Archive for 2010
The Magic Session
The Magic Session is a brand new online community for magicians to “share ideas, interact with other magicians, and find inspiration for their magic.” It’s headed by our friends Luke Dancy and Irving Quant, who are no strangers to the magic fraternity and have a passion for the art. One of the neat features of The [...]
Read moreJC Wagner passes away
It brings us great sorrow hearing about the loss of JC Wagner. He was a great magician and a wonderful friend. We know his magic will live on, but we will still miss him. All our best to his family and friends.
Read moreMAGIC, The Magazine For Magicians
Check out this months issue of MAGIC magazine for a summary of the events at Magic-Con 2010. It’s an honor to be published in the largest magazine for magicians and just another sign of the conference’s success. Download the full article here.
Read morePop Culture World News
Allan Given of Pop Culture World News has written a wonderful article about his time at Magic-Con 2010. Calling it an “inspirational” conference that didn’t feel inaugural at all, but “well organized and efficiently run” which “challenged those in the art of magic to look beyond the ordinary and to consistently seek out innovative and [...]
Read moreThe Faces of Magic-Con by Tony Cabral
Artist Tony Cabral has done an amazing job illustrating each presenter for Magic-Con 2010. The caricatures were featured in the conference program as well as in a limited edition book signed and numbered by Tony Cabral. A handful of these books are still available directly through Tony. If you are interested in obtaining one of [...]
Read moreEric Mead’s talk on character in performance
Magic-Con 2010 presenter, Eric Mead, has just posted a transcript of his talk on character. The presentation was second in a series of brief talks on the subject of character in performance presented at Magic-Con, with the other two given by John Lovick and Max Maven. Mead describes his talk as: …a plea for magicians [...]
Read moreMahdi Gilbert amazes us all
Mahdi Gilbert is a young magician from Toronto and a rising star in the world of magic. As the highlight of Magic-Con 2010, he wowed us all with his skill.
Read moreThe Most Amazing Weekend of My Life
I still can’t believe Magic-Con actually happened. It was the most amazing weekend of my life and one I will never forget. Even though I was running around the whole time and hardly had a moment to say hello, I was able to meet some incredible people. A couple that stand out are Mahdi Gilbert [...]
Read moreMagic at the Kroc Center
To kick off Magic-Con 2010 a group of magicians visited the Kroc Center in San Diego and performed for a class of about 60 kids as well as sat down and taught them a few tricks they could perform for their friends. The event was a wonderful success and judging from all the ear-to-ear smiles, [...]
Read moreA Conversation with Inspiration
In 1997 David Blaine took the art of magic to new heights with his debut television special, Street Magic. He presented a genre of magic that was organically fed by pop culture’s own dynamic surroundings. It was live, on the street, in your face, and uncensored. People actually believed in his abilities. He was a [...]
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