 Meir
Yedid and Monsignor Dermot
Brennan. While lecturing for SAM
#194 on May 19th in Yonkers, New
York I was pleasantly surprised
when my old friend Msgr. Brennan
attended the lecture. Few people
know that in the 1970s and 1980s
Msgr. Brennan wrote many of the
instructions and ads for
Tannen's Magic. You can also
find some
convention
reviews he wrote in magic
magazines. As a special surprise
the
club also provided him with a
birthday cake to celebrate his
upcoming 80th birthday.
(5/21/10:
A MagicTimes photo). |
David Blaine wants to drift at sea in
life-sized bottle - AZCentral.com
David Blaine wants to be set adrift into
the ocean inside a glass bottle. He
said: "What am I working on next? It
started because I had a dream one night
that I was in a life-size bottle in the
middle of the ocean. That's where it
started, and now I'm trying to work out
how to make that into a physical reality
- into a real physical feat."...
Publ.Date : Mon, 17 May 2010 17:25:00
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Houdini Art and Magic Opens at The
Jewish Museum 10/29 - Broadway World
The Jewish Museum will present the first
major art museum exhibition to examine
Houdini's life, legend, and enduring
cultural influence from October 29, 2010
through March 27, 2011. Through 163
objects, exhibition visitors will be
able to explore the career and legacy of
the celebrated entertainer while
considering his lasting impact on
contemporary art and culture....
Publ.Date : Mon, 17 May 2010 18:44:00
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HMNS hosts noted magician and ‘Addams
Family ... - Cleveland Advocate
Get ready “Addams Family” fans --
Magic!, the mystifying exhibition now
open at the Houston Museum of Natural
Science, is about to become “creepy and
kooky.” For a limited time, visitors to
the exhibition will get a special treat
as Christopher Hart, nationally renowned
magician and eerie “Addams Family”
member, will be performing some of his
most celebrated illusions at the
Museum....
Publ.Date : Mon, 17 May 2010 19:34:00
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"Peep Show" Format Returns to Times
Square - NBC New York
"But it's always a full house," asserted
magician and actor Steve Cuiffo. The
presentations are three to 10 minutes in
length, revolving around a different
theme each day through the run of show,
which ends Sunday.
Publ.Date : Tue, 18 May 2010 01:32:00
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Magician hopes he can cut it - New York
Daily News
Queens College senior and avid trickster
Jeremy Pasternak, 23, will try to set
the Guinness Book of World Records mark
for most one-handed cuts of a deck of
cards in one minute at a Jamaica Estates
synagogue on Sunday....
Publ.Date : Tue, 18 May 2010 14:47:00
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Top Ontario magician is no disappearing
act - Metro Canada - Toronto
Pickering Don’t ask Neil Croswell to saw
your wife in half. He’s working on it,
but he’s not there yet. To be accurate,
the 19-year-old magician is working on
skewering people with spikes through a
box as part of the “big show” he’s
putting together for the next chapter in
his professional life.
Publ.Date : Tue, 18 May 2010 08:03:14
GMT+00:00
Masters of Magic: 5 days of magic - The
Abc News (blog)
Five days of magic 24 hours on 24 May 19
to 23 transform the Casino de la Vallée
Saint Vincent and the streets of a real
enchanted world, in which, in an endless
succession of 8 Gala, 6 Competitions
International Conferences 14 and a long
series of events, scattered in all the
caves in the town Aosta Valley, tricks
and special effects, created by the most
prestigious Italian and international,
will dictate the rules of the game....
Publ.Date : Tue, 18 May 2010 08:21:19
GMT+00:00
Las Vegas magician files for bankruptcy
- Las Vegas Review Journal
Magician Steve Wyrick made more than $54
million disappear while operating his
own theater, according to a bankruptcy
filing on Monday. Wyrick listed assets
of $93,157 against liabilities of
$54,353,748 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court
filing...
Publ.Date : Tue, 18 May 2010 21:42:00
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Criss Angel is recognized with two
prestigious awards - Las Vegas Sun
Innovention founder Paul Stone said
while making the presentation: “The most
elite magic organization in the world
honors Mr. Angel, who epitomizes both
innovation and success. For more than
100 million people all over the world,
Criss Angel has changed the way magic
and its allied arts are viewed and
perceived...
Publ.Date : Tue, 18 May 2010 21:27:52
GMT+00:00
Matt Marcy is 'Disillusioned' at
Imagined Life Theatre - Examiner
Matt Marcy who has made a name for
himself in the world as a comic-magician
wrote and stars in Disillusioned:
Confessions of a Serial Magician opening
May 21 at Imagined Life Theatre.
Directed by Nicole Blaine the show also
features Jules Hartley....
Publ.Date : Sat, 22 May 2010 01:35:00
GMT
Criss Angel says Make-A-Wish Award beats
all others - Las Vegas Sun
It was one of the most emotional nights
in Mindfreak magician Criss Angel’s
life. When Make- A-Wish Foundation
officials presented him with an award
for being the most supportive celebrity
with the organization’s dying children,
the tears streamed down his face....
Publ.Date : Sat, 22 May 2010 18:31:00
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Martin Gardner, 95, math and science
writer, dies
Prolific mathematics and science writer
Martin Gardner, known for popularizing
recreational mathematics and debunking
paranormal claims, died Saturday. He was
95. Gardner died unexpectedly Saturday
at Norman Regional Hospital, said his
son James Gardner. He had been living at
an assisted living facility in Norman.
Martin Gardner was born in 1914 in
Tulsa, Okla., and earned a bachelor's
degree in philosophy at the University
of Chicago. He became a freelance
writer, and in the 1950s wrote features
and stories for several children's
magazines. His creation of paper-folding
puzzles led to his publication in
Scientific American magazine, where he
wrote his "Mathematical Games" column
for 25 years.
Publ.Date : Sat, 22 May 2010 22:07:37
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MIKE WEATHERFORD: Magician Wyrick by the
numbers - Las Vegas Review Journal
One thing about Wyrick was impressive.
He always did what he said he would do.
In fact, he did it three times. First he
built an 860-seat theater at the Sahara
in 2000. Three years later, he forged a
smaller venue out of a bare-bones space
at the Aladdin. Then, in 2007, came what
was touted as a $35 million venue in the
Miracle Mile Shops at Planet Hollywood.
Pricey, but not to be wholly reliant on
Wyrick, or even fellow entertainers
renting the stage in the afternoons....
Publ.Date : Sun, 23 May 2010 10:09:00
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Profile: Martin Gardner, the
Mathematical Gamester - Scientific
American
In light of the recent death of Martin
Gardner, we are republishing this
profile from the December 1995
Publ.Date : Sun, 23 May 2010 00:00:00
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