Larry
Weeks being presented with
his 90th birthday cake on
September 23rd at Fantasma
in New York City. The
private birthday party was
thrown by Fred Pittella and
attracted many New York
magicians and jugglers and
featured a short show. Weeks
who was discovered by Irving
Berlin and was featured in
both the Broadway show and
movie “This is the Army” in
the 1940s has also produced
49 one-day magic conventions
in NYC as well as being a
long time force in the magic
collecting and Houdini
fields. (9/24/09: A
MagicTimes Photo). |
David Copperfield to bring magic to IU
Auditorium - Indiana Daily Student
While he isn’t the fictional Charles
Dickens character brought to life,
audiences should still prepare to be
mystified, as famed magician David
Copperfield is added to the growing
line-up of star-studded performers this
year at the IU Auditorium ...
Publ.Date : Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:37:00
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magic in their lives - Seymour Herald
Like many other residents of Seymour,
Mary LePori is a transplant who no
longer has the urge to roam. Having
lived in San Antonio, Texas for the
first 12 years of her marriage, the
Mississippi native and her family
returned to Laurel, Mississippi ...
Publ.Date : Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:57:00
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Comedic magicians appear in SUB - North
Idaho College Sentinel
CAs part of NIC's yearly "Week of
Welcome" for first-year students, the
Student Events Board put on a show for
the students' entertainment. This year's
opening number was the wise-cracking,
magical tricksters, Spike and Hammer.
...
Publ.Date : Mon, 21 Sep 2009 06:30:54
GMT+00:00
Greece Olympia hosts magician show
Saturday night - Democrat and Chronicle
Weather it's performing in an intimate
venue with lots of comedy and audience
participation or pulling off the grand
illusions of Las Vegas style
productions, Garry Carson has it all!
Garry performs legendary illusions with
a twist. Garry Carson's...
Publ.Date : Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:40:00
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Cuddyer the magician steps in -
University Chronicle
Michael Cuddyer is the well-know
magician of the Minnesota Twins
clubhouse. He’s always performing magic
and it’s even mocked a bit in one of the
Twins Territory commercials. And if we
go back to 2006 he pulled a big trick of
magic on all of us ...
Publ.Date : Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:49:00
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Copperfield show at IU isn’t fiction or
folly, it’s magic - Indiana Daily
Student
Emmy award-winning magician David
Copperfield will visit Bloomington next
month to show audiences how to make
magic. Copperfield is on an
international tour, "An Intimate Evening
of Grand Illusion," and will give both
students and local residents ...
Publ.Date : Tue, 22 Sep 2009 03:51:00
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Neil Patrick Harris Saves TV! (Well, the
Emmys!) (E! Online)
Oh, Neil Patrick Harris is a magician,
all right. Asked to stave off the dying
network television model, and compete
against a monster football game with not
much more than a tuxedo...
Publ.Date : Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:17:45
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Magician Barry's grandfather dies after
Waterford attack - Ireland On-Line
The grandfather of magician Keith Barry
has died in hospital from injuries he
sustained during a burglary at his home
in Waterford last week.
Eighty-four-year-old Paddy Barry
suffered serious head and facial
injuries, as well as a broken arm, when
he ...
Publ.Date : Tue, 22 Sep 2009 07:40:00
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Magician's father injuries 'consistent
with fall' - Belfast Telegraph
A post mortem last night revealed fatal
head injuries sustained by the
grandfather of television magician Keith
Barry were consistent with a fall.
Detectives said a preliminary autopsy
showed no specific evidence of an attack
on pensioner Paddy Barry ...
Publ.Date : Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:35:00
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For 14-year-old Aurora magician, all the
world's a stage (Grand Island
Independent)
Fourteen-year-old magician J.T.
Wetherington was performing in front of
by far the largest crowd of his young
career on Wednesday, but you couldn't
tell it from his demeanor on stage.
Publ.Date : Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:15:24
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Accolade for North Devon magician (North
Devon Gazette & Advertiser)
NORTH Devon magician Ian Adair is being
featured worldwide on the front cover of
the International Brotherhood of
Magicians' official magazine, The
Linking Ring, which has a 200,000
circulation.
Publ.Date : Wed, 23 Sep 2009 06:38:03
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New York Daily Photo: Fish and Ponds
And so it was last night when friendly
fish gathered at the Fantasma Magic to
celebrate the 90th birthday of Larry
Weeks. The place was abuzz with plenty
of nostalgic chatting. Larry was in fine
form and in astonishing condition for a
man his age - lucid and lively....
Publ.Date : Thu, 24 Sep 2009 GMT
Magician and music open Cutting Edge
Theatre in Danbury - Danbury News-Times
DANBURY -- The Cutting Edge Theatre, at
The City Ale House, 253 Main St., will
have its grand opening Saturday,
featuring master illusionist David
Martin. ...
Publ.Date : Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:50:00
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Teen pulls more than rabbits out of hat
- Connecticut Post
About five years ago, like a lot of
kids, Karl Eason received a magic kit
for Christmas. But while most kids would
tinker with the kit for a little while
and toss it aside, Eason fell in love
with the art of illusion and transformed
into the Great ...
Publ.Date : Thu, 24 Sep 2009 05:00:00
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World champ magician at FCA rally (The
Leaf Chronicle)
Magic will reign Oct. 1 during the
second annual Fellowship of Christian
Athletes Rally with world champion
magician Stephen Bargatze on stage.
Publ.Date : Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:32:49
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Magician who twinned St. Catharines with
Port of Spain dies at 84 (Welland
Tribune)
hilip Atteck worked his magic right up
until the curtain closed. The
84-year-old magician, musician and
community marketer extraordinaire,
perhaps best known for sparking the
“twinning” of St. Catharines and his
native Port of Spain in Trinidad, died
Wednesday after a battle with cancer.
Publ.Date : Sat, 26 Sep 2009 02:34:56
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Teen magician's stage presence and
success is no illusion (Claremont
Courier)
Anyone can learn to do a magic trick.
But to be a good magician, you’ve got to
have flair, you’ve got to have
personality and panache and pizzazz. And
you must, must, be able to connect with
your audience. At age 14, Eli Tanenbaum
not only knows over 100 magic tricks,
he’s got what it takes to be a good
magician.
Publ.Date : Sat, 26 Sep 2009 01:03:32
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Tulare magician lands performing job on
cruise - Visalia Times-Delta
Wearing an elegant black tuxedo and tie,
magician Pablo Flores steps forward to a
table and removes from his coat’s right
pocket a wallet containing two coins,
one silver-colored the other black with
a gold ring, and the five of hearts
playing card....
Publ.Date : Sat, 26 Sep 2009 17:37:00
GMT
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