Canada's Magic

20 October 2017

Vote for Captain Corbin, Daniel Steep, Keith Brown, and Peter Mennie in the "Our London Best of London Awards"

Updated at 10:40am to add:

Captain Corbin, Daniel Steep, Keith Brown, and Peter Mennie are all in the running for "Live Entertainment"

Captain Corbin and Daniel Steep, are in the running for "Children's Amusement"

From Captain Corbin's Facebook page:

From Daniel Steep's Facebook page:

From The Agri-Magic Show Twitter feed:

Support Canadian Magic - vote for @petermennie @KeithHBrown @Captain_Corbin & @danielsteep in @OurLondonOnt Best of London Awards #ldnont
— The Agri-Magic Show (@agrimagicshow) October 20, 2017

19 October 2017

Montreal: Dr. Amir Raz to talk about hypnosis, magic and placebos in medicine

Dr. Amir Raz will be giving his lecture, "The Placebo Effect," on his Oct. 23 lecture at this year’s Trottier Public Science Symposium “Mind Matters: The Body-Mind Connection.”

From the article "Trottier Symposium speaker Dr. Amir Raz on hypnosis, magic and placebos in medicine" McGill Reporter:

Before he was a psychiatry professor and researcher, Amir Raz was a magician — and the two occupations aren’t as different as you might think. As Canada Research Chair in the Cognitive Neuroscience of Attention, Dr. Raz is interested in deception and how people’s physiology is influenced by their expectations of what is about to happen.

Read the interview.

18 October 2017

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17 October 2017

Ottawa and Toronto: Wes Barker

If you get the chance, go see Wes Barker, recently awarded the honour of "Variety Act of 2017."

At the end of the month, you can catch Wes at 'Magic Monday' in Ottawa. Mid-November he'll be in Toronto (info at bottom of the post).

Regular reader and guest poster, The Magic Demon, has also let me know that Wes was recently featured on the podcast "What's So Funny?" (The link can be found at CoopRadio.org, Sunday night at 11pm.) As an aside, I've also been informed that Sunday Oct 29th at 11pm to midnight Pacific Time, CFRO 100.5 FM Vancouver will feature an hour long live interview with Shawn Farquhar.

A quick reminder that Wes will be in Burnaby this weekend as part of "M."

From the Magic Monday Facebook event:

Magic Monday is thrilled to present two amazing, world-reknowned performers!

All the way from Vancouver, the man who fooled Penn & Teller, the incredible Wes Barker! Joining him on stage from Toronto, the extraordinary European clown and mime stylings of Kate Mior! Special Guest host this month is Steve the Magic Reindeer!

Don't miss this one of a kind showcase, and like last month this show is certain to be a sell out! So get your tickets now.

From the Rec Room Toronto's Facebook event:

16 October 2017

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15 October 2017

Yeatland Wong in the Calgary Herald

From the article "Hobson: Behind the curtain for a good cause" by Louis B. Hobson in the Calgary Herald:

I honestly couldn’t resist this concept of theatre for charity. Audiences can have a fun night out knowing most of their ticket price is going to deserving charities.

If you wave the Kinsmen banner, it’s amazing who comes to your aid. We needed advice on how to stage the opening illusion and, voila, local magician and illusionist Yeatland Wong to the rescue. He has been an invaluable resource, not only for the mystifying cabinets illusion but on how to properly strap someone in a straight jacket.

Read more.

14 October 2017

Outerbridge Magic Fall 2017 tour dates

If you can catch Ted and Marion Outerbridge on their upcoming tour, I highly recommend it!

From Ted Outerbridge:

October 14, 2017: Organization of Saskatchewan Arts Councils (Showcase), Regina, SK

October 15, 2017: Organization of Saskatchewan Arts Councils (Showcase), Regina, SK

October 27, 2017: Gracie Theatre, Bangor, ME

November 18, 2017: (Holiday Magic Show), St. Catharines, ON

November 20, 2017: Capital Theatre (Holiday Magic Show), Windsor, ON

November 21, 2017: Kiwanis Theatre (Holiday Magic Show), Chatham, ON

November 22, 2017: Library Theatre Holiday Magic Show), Sarnia, ON

November 24, 2017: Forest City Church Theatre (Holiday Magic Show), London, ON

November 28, 2017: (Holiday Magic Show), Belleville, ON

November 30, 2017: Rose Theatre (Holiday Magic Show), Brampton, ON

December 1, 2017: Sanderson Centre (Holiday Magic Show), Brantford, ON

December 2, 2017: Humanities Theatre (Holiday Magicc Show), Waterloo, ON

December 7, 2017: Jeanne and Peter Lougheed Performing Arts Centre, Camrose, AB

December 8, 2017: Esplanade Arts and Heritage Centre, Medicine Hat, AB

March 14, 2018: First Ontario Arts Centre Milton, Milton, ON