5. Goodbye to Morrissey Magic -- the end of an era in Toronto - It's been almost a year, but it's still catching people by surprise.
4. Aaron Fisher interviews Chris Mayhew: A Series of Unfortunate Effects
3. Who's where July 2014 - Keep your eyes open for the August page.
2. Niagara Falls: Mindtrix the Show - Reviews anyone?
1. How well do you know me? - Never you mind. I may just inflict the answers on you anyway.
I’m a brash skeptic who will dismiss any magician’s trick shown to me on video by simply yelling “IT’S VIDEO!” and storming away. I don’t believe in anything supernatural as much as I believe in the human mind’s ability to manipulate and be manipulated, even by itself.
That said, Keith Brown blew my little pumpkin all over the back wall of Venue 5 on Friday night. And not just with his tricks, each of which elicited a reaction from the audience that I suspect would have been the same if we had just seen a shark attack him on stage.
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Baby-faced London, Ont., magician Keith Brown wants to make your fringe experience a magical one, and his one-man, hour-long Exchange hits the mark. Featuring straight-up magic — with playing cards, cellphones and neckties — and an impressive use of a memory palace to memorize a deck of cards, Brown’s sweetness and talent charm the audience. And when he brings out some curious and pointy props for his finale, he brings the show home with stomach-churning impressiveness.
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Local magician Sawyer Bullock will present a new show Aug. 8-9 at Collingwood’s New Life Brethren in Christ Church.
The 19-year-old Wasaga Beach resident, who lived in Stayner growing up, said the show is called Sawyer Bullock Presents The Young Faust.
“It’s an evening of magic, comedy and mentalism,” Bullock said.
He started writing the show about a year ago but said it only started to really come together in the last couple months.
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Game Your Brain to Superhero Status will feature Tony Gonzalez (CBS Sports’ “THE NFL TODAY” analyst, You Can’t Lick Your Elbow), Dr. Armand Dorian (ER physician, You Can’t Lick Your Elbow), David Rees (Going Deep with David Rees) and Eric Leclerc (illusionist, Brain Games). Together, the panelists will take attendees through a series of interactive experiments that will mess with your mind and show you that what may seem superhuman is actually within your reach. The panel will take place Friday, July 25, from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the San Diego Convention Center, Room 24ABC.
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However, a magic shop is a specialty retail store and as such has some unique factors that come into play. Its most unique feature is that the person operating the shop is more central to its relations with the patrons.
With many brick and mortar magic shops closing down and going out of business theses days, Jeff Pinsky works hard to ensure the Ontario magic community continues to thrive. Running The Browser's Den of Magic seven days a week is a small testament to his immense dedication and passion for the art of magic. Thank you Mr. Pinsky. Thank you!
Tue, Jul 22: Toronto teen Mark Correia got strapped into a straitjacket two weeks ago. The 18-year-old magician and actor’s goal was to raise $25,000 for the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research by living in the straitjacket until today. He’s back in studio to tell us how far he got.
C.A.M. members have now been accepted to participate in:
JUST RECEIVED MY CONFIRMATION TO PARTICIPATE IN THE “MOST MAGICIANS” trying to break the “Guinness World Record for Most Magicians in a Magic Show”
This will be held in Colon Michigan Wednesday August 06th 2014…
Read more and register BEFORE JULY 25th.
Here we are on @HumbleFredRadio the best show on the airwaves, very funny! We are at 1:18:00 if you want to hear us! http://t.co/7LhnUdiLL1
— Mark Correia (@Mark_Correia) July 18, 2014
Check out this great article about #EscapingParkinsons written by @HuffingtonPost http://t.co/VTEEbiJ05a
— Mark Correia (@Mark_Correia) July 18, 2014
Magician @Mark_Correia wearing #straitjacket to raise funds for #parkinsons http://t.co/aRDPqO3BRs @morninglive @MichaelJFoxOrg
— CHCH News (@CHCHNews) July 17, 2014
Here's my video featured on the @globeandmail http://t.co/kZgl1gnsHM Enjoy! Don't forget to keep donating! #escapingparkinsons
— Mark Correia (@Mark_Correia) July 17, 2014
Check me out in the @mtlgazette http://t.co/fWPtInYhMn ...So happy and proud of how far my team and this stunt have come #escapingparkinsons
— Mark Correia (@Mark_Correia) July 17, 2014
Video: Why Toronto teen @Mark_Correia is spending two self-imposed weeks in a straitjacket http://t.co/5vcebs1GEn
— Victoria Ahearn (@VictoriaAhearn) July 16, 2014
If you are an I.B.M. member, you have already seen and read the cover story on Canada's own Shawn Farquahar in the July issue of The Linking Ring. If you are not an I.B.M. member, here it is, with a reminder that this is a good example of what you are missing by not being a member. Why not join and support Shawn and his year as president? Go to www.magician.org.