Magicana accepting nominations for the 2019 Allan Slaight awards

Still no sign of a category for "Best Blog Focused on Canadian Magicians Run by a Member of IBM Ring 17."
 
 

From Magicana:

Nominations are now being accepted for work completed in 2019. The deadline for nominations is April 3, 2020. Nominations received after the deadline will be kept on file and considered for the following year.

Thank you for considering nominating someone for the Allan Slaight Awards, recognizing outstanding achievements in the pursuit of the impossible.  The nomination process consists of four steps:

1. Your information
2. Information about your nominee
3. Supporting documentation
4. Reviewing your information and submitting

In addition to basic information about you and your nominee, you will also have the opportunity to provide

1. A biography (up to 750 words)
2. A description of the work and why you are nominating this person (up to 300 words)

Read more and submit your nominations.

Toronto: April Fools Magic Spectacular

From the Toronto Magic Company:

When was the last time you were fooled? I mean REALLY fooled?

Well you’ve NEVER been fooled like this!

In honour of April 1st, the most fooling day of the year, The Toronto Magic Company has gathered together some of the best and most popular magicians to ever appear on the hit TV show “Penn and Teller Fool Us”. Using world-class sleight of hand and mind-blowing illusions, these master magicians will prove that there’s nothing more fun than being fooled!

Featuring (in alphabetical order)

• Jason Palter - Fool Us, Season 5.
• Jay Sankey - Fool Us, Season 2
• Matt Disero - Fool Us, Season 3
• Nicholas Wallace - Fool Us, Season 5. FOOLER.
• Richard Forget - Fool Us, Season 4
• Ryan Joyce - Fool Us, Season 3
• The Sentimentalists - Fool Us, Season 5. FOOLER.
• Wes Barker - Fool Us, Season 2. FOOLER.
• Yan Markson - Fool Us, Season 4

This is a once in a lifetime event with VERY limited seating! Get your tickets before they disappear!

Read more and buy tickets.

St. John: Matt Johnson

You can also catch Matt at the upcoming FISM/NACM convention in Quebec.  Details at the bottom of the post.



From the Imperial Theatre:

May 6, 2020

Over the past 20 years Matt Johnson has literally traveled the globe performing in exotic locations such as Japan, Dubai, Argentina, Australia and throughout Europe.

Matt began his career in England as a young boy where he started to learn his craft as a traditional magician and illusionist. Since then he has traveled all over the world. On his travels around the world his knowledge in both magic and the mystic arts has grown. He has picked up secrets and techniques along the way from the countries he has visited and the people he has met. It’s this worldly perspective and his life stories that make Matt Johnson’s act truly unique and utterly captivating!

Read more and buy tickets.

I am thrilled to announce that I will be 1 of the headliners at this years FISM/NACM convention in Quebec May 6th to May 10th.https://t.co/io1ZtAd8lc
Come see me do my crazy stuff!!! pic.twitter.com/acKGZLB6T4

— Matt Johnson - Escape Artist & Magician (@likemattjohnson) January 3, 2020

Mississauga, New York, and Toronto: Mark Correia

Catch Mark Correia this month at The Rec Room (with Scott Hammell) in Mississauga, The Paradise Club in New York and the Super Wonder Gallery in Toronto.
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@scotthammell and I are performing at The Rec Room on January 11th! What a great way to start the new year. Please buy tickets (link inn bio) and make your resolution to buy more tickets to my shows.⁠ .⁠ .⁠ #therecroom #magicshow #magic #live #toronto #mississauga #tickets #event #comedy #allages #family #fun #performer #six #entertainer #magictricks #cardtricks #performerlife #comedian #funny #mindreading #mentalism #college #amazing #stage #escape #instagood #photography

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2019 was an incredibly full year. Lots of exciting achievements and challenging changes. Tonight we enter a new decade and I get to do it in New York City in the heart of Times Square. Catch me at Paradise Club tonight, and then these other wild shows in January. Feeling incredibly lucky for the support I have in NYC and Toronto. ❤️🎆 . . #paradiseclub #newyear #newyearseve #magician #comedian #nyc #newyork #comic #comedy #magic #tricks #card #newyorkcity #manhattan #ny #performer #live #show #performerlife #mindreader #mindreading #instamagic #cardistry #broadway #funny #variety #amazing #bigapple

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Carisa Hendrix in the news (and in Nashville and Toronto)

Carisa's January dates at the House of Cards in Nashville and February dates for The Art of Magic in Toronto are at the bottom of the post.


From the January 3rd article "Compelling Calgarians: Carisa Hendrix" by Barb Livingstone in The Calgary Herald:

Carisa Hendrix imagined a future as an author or teacher. But in the present, she was always juggling, eating fire, doing card tricks.

“It was never supposed to be a career; just what I was doing to survive.”

The 32-year-old Calgary-born magician is today at the top of her game, performing in iconic clubs — in her sexy Lucy Darling persona — setting a Guinness world record for fire-eating, guesting on Penn and Teller’s TV show and co-hosting Shezam, a popular feminist podcast on magic.

Read more.

From the January 3rd article "Stars of 2019: It was a good year for these wild roses" by Eric Volmers in The Calgary Herald:

Carisa Hendrix became a bonafide star on the magic circuit in the U.S. this year, infiltrating what is often regarded as an old-boys club. A veteran magician and children’s entertainer in Calgary, Hendrix found an international audience a few years back when she debuted saucy alter-ego Lucy Darling at the Melbourne Magic Festival. On top of being a skilled illusionist and sleight-of-hand expert, Darling is also an elegant and tart-tongued comedienne who has taken the insular world of magic by storm. She was invited to the Magic Castle in Los Angeles, an inner sanctum for magicians and magic enthusiasts, and recently completed a residency at the Chicago Magic Lounge.

Read more.

Lucy Darling is ready to baffle and bewilder on our Carter the Great main stage, Jan. 13 - 19! Don't miss her awe-inspiring magical performances: https://t.co/NtpY44e7nb
(📸: Carisa Hendrix ) pic.twitter.com/nBdgWZiTXx

— House of Cards (@hocnashville) January 3, 2020

Canada's Magic in The Linking Ring

I'm honoured to be interviewed by Dennis Schick in The Linking Ring magazine this month!  (Such a terrific way to start the year.)





Thank you for all of your hard work Dennis! 



Welcome IBM members.  Have a look around and enjoy your stay!

Rounding the Western rings in January 2020

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)	- Club meeting. - Andi Gladwin lecture.
Edmonton, AB	Edmonton Magic Club	- Andi Gladwin lecture.
Winnipeg, MB	The Magic Club of Winnipeg	- Andi Gladwin lecture.
Fraser Valley, BC	IBM Ring 387 (Fraser Valley Magic Circle, Celeste Evans Ring)	- Andi Gladwin lecture.
Vancouver, BC	Ring 92 (Vancouver Magic Circle)	- N/A
Vancouver, BC	SAM 95  (Carl Hemeon Assembly)	- N/A
Victoria, BC	Ring 183 (Victoria Magic Circle)	- Annual banquet featuring Ben Train. - Andi Gladwin lecture.

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