We caught Eric DeCamps' excellent new show "Pure Magic: A Performance Of Contemporary Conjuring" on May 31 in New York City at the Metropolitan Room (34 West 22 Street / 212-206-0440). If you want to see what real sleight-of-hand looks like you only have four more opportunities before the show ends it’s current run on June 28. (6/1/08: Photo by Meir Yedid).

David Copperfield - Las Vegas Sun
David Copperfield's show inside of the MGM Grand's Hollywood Theatre is a mixture of magic, humor and sexual innuendo. Making a green Lincoln convertible appear and levitate over the audience is a popular trick of his. Skeptics of magic may find ...
Publ.Date : Mon, 26 May 2008 18:47:00 GMT

Festival of Magic set to dazzle - New Straits Times
MALACCA: From the time he was seven, the world of magic drew him like a moth to the flame. Honing his skills on the streets and performing to a motley crowd at night markets eventually led Vincent Tan to become a professional magician 15 years ago ...
Publ.Date : Wed, 28 May 2008 00:01:00 GMT

Santos Kidd Magic at Like Like Drive Inn (KHON 2 Honolulu)
Manolo meets the Santos Kidd and previews some of his magic on the morning show at Like Like Drive Inn. Santos Kidd is well-renowned throughout Hawaii and beyond. He has amazed audiences with mind-blowing tricks that left even top magician David Copperfield baffled.
Publ.Date : Tue, 27 May 2008 21:57:46 GMT

Magic of bugs revealed at local libraries (The Shawnee News-Star)
Magician Steve Crawford brings the Magic of Bugs to children in the nine hometown libraries of the Pioneer Library System in McClain, Cleveland and Pottawatomie counties. The summer children's reading program theme is, "Catch the Reading Bug!" Crawford presents a comedy-filled magic show that includes information about various types of bugs, including insects and spiders.
Publ.Date : Thu, 29 May 2008 04:22:27 GMT

Final stage appearance for magic man - Blackpool Gazette
He also worked to archive information on Blackpool's entertainment history and was a founder member of the Blackpool Magicians ' Club. ...
Publ.Date : Wed, 28 May 2008 08:48:42 GMT

Blackpool pays respects to Cyril - This Is Lancashire
He was most famous for his magician act and for running the museum of entertainment on Coronation Street, which opened in 1977. He was an avid collector of ...
Publ.Date : Tue, 27 May 2008 15:23:48 GMT

Randy Couture on Mandrake (Coming Soon)
Superhero Hype! talked exclusively to UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) Heavyweight Champion Randy Couture today about the status of Mandrake , the movie version of Lee Falk's comic character Mandrake the Magician to which Couture has been attached as a mysterious character named "Jed."
Publ.Date : Wed, 28 May 2008 22:28:11 GMT

Conjuring curate's career change - Shropshire Star
A conjuring curate who used to preach in one of Shropshire's finest churches has swopped his vicar's robes for a magician's cape. The Reverend Mark Townsend is hoping to follow in the footsteps of world-famous mind-reader and television star ...
Publ.Date : Thu, 29 May 2008 11:27:00 GMT

Summer stage attractions
With the evocative name Darren Romeo (it's his real name), a handsome countenance befitting the surname, and the backing of Siegfried and Roy, the magician ...
Bay Area Reporter, CA - Thu, 29 May 2008

Magician turns easy rider - MSN UK News
A wacky Indian magician has ridden a motorbike blindfolded for more than 30 miles. Akash said he performed the stunt in the southern Indian city of Coimbatore to raise awareness of traffic rules. The son of a famous magician began his stunt by ...
Publ.Date : Fri, 30 May 2008 10:57:00 GMT

Evolving Role of Magician's Assistant - Weekend America
What you and I call a magician's assistant, magicians actually call a box jumper. And as Weekend America reporter Nate Dimeo tells us, the world of the box ...
Publ.Date : Sat, 31 May 2008 16:01:08 GMT

Scam artists pulled out of a hat - The Gazette (Montreal)
For several years now, master illusionist Christopher Nicholas Sarantakos, aka Criss Angel , has attracted a devoted following through his TV cult hit Criss ...
Publ.Date : Sat, 31 May 2008 08:08:08 GMT

FARMINGTON Magicians to aid fundraiser for assault victims - Central Maine Morning Sentinel
FARMINGTON -- Magicians Without Borders, a non-profit organization based in Vermont, will present a benefit event in support of Franklin ...
Publ.Date : Sun, 01 Jun 2008 04:09:15 GMT

Max Maven Thinking in Person - Los Angeles Weekly
porting a goatee and a haircut chiseled into a receded serpent's tooth in the front, Max Maven cuts a figure that could have been carved by Edgar Allen Poe. He wears all black -- some critic once commented on his "Japanese" attire, he points ...
Publ.Date : Sun, 01 Jun 2008 20:56:00 GMT