We are busily putting the finishing touches and rehearsing our new holiday program for @casalomatoronto in Toronto. Join us for a magical adventure Dec1-Jan 5th!
26 November 2019
Toronto: Majinx at Casa Loma
From the Instagram of Majinx:
25 November 2019
Happy ninth blogiversary to me!
Nine years ago this blog was born!
Thanks to you wonderful people who have supported this project!
For free, we've published over 4,075 posts, and served well over 816,000 page loads. Three hundred and thirty of you have given us your thumbs-up on Facebook, more than 1346 of you are following along on Twitter, 88 of you have found us on Instagram, and approximately 74 of you have subscribed to this site's RSS feed. The bulk of you are Canadian, and we're delighted to see visitors from United States, the United Kingdom, India, France, and the list goes on.
There are so many of you doing such a fabulous job of making magic a priority in this great country!
A special thanks to:
My continued thanks to all of you!
Thanks to you wonderful people who have supported this project!
For free, we've published over 4,075 posts, and served well over 816,000 page loads. Three hundred and thirty of you have given us your thumbs-up on Facebook, more than 1346 of you are following along on Twitter, 88 of you have found us on Instagram, and approximately 74 of you have subscribed to this site's RSS feed. The bulk of you are Canadian, and we're delighted to see visitors from United States, the United Kingdom, India, France, and the list goes on.
There are so many of you doing such a fabulous job of making magic a priority in this great country!
A special thanks to:
- All of my early supporters. Special shout outs to Ariel, Doug, James, and John for your continued encouragement.
- All of you readers, Likers, RTers, submitters, guest posters,
contest prize providers and all other manner of promoters of this site.
- All of my sponsors, past and present. That means you: Magic Information Canada, Ryan Pilling, Clive Court, Perfect Magic, The Browser's Den of Magic, The Amazing Corbin, Michael Close, Daniel Sugar, Ty Reveen, and The Vanishing Rabbit Magic Shop!
- All of the blog's official friends, past and present. That's you: John Smithman, John Harrison, Richard Lyn, Joan Caesar, Ted & Marion Outerbridge, Ian Crawford, Owen Anderson, Ryan Pilling, Matt DiSero, James Renoire, Gwyn Auger, Jason Maiuri, Doug Hunt, David Johnson, and Richard Hough.
- All of the fabulous people that have offered up contest prizes for our readers through the years: James Alan, Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, Orca Book Publishers, The Bloor Cinema, Chris Westfall, Gwyn Auger, Sheldon Casavant, The Outerbridges, Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, Champions of Magic, the Toronto Magic Company, and the EldritchTheatre.
- The wonderful wordsmiths that have guest posted here including: Ariel Frailich, The Magic Demon, Kidlet, Clive Court, James Alan, Killarney Sheffield, Ian Crawford, Erin Thomas, Ring 99, Dennis Schick, and Phil Matlin.
- And especially, my family for their support of this bloggy experiment.
My continued thanks to all of you!
24 November 2019
Chris Ramsay: Buying Strangers ANYTHING They Want at a Magic Shop!!
From the Twitter feed of Chris Ramsay:
"Buying Strangers ANYTHING They Want at a Magic Shop!!" from Chris Ramsay's YouTube channel:
Question for magicians: other than complaining about Youtube magic exposure, what have you done to help the community?
"Buying Strangers ANYTHING They Want at a Magic Shop!!" from Chris Ramsay's YouTube channel:
I worked at a magic shop for a day and paid for strangers!!
23 November 2019
Calgary: The Amazing Johnathan documentary
22 November 2019
Montreal and Quebec: Loran
From Loran's Facebook post:
- Je suis heureux d’annoncer que j’ai été choisi par le chanteur Allan Rayman, prix Juno du meilleur nouvel artiste 2018, pour ouvrir son spectacle à L’ANTI Bar-Spectacle (27 nov.) à Québec, ainsi qu’au centre MTELUS (29 nov.) à Montréal. Une soirée qui sera feutré en musique et magie!
- I am very pleased to announce that I was selected by singer Allan Rayman (he received a Juno Award nomination for Breakthrough Artist of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2018) to open his show in Quebec at L'ANTI Bar-Spectacle (Nov 27) and at the MTELUS Center (Nov 29) in Montreal. An evening that will be felted with music and magic!
21 November 2019
Toronto: Steve Valentine with The Illusionists Magic of the Holidays
From TicketMaster:
From Steve Valentine's Instagram:
Toronto: January 1-5
Celebrate the holidays with the entire family at The Illusionists - Magic of the Holidays, a mind-blowing showcase featuring jaw-dropping talents of the most incredible illusionists on earth. The Illusionists has shattered box office records across the globe and dazzles audiences of all ages with a powerful mix of the most outrageous and astonishing acts ever seen on stage. This non-stop show is packed with thrilling and sophisticated magic of unprecedented proportions.
Read more and buy tickets.
From Steve Valentine's Instagram:
20 November 2019
Montreal: Mat Franco
From the November 16th article "ORT Montreal Ted Wise Gala to feature Mat Franco and honour four community leaders" by Mike Cohen in The Surburban:
The 2019 ORT Montreal Ted Wise Gala for Jewish Education will take place on Sunday, December 8, 2019 at Place des Arts. There will be a cocktail dinatoire at 6 pm, followed by the show at 7:30 pm.
Honourees this year are community leaders Jonathan Goodman, Jeff Hart, Dean Mendel, and Gideon Pollack while the feature performer will be Mat Franco, the first and only magician ever to win NBC’s America’s Got Talent. He takes an innovative approach to magic-making that’s driven by pure joy and that wins over audiences!
Read more.
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