ICYMI: 52 Plus Joker Virtual Weekend replay

If you weren't able to attend the 52 Plus Joker Virtual Weekend last month, not to worry! 52 Plus Joker have kindly put the video event on a YouTube playlist "April 2022 Virtual Playing Card Weekend" for everyone to enjoy!

• Intro - April 2022 Virtual Playing Card Weekend
• Stacey Jay Kelly - Designer Talk [Churchill cards, Dr. Lister cards, Jon Pertwee cards, coronavirus cards!]
• Stacey Jay Kelly - Live Q&A
• Steve Bowling - 71 Lot
• Show & Tell: Desert Island Edition
• How the Yakuza helped sell Nintendo's first game - Here's A Thing
• Eurogamer
• Rosemary Reid - The Real Deal
• Playing Card Game Show
• Greg Loschen - Card Art
• 2021 Diamond Awards Pre-Show Dinner
• 2021 Diamond Awards

Watch the April 2022 Virtual Playing Card Weekend playlist below:

 

 

Ring 17 hosts a virtual lecture by Murray SawChuck [May 10]

Tuesday, May 10, 2022

From IBM Ring 17:

Murray teaches you many of his secrets including how to get on TV, making a normal or boring trick memorable and getting more money for your shows. Over the 30 plus years Murray has been touring the world, performed on over 100 television shows and is currently a resident headliner at the Tropicana Hotel & Casino on Las Vegas as well as the guest act in the show Fantasy at The Luxor. Learn from one of the top magicians currently working today.

NOTE: A Zoom link will be emailed to all current members of the club and to Eventbrite ticket holders.

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Halifax: Magic at the Oxford Tap Room with Bill Wood [May 8]

From the "Magic at the Oxford Tap Room" Facebook event:

SUNDAY, 8 MAY 2022

Sunday afternoons are made for magic. Join Bill Wood and special guest Brennan Coady for an intimate afternoon of wonder and laughs. If you like Penn and Teller's Fool Us or staring at the night sky and contemplating your place in the vast universe this show is for you. This event isn't a kids magic show...but they are welcome to attend. 

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World Wide Doug Henning Birthday Celebration [May 7]

If you attended either of the Chip Romero CAM JAMs (April 14, 2021 or October 27, 2021) you'll know that Chip will be a fabulous host for this event!

 

From the April 30th post "World Wide Doug Henning Birthday Celebration, May 7" by John Cox at Wild About Harry:

Next Saturday, May 7th, S.A.M. President Tom Gentile and the great Chip Romero will host a 6-hour online "World Wide Doug Henning Birthday Celebration". No doubt this was inspired by the success of the World Wide Houdini Birthday Celebration last month. I'm looking forward to six hours of Doug...and Chip!

Check out the Event Page on Facebook for details. I will post the ZOOM link when available.

Read more.

 

From the Doug Henning Birthday Celebration Facebook event:

 

Felix Felicis to Michael Kras!

From the April 18th Instagram post by Michael Kras:

I have some news! Today was my first day jumping into one of the most exciting (and terrifying) journeys of my career so far as I join the Canadian premiere of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child at Mirvish as the Illusions & Magic Assistant.

I’ve been in magic even longer than I’ve been in theatre, and it’s a literal dream to be able to combine these two parts of my artistic identity by joining the creative team behind this international smash hit play that uses magic, illusion, and sleight of hand as a key piece of its theatrical language.

I’ve never worked on something of such immense scale, and I’d be lying if I said I’m not overwhelmed. But I’m also beyond excited to work with this unbelievable company of artists, learn on my feet, and hit the ground running. Let’s GOOOOO.

 

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Top 5 posts in April 2022

There were 28 posts at Canada's Magic this month.  Here are the 5 most viewed posts in the past 30 days: 

5. ICYMI: Portfolio 52's 2021 Deck of the Year - Congratulations to @Stockholm17 and @52plusjoker⁠! 

4. Lark Harbour: Fangzhou He's Love Laughter in aid of the family of Richard Stewart [April 9] - A fundraiser for the family of a man who tragically died in an avalanche.

3. Winner of the 2022 Magical Valentine Award: Magician of the Year - Congratulations!

2. Calgary: Penn and Teller [May 13] - Support our Veterans experiencing homelessness.

and the most viewed post this month  ...

1. ICYMI: Savio Joseph on Canada's Got Talent [March 29, 2022] -

Congratulations to Savio Joseph, Canine Circus, and The Sentimentalists for making it to the Canada's Got Talent semi-finals!

[Source: April 26th article "‘Canada’s Got Talent’: Dance Crew The Renegades Receive Surprise Golden Buzzer As Semi-Finals Acts Revealed" by Brent Furdyk at ET Canada.]