Stream "Houdini and Doyle" until 2021

From the Twitter feed of HouDoyle:
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Good news for Canadian cable subscribers. Thanks to @Global_TV you can now stream #HoudiniAndDoyle until 2021! 🎩🖋️https://t.co/yaNBxkXnWx

— HouDoyle (@HouDoyle) February 3, 2017

Vitaly Beckman in Ontario

From Vitaly Beckman's Facebook page:

New tour dates are updated on the website! http://www.eveningofwonders.com

First stop is Northern Ontario:

 March 25 - Cobalt
 March 26 - Kirkland Lake
 March 29 - Parry Sound
 March 31 - Sudbury

For tickets see: http://www.eveningofwonders.com/tickets

Toronto: Will and Matt at the Isabel Bader Theatre

From the Facebook page of Will and Matt:

International Award Winning Duo performing magic LIVE! in UofT's Isabel Bader Theatre on 3/19/17

Ticket link: http://willandmatt.com/
 You will see...

-15 Grand Illusions
 -Opening Performance with World Class Mentalist - Ben Train
 -Featuring dance acts
 -Las Vegas level production
 -World class magic inventions
 -2 hours of magic that will completely BLOW YOUR MIND!

Early bird price ends on March 12th. Price will go up by $10 after that date!
 With early bird ticket, you also get exclusive and limited W&M Magic Tutorial. We will show you how some of our magics are done!


Read more and buy tickets.

Where to find Shawn Farquhar in March 2017

Good luck keeping up with Shawn in March.  With NEMCON tomorrow and Friday, shows in Cambridge, Chilliwack, and Hawai'i, he's going to be spending a lot of time in airports!  If you want a head start for next month, he'll also be at the FFFF Convention in April.

For more information about NEMCON, visit the New England Magicians' Conference.


From Shawn Farquhar's Facebook page:


From Shawn Farquhar's Facebook page:





From Shawn Farquhar's Facebook page:

Michael Close reviews "The Aretalogy of Vanni Bossi"

From Michael Close:

As I left my forties behind and entered into late middle age, I became aware of a sad, odd occurrence. Some of my friends were turning into books. They had left flesh and blood, heart and bone behind, transforming into a form that allowed one-way (but sometimes surprisingly comforting) communication. I would regulary head to my library, not so much to seek information, but to visit again with Stewart James, Billy McComb, Howard Lyons, Arturo Ascanio, Barrie Richardson, T.A. Waters, Tommy Wonder, and Dai Vernon. And now, eight years after his death, another friend arrives from the printer in a beautiful and most fitting presentation.

The Aretalogy of Vanni Bossi features a portion of the creative output of a true polymath – a collector, historian, craftsman, performer, and creator. Concerning Vanni’s collection, Roberto Giobbi writes in the Foreword, “He possessed practically every important book of magic, from the beginning of printing to modern times, in many languages, but above all in Italian. He also knew what was in them, how to place their contents in the evolution of magical ideas, and who invented what. He was one of the most educated and well-informed people in magic that I’ve ever met.”
 
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