After very long negotiations, I would like to annouce that The Vanishing Rabbit Magic Shop has SOLD to a private Magic Shop Chain out of the United States. Although the shop will stay open and the Name will change, I will remain as a Manager and consultant, I would like to thank all who have supported my Magic Shop business the last 10 years and hope that you will remain customers of ours.
The Magic Circle To Mount Legal Challenge
The Magic Circle is considering mounting a legal challenge to proposals which would see the composition of packs of playing cards dramatically altered from April 2012.
The proposals announced under European Union Directive 27745 / 3665 include the removal of the twelve Jacks, Queens and Kings from every pack of cards manufactured within the EU to reflect modern Republic Member States. A new suit of 'Stars' is to be introduced alongside the traditional Clubs, Diamonds, Hearts and Spades making the total number of cards exactly 50 in the new 'metric' packs.
Spokesman for The Magic Circle states "We are very concerned by these new rules. We very much value our Royal connections and cannot accept such a scandalous interference from the EU. The standard pack of 52 cards embodies a long legacy of cultural and magical history.”
A spokesman continues: “Frankly many of our Members are hoping to make these new rules disappear!"
Read the original post (complete with image of the new deck) here.What April Fool's day pranks did I miss?
Sunday May 1st 2011 from 12:00pm to 10:00pm, Spectram Magic in association with Alain Choquette invites you to a Magic Day featuring: Jay Sankey, Jon Allen, Boris Wild and Richard Sanders.For more information, contact Magie Spectram.
Starting at 9:00PM EST on Friday April 1 I’m hosting a live party on the new Bending the Real channel on YouTube. This is where we are going to host the $5K ‘Bending the Real Competition’ and we thought we’d start things off with a couple of exclusive videos from the ‘Bending the Real’ project. I’m also going to be giving away 12 FREE ‘Bending the Real’ DVDs and hanging out on the channel to answer questions and share bending tips.Subscribe to the Bending the Real channel on You Tube to find out more!
When: 3 Saturday Nights - April 2, April 9th, April 16thFor more information, contact The Vanishing Rabbit.
Time: 7-9pm
Where: The Vanishing Rabbit Magic Shop
Join Award Winning Magician BRENT SMITH for 3 Nights of Essential Card Magic Sleights. Learning card magic is like building a house. Everything starts with a strong foundation of basic building blocks. These won't we your Grampa's Card Tricks.
This 3 night course will start you at the beginning of card magic and take you to a working professional level.
Learn the core skills (the ones that get used over and over again in thousands of tricks) from a well trained Award winning Magician
After breaking all box-office records on its opening at Liverpool Playhouse and the Lyric Hammersmith, Ghost Stories burst onto the West End in June 2010 & has been playing to packed houses ever since. Now it makes its North American premiere - with an all-Canadian cast - at the Panasonic Theatre.
Be prepared for 80 minutes of thrills, laughs and scares that you will never forget!Visit the Ghost Stories website if you're brave enough to want more information.
The totally unique West End show comes from the truly talented and dark minds of The League of Gentlemen's master of the macabre, Jeremy Dyson, and Andy Nyman, co-creator and director of Derren Brown's television and stage shows and star of Dead Set and Severance.
LogiCON is a daylong event bringing members of the scientific and skeptic communities together with the general public to celebrate logic, critical thinking and the scientific method. LogiCON is for everyone: there will be talks from a variety of speakers for both the longtime science enthusiast and the curious beginner alike.Sheldon Casavant will be speaking about magic and deception.
This Saturday, April 2 at 'Browser's Den' we have our monthly Magic Club Meeting. The club meets at 2:00pm until about 4:00pm.
We are very plesed that our SPECIAL GUEST at the club will be BEN TRAIN. All who are interested in improving their magic may attend for FREE.If this interests you, please confirm details directly with the Browser's Den of Magic.
| City | Club | Event(s) |
| Calgary, AB | Ring 66 (Calgary Magic Circle, Les Brocklesby Ring) | - Works In Progress - mini-workshop on balloon twisting - Jr. Magic Club - Garden Variety Show |
| Edmonton, AB | Edmonton Magic Club | - Abra-kid-abra |
| Winnipeg, MB | The Magic Club of Winnipeg | - Family Day of Magic |
| Vancouver, BC | Ring 92 (Vancouver Magic Circle) | - Chad Long lecture - Executive Meeting - Gimmicked Card Night - Charles Howard Trophy competition |
| Victoria, BC | Ring 183 (Victoria Magic Circle) | - Annual General Meeting |
| Hamilton, ON | Ring 49 (The Doug Henning Magic Wand Club) | - Competition Night |
| London, ON | London Magician's Guild | - TBD |
| Kitchener, ON | Ring 235 (The Caesar Hat & Wand Magic Circle) | - Annual 4F lecturer, TBD |
| Ottawa, ON | Ring 151 (Ottawa Society of Magicians) | - Pot-luck Banquet Party - Executive Nominations |
| Toronto, ON | Ring 17 (Sid Lorraine Hat and Rabbit Club) | - shop visit: The Browser's Den |
| Woodstock, ON | CAM 1 (Friendly City Mystics) | - 4F lecturer, TBD |
Luminato, Toronto Festival of Arts and Creativity, today announced the Festival’s 2011 Magic programs. The fifth anniversary edition of Luminato introduces two original magic shows and features world premieres, vaudeville nostalgia, and the interactive, improvisational style of modern magic.
Natural Magick: A 90-minute show written by David Ben and Patrick Watson, with music by John Lang. Ben recreates magic from the repertoire of the world’s master magicians, revisiting feats of wonder in the context of “scenes” realized through the prism of projected imagery and John Lang’s playful score.
Vodavil: Featuring some of the world’s most gifted variety artists, including comedian-magician Mike Caveney, mime and magician Tina Lenert, physical illusionist Ardan James, magicians and parodists The Great Tomsoni and Company, and Gaetan Bloom, a master of the absurd.
Eric Mead - Toast of the Town: Showcasing Eric and the art of improv 'bar magic.'
Tickets will go on sale in mid-April. We will be giving an advance purchase option to subscribers, so make sure that you join the Magicana eList to receive word.
Among many other topics, we discuss the impending release of his latest project Bending the Real. [snip]
Jay describes 'Bending the Real' as an inspired collection of low sleight deceptions, each designed to mess with human minds from a different sensory or rational angle. Stay tuned to the very end of the broadcast to find out how you can get a FREE copy of Bending the Real!Click on over to The Magic Newswire and listen to the podcast!
WHEN: Wednesday, June 1, 2011
WHERE: Kent Wong's Studio of Magic
4 HOURS OF HANDS ON MAGICAL TRAINING! The Jeff McBride Super Session is a unique teaching format that allows all students of magic, regardless of age or skill level, to improve their abilities, develop their character, and learn the inside secrets of the business of magic.According to the Facebook page, the event sold out fast!
We are delighted to announce that our family-friendly magic show, Piff Paff Poof, has been held over at the Lower Ossington Theatre for all weekends in April. Show dates and tickets are now available here.
