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Toronto: Free magic club

From the Browser's Den of Magic Facebook page:

Our next FREE MAGIC CLUB meeting is this Saturday, April 6 at 'Browser's Den' (2:30 to 5:30pm). All welcome.

And the 'Bash' is only a week and a half away. We have a very small handful of tickets left.

For those who would like to join us tickets may be purchased online at: https://www.browsersden.com/bash

Thanks for you continued support!

Nashville: Carisa Hendrix at the House of Cards

Astounding performances by Lucy Darling at House of Cards April 8 - 14.


From the House of Cards Twitter feed:
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Spellbinding and spectacular. Join us April 8 - 14 for astounding performances by Lucy Darling at House of Cards! https://t.co/NtpY44e7nb
(📸: @CarisaHendrix ) pic.twitter.com/go2KG51CR5

— House of Cards (@hocnashville) March 27, 2019

London: Magic at the Marienbad

From The Amazing Corbin:

This event happens the first Friday of every month with a different comedian and magician combo each time. Magicians who wish to perform should contact me and free tickets are provided to magicians who share a bit of close up strolling magic during the cocktail hour. (Headliner magicians get paid) Hope to see you there!

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April Fool Us Day 2019

From CBS Local:

APRIL FOOLS! — The world-famous team of Penn & Teller prank Chris Hardwick (“Talking Dead”) by turning him into an amazing, world-class magician as they send him to the streets of Vegas to bedazzle the crowds. Original airdate: Monday, April 1st, 2019 @ 9pm

Card throwing in the 2024 Olympics?

From the February 27th article "These Are the New Sports We May See at the 2024 Summer Olympics" by Jenny McCoy in Self:

As mentioned, three of the five proposed sports—skateboarding, surfing, and climbing—are already on the program for Tokyo, which means the IOC already has a solid understanding of the factors that would make the sports good Olympic contenders, like their global popularity, how competitions are run, venue requirements, and so on. Break dancing, though not on the list for Tokyo, was part of the 2018 youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, so it’s also already well-known to the IOC, explains McConnell. Card throwing, is well, the wild card of the 2024 games.

Read more.

The top 5 posts in March 2019

There were 30+ posts at Canada's Magic this month.  Here are the 5 most viewed posts in the past 30 days:

5. Mission: Matt Johnson lecture - It's coming up in a week!

4. Carisa Hendrix nominated for Stage Magician of the Year by the AMA - Good luck Lucy!

3. Remembering Johnny Thompson - Thank you to everyone who shared a memory.

2. Toronto: Illusion show with Ryan Brown - Catch Ryan at the Browser's Bash in April!

and the most viewed post this month  ...

1. Shin Lim in the Huffington Post - An oldie but a goodie.