” -Edmonton Sun

by: Tim Motley
www.dirkdarrow.com


Read more and buy tickets.

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Calgary: David Merry at The Laugh Shop

From the Twitter feed of The Laugh Shop Calgary:
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— Laugh Shop Calgary (@LaughShopYYC) July 31, 2016

Top 5 posts in July 2016

Out of the 33 posts at Canada's Magic this month, here are the 5 most viewed posts in the past 30 days:

5.  Chris Funk on America's Got Talent - If a Canadian magician can place well on BGT, why not AGT?

4.  Ryan Joyce on Penn and Teller Fool Us Season 3 - Gotta love all the Canadian magicians on US television.  Now to get them on Canadian TV too!

3.  Toronto: Suzanne lecture - Be there or be square!

2.  Have you registered for the 2016 Magic Master Summit*? - I really enjoyed this lecture series.  Which one was your favourite?

and the most viewed post this month  ...

1.  Video: Shawn Farquhar Fool Us REVEALED - It's for his first Fool Us experience, and it's getting a lot of traffic since his second appearance.