Area Upcoming Events - and a few important ones that are further away
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MAGIC ON TV -
For the latest daily update on Magic on TV, please check this website:
http://www.tvmagicguide.com
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Every Monday evening - WOR-TV (channel 9) 8 PM - Masters of Illusion (check
local listings)
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Weekly Magic Show in Manhattan -- Manhattan Magic Show --
http://www.manhattanmagicshow.com
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STEVE COHEN'S CHAMBER MAGIC is held most Friday and Saturday
nights at 7 and 9 PM, Waldorf Astoria, NYC. YEAR ROUND.
http://www.chambermagic.com The intimate setting in a beautiful, private suite
in The Waldorf Towers combined with the cocktail attire in which guests are
encouraged to dress makes the performance feel like a trip back in time to old
time Manhattan in the early 20th century.
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Saturdays at 6:00 PM - Simon Lovell's Strange and
Unusual Hobbies
Sleight of Hand expert and con-man Simon Lovell will go through his wild and
hilarious hobbies as he reveals his most famous tips and tricks. Huron Club at
the Soho Playhouse, 15 Vandam Street, NY (right opposite the E train Vandam exit
at Spring Street!) Call (212) 691-1555 for tickets!
Tickets are $30.00. Must be 21 to enter. 18+ contains graphic language not
appropriate for children
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MAGICAL NIGHTS Visit: http://feinsteinsattheregency.com/performance.php?id=185
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OCTOBER 4, 2009 – Metro-Magic – The VIP Convention (Bob Solari,
Bill Wisch, Carl Bajor). Meadowlands Quality Inn, 10 Polito Ave., Lyndhurst, NJ
(201- 933-9800). Visit: http://www.metro-magic.com. Scheduled to perform: Tony
Clark, Johnny “Ace” Palmer, David Roth and Bill Wisch.
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OCTOBER
23-24 – David Copperfield – FOXWOODS CASINO
True to its title, Grand Illusion is the logical, and
incredible, evolution of this conjurer’s art. Copperfield’s goal in Grand
Illusion is to take your dreams (and maybe a few nightmares) and make them come
true using his state of the art wizardry.
“For magic to be relevant,” explains Copperfield, “it has to evolve so
it keeps up with, or even surpasses, the best film and theater. I want to base
my work on what people really dream about. Most of us don’t dream of pulling a
rabbit out of a hat. But what affects people is realizing personal
dreams--dreams almost everyone shares--that they thought were impossible. In the
cinema the audience watches the characters’ dreams come true. In Grand Illusion,
the audiences get to watch their dreams come true, live, before their very eyes
and in three dimensions; it’s an interactive experience of wish fulfillment.
Nothing like it has been done before. Grand Illusion deals with real people who
dream of being reunited with a loved one they thought they’d never see again.
And making it happen—instantly--in front of three or four thousand people who
witness the event and see that it’s real.
Grand Illusion was partly inspired by an unfulfilled wish of my grandfather’s
that a lot of people share—winning the lottery, and finally owning that one
special thing you always dreamed of. We call it An “Intimate” Evening of Grand
Illusion partly because it’s interactive. In one of the pieces, for example, the
audience discovers how to predict lottery numbers that will come up that night.
They get to participate in illusions that blur the line between magic and
reality.”
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NOVEMBER 12, 2009 -
MICHAEL AMMAR
– NMA Presents Michael Ammar at the Germania
Schwaben Club. Michael Ammar is
probably the best magic lecturer and instructor of the last 25 years! Free
for NMA Members; $20 for Non-Members.
Michael
Ammar (born June 25,
1956) is one of America’s best-known close-up magicians and is famous within the
worldwide magical community.
Ammar was born in Logan,
West Virginia and is the youngest of four children.
His interest in magic began when he read a comic book and noticed an
advertisement which read "500 tricks for 25 cents!". Ammar sent his quarter and
received a catalog. He began ordering tricks and practicing. In 1983, Ammar
entered the FISM magic competition and was awarded the Gold Medal for Close-Up
Magic. In doing so, he became the second American in the history of the
competition to do so.
After winning
at FISM, Ammar traveled west and became friends with the great DaiVernon who
became Ammar's mentor throughout the following years.
He has produced over forty video titles, also books and magazines. In 1999 The
Magic Magazine named him one of 100 most influential magicians of the century.
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March 13, 2010: NEMCON XXIX ~ Crowne
Plaza Hotel – Cromwell, CT
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Tannen’s Lecture Series
Upcoming lectures at Louis Tannen’s, 45 West 34th Street in NYC: for more info
check www.tannens.com.
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Monday Night Magic, New York’s longest running magic show
happens every Monday Night (hence the name). NEW LOCATION!! Bleecker Street
Theatre 45 Bleecker Street, New York, NY 10012 (The theatre is just east of
Lafayette Street) 24 hr. Hotline: (212) 615-6432. For show information, info on
dining discounts or parking info, visit their website at
www.mondaynightmagic.com