by Ricky Smith | May 21, 2014 | Magic News
The Hocus Pocus Project is a nonprofit organization that teaches magic to all kinds of children and adults, including those in hospitals and detention centers. Since 2007 we’ve empowered by teaching magic in New York City at children’s hospitals,...
by Ricky Smith | Feb 12, 2014 | Gibecière, Magic News
Gibecière 17, Volume 9, Number 1 Winter 2014 Gibecière number 17 is a fantastic issue, and we are very proud of it. We begin this issue with the tenth and final installment of the excellent and enlightening “Investigation into Magic in Japan after the Opening of...
by Ricky Smith | Sep 10, 2013 | Gibecière, Magic News
Gibecière Vol. 8, No. 2 Now shipping! Summer 2013 issue of our flagship publication Gibecière! Our biggest issue yet (at 288 pages and nearly 2 lbs) opens with a long-anticipated piece by Barry Wiley on the Piddingtons. Syd Piddington was a magician who was captured...
by Ricky Smith | Jun 19, 2013 | Articles, Magic News
In an editorial introducing the first issue of his eponymous monthly magazine, Jean Hugard set himself an ambitious goal. The purpose of Hugard’s Magic Monthly, he wrote, would be “to set forth fully, clearly and conscientiously the best things in magic.” It was this...
by Ricky Smith | Apr 29, 2013 | Magic News
View Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay in a larger map Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay is going to shortly be released in a number of cities! Check the map to find the location nearest you to make sure you...