by Alex Boyce | Oct 24, 2017 | Articles, Magic News, Magicians
Conjuring Arts Introduces: IMPOSSIBLE IMPOSSIBLE, New York’s Night of Magic is presented and curated by the Conjuring Arts Research Center as a series of performances by the top magicians from around the world. The season of shows will feature incredible...
by Jon Racherbaumer | Jun 2, 2016 | Articles, Magic News
ON:WORDS Jon Racherbaumer PARASITES, PRECURSORS, THE RELATIVITY OF ORIGINALITY, AND THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS? “Nothing of me is original. I am the combined effort of everyone I’ve ever known.” -Chuck Palahniuk Consider the word “origin,” including...
by John Lovick | May 17, 2016 | Articles, Artifacts, Curious and New, Exhibitions, Magic News, Magicians
Will Nicola (seen on the right) was another globe-trotting illusionist from America. Young Will learned the magic business as an assistant in his father’s magic act and his older brother, Charles, who would gain his own fame as Von Arx, also mentored Will in the...
by John Lovick | May 17, 2016 | Articles, Conjuring Arts University, Curious and New, Exhibitions, Magic News, Magicians
During the early morning of December 17, 1896 Adelaide Herrmann suddenly found herself not the co-star of the Herrmann the Great touring show but simply as the widow Herrmann. Her husband, Alexander Herrmann, had reigned supreme as America’s foremost magician...
by John Lovick | May 17, 2016 | Articles, Curious and New, Magic News, Magicians
This exotic looking wizard did not travel to America from the mysterious East. His name was Charles Joseph Carter, born in New Castle Pennsylvania in 1874. As a teen-ager he was already performing as Carter –The Boy Magician and what he lacked in artistic ability and...
by Mike Caveney | Mar 5, 2016 | Articles, Magic News, Magicians
If a non-magician were asked to create the image of a magician they would undoubtedly draw a picture of a tall, thin man sporting a goatee and twisted mustache. His costume would include a black tailcoat and knee britches. It is doubtful that our layman would realize...
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