SoMA Conversations: with Julie Eng, Kayla Drescher, and Mikayla Oz [Nov 28]

From the October 26th Facebook post by the Science of Magic Association:

Troubling gender and racial stereotypes persist in magic. What are they, what are their effects, and how are they perpetuated? How does the gender or race of a magician affect the reception of their performance? What can magicians do, both individually and collectively, to create a stronger, more inclusive magic community? 

A panel of experts, moderated by Alice Pailhès, will discuss these issues and take questions from a virtual audience. Panelists for this session will include:
- Kayla Drescher
- Julie Eng
- Mikayla Oz 

Register at https://forms.gle/EtsNNqHCwj1fPsXM6 to receive a link as the date approaches.
More details at https://scienceofmagicassoc.org/.

 

 

The Magical Mystery Show now booking acts!

Read the special edition of VANISH Magic Magazine to learn more about an opportunity to work overseas with your own own 70 minute parlour style show!  (And I've heard the Booking Agent is super nice!)

 

From the November 24th Facebook post by Paul Romhany:

 

 

From the November 1st Facebook post by Paul Romhany:

It's the 11th blogiversary of Canada's Magic!

 

 

 

Eleven years ago today this blog was born!

 

 

 

Thanks to you wonderful people who have supported this project!

For free, we've published over 4,780 posts, and served well over 1,167,000 page loads.  Five hundred and thirty five of you follow us on Facebook, 1508 of you follow us on Twitter, 264 of you have found us on Instagram, and a bunch 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, The Vanishing Rabbit Magic Shop, Tips and Tricks for Magicians and Magicians Talking Magic Podcast!
   
• 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, Richard Hough, Robin Dawes, Eric Bedard, Loran, Cam Dix, Peter Mennie, Gordon Precious, Colin Geddes, and Graeme Reed.
   
• 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, the EldritchTheatre, Michael Close Magic,  Perfect Magic, and The Browser's Den of Magic.
    
• 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, Phil Matlin, and Gordon Precious.
   
• And especially, my family for their support of this bloggy experiment.

My continued thanks to all of you! 

 

Toronto: The Sentimentalists at Revival [updated: Dec 14]

Tickets at Eventbrite.

From the November 8th Instagram Post by the Sentimentalists:

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Toronto: Ray Chance at The Turtle Project [Dec 3]

From the November 17th Tweet by Ray Chance:

The Turtle Project: A Celebration of Inner Strength! Dec. 3 | Toronto
Buy tickets here: http://linktr.ee/damicofdn
Join me for a night of amazing performances & fun as we raise $1 million for the North York Women’s Shelter

 

#AMDFTo #TPDEC3 #InnerStrength @damicofdn The Turtle Project: A Celebration of Inner Strength! Dec. 3 | Toronto
Buy tickets here: https://t.co/T8RUhu9tva
Join me for a night of amazing performances & fun as we raise $1 million for the North York Women’s Shelter pic.twitter.com/sDIwIAnWRT

— Ray Chance (@RayChance) November 17, 2021

 

 

Montreal: Michel Huot lecture [Nov 29]

Purchase tickets to this event at Montreal Magic Jam.

 

From the Montreal Magic Jam newsletter:

What: Conférence Michel Huot
When: Lundi le 29 novembre, 19h00 (7pm)
Where:  6546 Rue St-Hubert, Montréal, QC H2S 2M3 

The cold weather has finally arrived in Montreal, but it's not all bad news. On top of having a couple special online events schedules in the near future, for the first time, in a very long time we'll be having an in-person event, a lecture from hometown favorite  Michel Huot. En plus, la conférence sera en français.

Michel is a remarkable performer in English, but even better in his native French, so we figured it would be a great opportunity to see him at his finest.

For those of you who are less adept at the language, Michel will be happy to translate to English as needed throughout the lecture.

With over 25 years of performing under his belt, Michel knows a thing or two about the craft. The man behind best-selling tricks like Priceless, and Socks will be sharing his creations with us, as well as the real secrets of professional magic. I think you'll really want to pay attention to what he has to say.

Of course, we'll have to do a vaccination check and follow Quebec health guidelines so spots will be limited. So please don't wait to register, especially since you can save 10 bucks while you're at it.

To learn more, subscribe to the Montreal Magic Jam email list here:
https://montrealmagicjam.com/

 

 

Chicago: Sean Watson in Jamie Allan's Magic Immersive

From the November 5th Instagram post by Sean Watson:

I’m so excited to be one of the headliners performing @magicimmersive opening December 3rd.

 

 

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