VOLUME: 32 / ISSUE: 959 / Monday – August 14, 2000 |
![]() The Amazing Johnathan performed in Evansville, IN this weekend and is featured in a Courier & Press article. He is quoted, “I don’t get nervous anymore — even when I’m working on something new. I kind of foolproof it by sandwiching it in between some things I know are crowd-pleasers.” To read the Aug. 10 article by Rebecca Coudret titled “Amazing comedian coming to town” click: HERE.(8/14) CANADA: The Sorcerer’s Summer Safari, “Canada’s Magic Camp,” for kids takes place on Aug. 14-19. For more information click: HERE.(8/14) |
VOLUME: 32 / ISSUE: 960 / Tuesday – August 15, 2000 |
![]() The Abbott’s Get-Together is a boom to the economy of Colon, MI. According to a Kalamazoo Gazette article “Business owners and residents look forward to the once-a-year chance to make a profit off their status as Magic Capital of the World.” To read the Aug. 14 article by Sarah Mieras titled “Get-Together is Magic For Colon Businesses” click: HERE.(8/15) Tim Sonefelt & Rhett Bryson team up to perform in A Magic Spectacular on Friday Aug. 18 at 8pm at the Newberry Opera House (1201 McKibben Sreet) in Newberry, SC. Tickets are $12 for adults and $6 for children. To purchase tickets phone 803-276-6264 or click: HERE.(8/15) CALIFORNIA: Michael P. Lair lectures for the Misdirections Magic Shop at the Fort Mason Center (Building D Room 290) in San Francisco on Thursday Aug. 17 at 7:30pm. For more information phone: 415-566-2180.(8/15) |
VOLUME: 32 / ISSUE: 961 / Wednesday – August 16, 2000 |
![]() On The Fringe Of Magic? Five shows, all with themes of magic or “the allied arts” will be presented as part of the 4th Annual New York Fringe Festival. For only $12 you can see Mark Mitton in “The Big Tent Show,” Jamy Ian Swiss in “The Honest Liar,” Todd Robbins in “Carnival Knowledge,” Fred Anderson in “Prop Comic!” and “The Curtain Of Light,” a play about Georges Melies. …Go to full story (8/16) Jerry Sadowitz continues to get great press in conjunction with his one man show. This time the Scotland on Sunday reported that “After a life and career in which more has gone wrong than right, he is …finally having television executives who understand him, promoters whom he trusts, and the prospect of making a reasonable living. What scares him is that someone is going to take it all away again.” To read the Aug. 13 article by Colin Sommerville titled “It’s just an illusion” click: HERE.(8/16) Verizon cancels a party it had scheduled at the Magic Castle on Tuesday for the Maine Democrats. The official word was that company officials were too busy covering for their striking employees to be able to attend. Unofficially it was cancelled because they feared that “the Democrats were likely to boycott it in support of the striking workers.” To read the Aug. 14 Portland Press Herald, Reporter’s Notebook article by Steven Campbell click: HERE.(8/16) Phil Keller appears in Summer Fantasia 2000 on Aug. 18-19 at the Shoyo No Ma in Forest-Hills (Toyoya-shi, Aichi-ken) in Japan. Tickets range form 9,000 – 10,000 yen and include a buffet. For more information phone: 565-58-3535.(8/16) Houdini on a commemorative quarter? A Pioneer Planet article humorously suggested that “Houdini (which would give new meaning to the words, ESCAPE TO WISCONSIN)” could be used on Wisconsin’s quarter which is scheduled to be released in October 2004. To read the Aug. 13 article by Steve Hannah titled “One quarter won’t capture a fraction of Wisconsin” click: HERE.(8/16) NEW JERSEY: John Mintz will be lecturing on Friday Aug. 18 at 8pm for the SAM Assembly #25 at the VFW Hall (Veterans Place) in Elmwood Park.(8/16) |
VOLUME: 32 / ISSUE: 962 / Thursday – August 17, 2000 |
![]() Jerry Sadowitz and his show are reviewed in The Independent where he is described as, “He tells the single most tasteless joke to be heard in the city this month, certain to be ruined as it spreads by word of mouth; does at least two amazing things with a grapefruit (though he probably knows several more), and vents his spleen on the soft, if deserving, target of David Copperfield… Great stuff. Did I mention that he’s a misanthrope?” To read the Aug. 16 article by Steve Jelbert click: HERE.(8/17) The Junior Magician’s Club of Calgary was formed by 30 young magicians who meet once a month to practice and learn magic. In a Calgary Sun article Everett Andrews is quoted, “A lot of them come into magic almost accidentally… They pick up an interest from watching TV specials or getting a magic trick for Christmas.” To read the Aug. 16 article by Nova Pierson titled “Magic kids perfect ancient art” click: HERE.(8/17) Mr. Maric’s Cho-Majyutsu 2000 Encore Live on Aug. 19 at the Kyoto Kaikan Daiichi Hall in Kyoto, Japan. For more information phone: 75-211-0261. The show also appears on Aug. 20 at the Oshaka Kosei Nenkin Kaikan Dai Hall in Osaka. For more information phone: 6-6341-8638.(8/17) |
VOLUME: 32 / ISSUE: 963 / Friday – August 18, 2000 |
![]() Darren Romeo is featured in a Cincinnati Post article in conjunction with his appearance in Abracadabra this weekend. Romeo said that the “Playhouse audiences will find him poised for the next level of magic, where big investment results in big illusions. He’s working on that now and hopes he’ll be headlining a magic show in a Las Vegas showroom within the year.” To read the Aug. 18 article by Jackie Demaline titled “The music of magic: Darren Romeo’s ‘Abracadabra’ act owes a little to a crooner named Darin” click: HERE.(8/18) Todd Robbins who is appearing in his “Carnival Knowledge” show in New York is featured in a New York Post article where he describes how he learned his trade, “I’ve been very fortunate to know a number of old carnies… I learned all that I do from these veteran sideshow performers. I’ve been very fortunate to carry on these traditions.” Also reported in the article is that the show might open Off-Broadway after this run. To read the Aug. 17 story by Chip Deffaa titled “Carnie Making Waves At Fringe Fest” click: HERE.(8/18) Scott Interrante’s “Houdini’s Escapes and Illusions” is being presented by the Arena Players Repertory Company at the Second Stage Theater (296 Route 109) in East Farmingdale, NY on Friday and Saturday at 9pm and Sunday at 3pm through Aug. 27. Cost is $10-$19 per person. For tickets and information phone: 516-293-0674.(8/18) Lyn Dillies produced two Asian elephants during the grand reopening of the Buttonwood Park Zoo in New Bedford, MA. “Close to 1,000 people were on hand to view the illusion, which was performed twice during the weekend celebration.” To read the Internet Wire story titled “Nationally Renowned Illusionist Defies The Depths Of Animal Illusions Making Magic History” click: HERE.(8/18) Nicholas Night and Kinga are described as embodying “…the artistry of magic in a strikingly visual form.” in a Cincinnati Post article. To read the Aug. 17 article titled “Making magic: Abracadabra at the playhouse” supplied by Infoseek and YellowBrix click: HERE.(8/18) An encounter with Jerry Sadowitz is described in The Scotsman. To read the Aug. 17 article titled “Edinburgh Diary” supplied by Infoseek and YellowBrix click: HERE.(8/18) Michael Winters who performed at the Hepburn Center in Florida is featured in the Miami Herald. To read the Aug. 17 article by Colleen Warren titled “Magic dazzles children at Hallandale library” click: HERE.(8/18) JAPAN: The UGM Lecture Convention 2000 takes place on Aug. 20 at the Nagoya Kanko Hotel in Nagoya. Scheduled performers are Tony Clark, Rich Bloch, Kazu Katayama, Yuji Yamamoto, Kuniyasu Fujiwara, Ken Masaki, and Kenji Minemura. Registration is 6,000 – 10,000 yen. For more information phone: 052-936-0657, e-mail: magic@ugm.co.jp or click: HERE.(8/18) JAPAN: Fukai’s Fushigi Yose (Mysterious Show) & Workshop on Aug. 20 at the Vimarisse in Osaka. Performers include Hiromasa Fukai, Dream Ikenaga, Bonber Hata, Hideki Tani, Takanobu Ishida, and Katsuya Masuda for more information phone: 726-88-0618 or e-mail: magicfukai@aol.com.(8/18) |
VOLUME: 32 / ISSUE: 964 / Saturday – August 19, 2000 |
![]() Michael Makman, “Professor Putter,” is featured in a New York Times article about his uses for the New York MetroCards. He has been cutting and folding them into many shapes and has even written a book about them in his new book “MetroCard Mania With Professor Putter.” To read the Aug. 18 article by Lynda Richardson titled “Old MetroCards as Origami, Not Litter” click: HERE.(8/19) –To purchase MetroCard Mania from Amazon.com click: HERE. UTAH: David Regal, Jim Pace, and Dan Paulus lecture at IBM Ring #193’s Day Of Magic on Saturday Aug. 19 at Kim Walkowski Cabin (2020 Lamb’s Canyons) in Salt Lake City. Registration for the day is $25.(8/19) |
VOLUME: 32 / ISSUE: 965 / Sunday – August 20, 2000 |
![]() Michael Chaut, Chris McDaniel, and Bobby Baxter appear at Monday Night Magic on Aug. 21 at 8pm in NYC. For tickets call Ticketmaster at: 212-307-4100.(8/20) CARACAS: Rafael Benatar lectures for Peña Mágica de Caracas (Caracas Club) on Aug. 22, at the Caracas Theater Club (Calle Chivacoa, San Román)- for more information e-mail: abracadabra@telcel.net.ve.(8/20) |
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