Barrie: James Harrison - Canada's Pickpocket Magician

From Tourism Barrie:

    Dates: 27 – 27 May, 2017
    Location: Barrie
    Address: Mady Centre for the Performing Arts, 1 Dunlop Street West
    Contact: City of Barrie Theatres
    Email: boxoffice@barrie.ca
    Website: https://secure1.tixhub.com/barrie/online/index.asp
    Phone: 705-739-4228

Description:
2:00 PM - Family Edition 7:30 PM - 13+ As a pick-pocket magician, James borrows pens, watches, wallets, ties, and even belts from willing (and unwilling) audience members. Before you can yell "thief", James has returned the valuables to their rightful owners, occasionally making them reappear in very unexpected places.

Read more and buy tickets.

From James Harrison's Facebook page:

Nunavut: Brian Glow's 3rd Arctic tour

From Brian Glow's Facebook page:

OK the OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT!
 I am leaving on my 3rd Arctic tour of the Kivalliq area of Nunavut starting this Sunday April 30 - May 18. I will be performing my Award Winning Comedy Magic show each evening for the public as well as an anti-bullying show and workshop each day in the schools.

Calm Air and Arctic Co-Op have graciously sponsored the tour expenses. Their generosity is greatly appreciated and is their way of giving back to the communities they serve so well.

On May 4th (May The Fourth Be With You) I will be celebrating my 60th Birthday performing in Naujaat (Repulse Bay, Nunavut in the Arctic Circle. What a great way to live! (it's a beautiful spring -24 today).

 PLEASE pass this on! Photos and stories will be posted while on tour so stay tuned!

Thank you to our May 2017 Friends!

Thank you to John Smithman, John Harrison, Richard Lyn, Joan Caesar, and The Outerbridges, for being Friends of Canada's Magic!

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Festival de magie: The panel that reads your thoughts

The Festival de magie de Québec starts on Thursday.  I am a big fan of their creative, dynamic, and often interactive advertising campaigns.  In 2011 it was this magical billboard. In 2012, it was "la disparition."  In 2013, "pouvoirs magiques."   For 2014, "le balai magique."  This one, "le magicien" (in English: The Magician) was released in August of 2015.  And last year was "The Mysterious Billboard." 

For this year, have a look at "The panel that reads your thoughts."

From the lg2 YouTube channel:

Top 5 posts in April 2017

Out of the 50+ posts at Canada's Magic this month (live-blogging can lead to a lot of posts!), here are the 5 most viewed posts in the past 30 days:

5. Toronto: Free magic club - Something to look forward to every month.

4. Bobby Motta on CBC's "The Goods" - Bobby looking good on The Goods!

3. Browser's Magic Bash 2017 recap - Hope you had as much fun as I did!

2. Calgary: Win tickets to see Wes Barker - Let us know what you thought of the show.

and the most viewed post this month  ...

1. Canadians on "Penn & Teller: Fool Us" season 4 - Looking forward to seeing four Canadian magicians on the upcoming season!

Rounding the Western rings in May 2017

Confirm details about dates and locations by visiting each club's website.

City	Club	Event(s)
Calgary, AB	Ring 66 (Calgary Magic Circle, Les Brocklesby Ring)	- Jon Allen lecture.
Edmonton, AB	Edmonton Magic Club	- Jon Allen lecture.
Winnipeg, MB	The Magic Club of Winnipeg	- Jon Allen lecture.
Fraser Valley, BC	IBM Ring 387 (Fraser Valley Magic Circle, Celeste Evans Ring)	- General meeting. - Third Monday Magic.
Vancouver, BC	Ring 92 (Vancouver Magic Circle)	- TBA.
Vancouver, BC	SAM 95  (Carl Hemeon Assembly)	- At Henry Tom's.
Victoria, BC	Ring 183 (Victoria Magic Circle)	- TBA.

Please leave a comment or e-mail me about corrections or omissions.