Mac King performing magic at the Annual Easter Egg Roll at the White House on Monday April 9. The annual event that began in 1878 often features a "Magic Stage" where performers entertain the more than 15,000 guests who congregate on the South Lawn of the White House.(4/12/07: Photo from Preferred Public Relations & Marketing).

And that's renaissance magic ...
Guardian Unlimited - William Kalush, a magician and the founder of the Conjuring Arts Research Centre in New York, who financed the project, said: "This book is the first major manual that is primarily concerned with teaching how to perform magic." "Sources of magic ...
Publ.Date : 10 Apr 07 00:34:00 UTC

New Cirque show dips into the mainstream (Las Vegas Business Press)
Whether Cirque du Soleil has honed the perfect mix of Strip showmanship with effects and art or just got lucky, the Montreal-born company has hit a proverbial progressive jackpot in Las Vegas.
Publ.Date : Mon, 09 Apr 2007 21:00:43 GMT

The Mother's Day Magician (BellaOnline)
May 13th is Mother's Day. If you are a working magician or a hobbyist who has always wanted to try her hand at close-up magic, this is a Golden Day for you. Find out how to make good money doing close-up magic on Mother's Day.
Publ.Date : Sat, 07 Apr 2007 20:48:18 GMT

Houdini amazed crowds in Richmond in 1900 - Richmond Times Dispatch
A local police officer brought handcuffs from the city's police headquarters and went onstage to cuff the magician . The officer held the keys while Houdini ...
Publ.Date : Tue, 10 Apr 2007 23:35:03 GMT

Arizona clown helps brighten hospital patients' stays
Fox 11 Tucson - Apr 10 9:04 AM
MESA, Ariz. (AP) -- Dispensing rapid-fire jokes and pushing his humor cart full of fun props and goodies, Bill Schulte is a popular humor therapist at Banner Baywood Medical Center and Heart Hospital in east Mesa.

Now you see it ... Evening of magic, superstition will benfit class of ...
Sun-Journal - Houdini, primarily known as an escape artist, began as a card magician. Never known as a modest man, Houdini publicly acknowleged that Elliott was without peer with respect to his skill with playing cards. Indeed, Elliott himself issued a public ...
Publ.Date : 11 Apr 07 08:40:00 UTC

Spectacular high jinks at Niagara Falls
Lockport Union-Sun - In a 700-seat, Las Vegas style theater, magician and illusionist Greg Frewin puts on a 90-minute review featuring large cats including tigers, showgirls and a barrage of inexplicable illusions. This “International Grand Champion of Magic” earned ...
Publ.Date : 11 Apr 07 18:41:00 UTC

A night of illusions - Napa Valley Register
The crowd cheered and the magician said that the great response was quite different from the reception other local audiences in other towns give their ...
Publ.Date : Wed, 11 Apr 2007 07:57:03 GMT

Making magic (Lake County News Sun)
You know you're dealing with a new generation of magician when his press bio mentions that he has performed for Bam Margera. You know, the pro skateboarder from "Jackass" and "Viva La Bam"? That Bam Margera.
Publ.Date : Thu, 12 Apr 2007 09:05:29 GMT

Contrived 'Stranger' wastes its stars
Philadelphia Daily News - The best of the recent lot is "The Prestige," a movie that likens a movie to a magic trick, with a three-act structure that mimics the three stages of the classical magician's art (the pledge, the turn, the prestige). The trick, though, is the easy ...
Publ.Date : 13 Apr 07 16:15:00 UTC

Magician Matt's Magic Circle honour (Burnley Today)
A BURNLEY-born illusionist has fulfilled a life-long dream by becoming a member of the Inner Magic Circle. (12/04/2007 14:43:19)
Publ.Date : Fri, 13 Apr 2007 07:14:58 GMT

Dynamo: Streetz Is Watching - RWD Online
More than anyone else in this game, street magician Dynamo represents finding your own fate. He might not rap or sing, but this talented 22 year-old ...
Publ.Date : Fri, 13 Apr 2007 08:49:12 GMT

Welcome to the Grand Illusion
Shelbyville Daily Union - John Howe-Wheat and Kaylee Johnston were his next helpers and Howe-Wheat joined in the fun, dancing with the magician to the music from "Saturday Night Fever." I have had a lot of kids help me out but you are destined for a career in acting ...
Publ.Date : 13 Apr 07 19:07:00 UTC

Ben Elliott: An Englishman in New York (Independent)
As a child, Ben Elliot wanted to be a magician. He toured the church halls, country homes and village fêtes of his native Dorset armed with nothing more than several packs of cards, a cape stitched together by his mother, and an exotic nickname: Merlin the Marvel.
Publ.Date : Sat, 14 Apr 2007 23:06:51 GMT

Teller gives Two River something to talk about (The Star-Ledger)
Audiences have never heard Teller -- of Penn and Teller -- utter a word, but actors will next year when the famed magician and mime directs "Macbeth" for the Two River Theater Company in Red Bank.
Publ.Date : Sat, 14 Apr 2007 04:38:19 GMT

Event promotes healthy habits for youths (Carroll County Online)
With a loud "pop" illusionist/magician Wayne Alan transformed a balloon into a bouquet of flowers at the Carroll County Family YMCA Saturday morning.
Publ.Date : Sun, 15 Apr 2007 04:13:06 GMT