by Ricky Smith | Jun 10, 2013 | Curious and New
Impossible feats of balancing are marvelous and have been closely associated with magic for many years. Some excellent feats are described in Prevost, and you, no doubt, probably learned a few at some point in one of your early magic books or have seen a friend or...
by Ricky Smith | Oct 6, 2010 | Magic News
Greetings! Next Tuesday, October 12, the BBC will have a feature on Randini on their radio program Making History. Some of you may be familiar with him from reading The Secret Life of Houdini or perhaps through Edwin Dawes’ article in the Magic Circular (members...
by Ricky Smith | Apr 14, 2010 | Curious and New
A 3 year old girl walks across a tightrope stretched over an enclosure containing six Siberian tigers. When asked if she likes tightrope walking, she said, “Yes, because I started at a very young age”. Rumor has it that next year they will be featuring a 4...
by Conjuring Arts | Jan 19, 2010 | Magic News
In this highly personal talk from TEDMED, magician and stuntman David Blaine describes what it took to hold his breath underwater for 17 minutes — a world record (only two minutes shorter than this entire talk!) — and what his often death-defying work means to him....
by Conjuring Arts | Jan 8, 2010 | Exhibitions
Our latest exhibition delves into the Bullet Catch. It traces the feat through several of the different variations performed throughout history along with a detailed story concerning the recent and fantastic demonstration by David Blaine and Bill Kalush of the Carl...