Conjuring trio show they're really magic - Edinburgh News
THREE city magicians have won a Scotland-wide competition and collected Ł1500. Gary James, Colin Swan and Ricky McLeod scooped first place as the Edinburgh team in the Loch Ness Magic Challenge at Fort Augustus last Saturday. Mr James, 38, from ...
Publ.Date : Tue, 09 Sep 2008 00:35:00 GMT

Sword-swallowing, bug-eating - Philadelphia Inquirer
"And you will see it all! Alive! Alive! Alive!" proclaimed the young man sporting a curled mustache and leopard-print fez outside National Mechanics bar and restaurant on a recent Friday night. "Step right up, ladies and gentlemen, and see the Olde ...
Publ.Date : Mon, 08 Sep 2008 10:45:00 GMT

Need 450 acres near Disney? Get ready to fork over $150M (Orlando Sentinel)
One of Osceola County's grandest tourism visions remains an illusion.
Publ.Date : Mon, 08 Sep 2008 10:11:44 GMT

JCCSF's New Series 'Abracadabra' Runs 10/08-12/08 - Broadway World
An Evening with Ricky Jay Saturday, 11/1 at 8 pm Ricky Jay , the world renowned sleight-of-hand master/magician, and source on the subject ...
Publ.Date : Mon, 08 Sep 2008 13:33:53 GMT

Longtime Ala. TV personality "Cousin Cliff" dies (The Tuscaloosa News)
James Clifton "Cousin Cliff" Holman Jr., a longtime Birmingham television personality, has died after entertaining generations of children across central Alabama. He was 79.
Publ.Date : Tue, 09 Sep 2008 21:07:04 GMT

COMEDY MAGIC OF AARON RADATZ; TRENT CARLINI'S TAKE ON ELVIS AT ... - Laughlin Entertainer
I occasionally work with them for special events but I don't put an emphasis on animals-other magicians work with them extensively and believe they add to ...
Publ.Date : Wed, 10 Sep 2008 01:22:45 GMT

Auditions begin at Pasadena Little Theatre (The Bay Area Citizen)
Auditions will be held at Pasadena Little Theatre on Sunday, Sept. 14 at 7 p.m. for the melodrama titled The Magician’s Daughter or The Villain Refused to Disappear by local playwrights Eddie Cope and Carl Williams.
Publ.Date : Wed, 10 Sep 2008 03:53:07 GMT

Magician targets playground bullies - Courier-Post
CHERRY HILL --Tuesday morning was magical at Stockton Elementary School -- full of yuks but never losing sight of respecting others. Boston magician Jed Doherty -- known as "Jedlie" -- brought his "Bully-Free Is the Choice for Me!" interactive show ...
Publ.Date : Wed, 10 Sep 2008 10:57:00 GMT

How To Perform Magic Tricks (Turks.US)
Everyone can be easily amazed on magic performance, even if you are grandmother, parent, teenager or a child, you will enjoy watching magic show. This is actually for all ages, because it will really catch your curiosity on how this people do impossible things.
Publ.Date : Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:26:30 GMT

David Blaine: death-dealer - Daily Telegraph
He has already spent a week in a glass coffin, 64 hours in a block of ice and fasted for 44 days in a box in London. For his next trick, he'll live on two burning high wires in Central Park for three days, followed by a mysterious 'Dive of Death'. Is ...
Publ.Date : Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:50:00 GMT

DVDs: 'Chandu the Magician,' part of Fox Horror Classics Vol. 2 - Seattle Post Intelligencer
Not rated. 71 minutes. There are two reasons to watch "Chandu the Magician." The first is Bela Lugosi, who is in fine florid form at the picture's beginning and rises to truly unhinged heights at the climax. The second is the direction by William ...
Publ.Date : Thu, 11 Sep 2008 21:33:00 GMT

Magician zones in on zoo with big bag of tricks - Columbus Dispatch
A trick his father pulled on him sparked Mark Wood's career as a magician. "I used to see magicians come around to my school," said Wood, who will perform this weekend and next during Jack Hanna's Fall Fest at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium. "My dad ...
Publ.Date : Thu, 11 Sep 2008 15:13:00 GMT

Phenomenal trend: Illusionist part of a new identity for magical arts - Joplin Globe
Magician Mike Super insists he wasn’t the best among 10 magician-contestants in NBC’s “Phenomenon,” even though he won the $250,000 top prize. “It’s hard when someone’s art is put in competition with another’s art,” Super said. “I ...
Publ.Date : Thu, 11 Sep 2008 22:52:00 GMT

Magician to perform at Pitt State tonight - Pittsburg Morning Sun
An award-winning magician and winner of an NBC reality series will present his show this weekend through Pittsburg State University's Performing Arts and ...
Publ.Date : Fri, 12 Sep 2008 05:58:34 GMT

Take the family to a magic show (The Acorn)
Evan Gary Productions will present two magic shows at the Scherr Forum Theatre at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, 2100 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd. in October. To purchase tickets for either event, call the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza box office at (805) 449-2787.
Publ.Date : Thu, 11 Sep 2008 09:48:54 GMT

Comic magician coming from Vegas to Three Rivers - Grand Rapids Press
THREE RIVERS -- David Blaine can hold his breath for 17 minutes. David Copperfield can vaporize a person from a stage and have him appear in a live video feed from a tropical island. Magician/comedian Jeff Hobson can pull a card out of his mouth. But ...
Publ.Date : Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:44:00 GMT

Magic 'boosts pupils' confidence' - BBC UK News
"Social skills are quite a difficult thing to take on board," said Prof Wiseman, a psychologist based at the University of Hertfordshire, who began his working life as a professional magician. Children are usually taught about these skills in ...
Publ.Date : Fri, 12 Sep 2008 10:54:00 GMT

Magician teaches kids tricks to recycling (Midland Reporter-Telegram)
By Kathleen Thurber Staff Writer Emphatically puffing into a clear balloon, magician John Maverick paused to tell more than 350 students at South Elementary on Thursday to watch closely as he was preparing to complete his favorite trick.
Publ.Date : Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:42:17 GMT

Together Again (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
For years, it has been one of Nathan Burton 's prized possessions. It's been in his collection of show business keepsakes since he was a teen. Now 35, Burton was an aspiring magician in Fort Smith, Ark., in 1991, "doing birthday parties and school shows.
Publ.Date : Fri, 12 Sep 2008 09:24:55 GMT

Exhibition: Shamans of Siberia -- Magicians, Intermediaries ... - openPR (press release)
of Ethnography (Saint Petersburg) the exhibition "Shamans of Siberia: Magicians , Intermediaries, Healers" from December 13, 2008 until June 28, 2009. ...
Publ.Date : Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:07:52 GMT

Premiere of Criss Angel’s ‘Believe’ delayed - Las Vegas Sun
The official premiere of Criss Angel’s highly anticipated Cirque du Soleil show, "Criss Angel Believe," has been delayed once again. Cirque now says the $100-million showcase will debut publicly at the Luxor in a Halloween spectacular on Oct. 31 ...
Publ.Date : Sun, 14 Sep 2008 00:08:00 GMT

Magician Steve Wyrick and the American Chopper cast host at Hawaiian ... - Las Vegas Sun
Hawaiian Tropic Zone welcomes magician Steve Wyrick and the Teutul family from Discovery Channel’s American Chopper as they reveal the SW-1000 Orange County Chopper in front of the restaurant’s Strip-side patio. Come catch a glimpse of the hot ...
Publ.Date : Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:53:00 GMT

David Blaine plans 3-day, upside-down dangle over rink in Central Park - New York Daily News
David Blaine trains for his upcoming upside-down stunt at Wollman Rink. David Blaine is letting it go to his head. Not the fame - the blood. The magician and endurance stuntman is hanging upside down from a bar by his gravity boots at a private gym ...
Publ.Date : Sat, 13 Sep 2008 00:59:00 GMT

Do It Your Way: Performing Magic Trick In A Crowd (Turks.US)
Watching a live magic show is really amazing. You can't help but be amaze how these magicians perform such impossible things. Cutting woman's body in half is somewhat a puzzle how this magician do it. Or even simple magic like how hankies turn into a dove on a magic hat.
Publ.Date : Sun, 14 Sep 2008 10:34:41 GMT

'Bread' builds strong memories :Boomer nostalgia fuels Hazell's one-man show (South Bend Tribune)
Writing comedy for an NBC sitcom may sound like a dream gig for a magician turned stand-up comic from Omaha, Neb.
Publ.Date : Sat, 13 Sep 2008 11:08:05 GMT

Illusionist, escape artist use Battle Creek show to share their faith (The Kalamazoo Gazette)
Husband-and-wife magic team Kevin Ridgeway and Kristen Johnson say they still deliver a classy, entertaining act, but have added a message. "We wanted to reach out to people and have an impact on their lives," said Ridgeway, 39, who will be performing Thursday at W.K. Kellogg Auditorium in Battle Creek.
Publ.Date : Sun, 14 Sep 2008 19:19:22 GMT

MIKE WEATHERFORD: Old-timer the mind behind the magic - Las Vegas Review-Journal
It's an after-party to Jeff McBride's new magic show in the Sound Trax lounge, a gathering of local magicians . It's there that 74-year-old Johnny Thompson ...
Publ.Date : Sun, 14 Sep 2008 09:09:29 GMT