Magician, magic-shop owner, friend and mentor to countless magician, Denny Haney died the other day of cancer. A Vietnam vet who went on to a career as a professional magician after his return, he later opened the Denny & Lee Magic Shop outside Baltimore. This note was posted online: Friends of the Magic Community, It […]

Over on MSN, there’s a neat little piece about David Blaine. American illusionist David Blaine has spent more than two decades stunning audiences and amassing a notable fortune with his extreme — and even unearthly — endurance feats. But when it comes to managing his career, he follows one very down-to-earth technique. “Whenever I make a […]

About 650 magicians gathered in Columbus Ohio this past weekend, amid sub-zero temperatures, to watch magic and learn from one another. Even David Blaine showed up! Random moments from around the convention. Read all about it in The Columbus Dispatch and watch the video.

Press Release LOS ANGELES, CA – January 14, 2019 – The response from audiences across the country to Michael Grandinetti’s magic is no illusion!  A successful fixture in theaters, casinos, with symphony orchestras, at sporting events, and for public and private events from coast to coast, Michael’s live touring show “Magic On The Cutting Edge” has just been named […]

By Richard Kaufman Two episodes of this series have aired so far. Like most things done for the public on Houdini, it’s filled with questionable facts. The first episode is about revealing “the real secret” of Houdini’s Water Torture Cell. That secret has actually been published, but you would never (fortunately) know that from episode […]

Every week a fellow named Duncan Trillo publishes an update on all the latest magic around Great Britain on his website www.magicweek.co.uk. If you’re in the U.K., or planning to visit, there’s lots of great magic to see both live and on the telly.

Actor, singer, magician, past-president of the Academy of Magical Arts Neil Patrick Harris is a swell guy. Win this contest and you’ll get flown to New York to hang around with him at the zoo for the day! Only six days left to try your luck, ending on January 17.

By Richard Kaufman The multi-talented (particularly for a reptile) Piff the Magic Dragon will be appearing on America’s Got Talent Champions on Monday January 14th at 8 pm on the NBC television network. AGT Champions is a spin-off of the normal AGT shows, and you can learn more about it and see a list of […]

By Richard Kaufman Taking place in Las Vegas from August 4th through 7th, MAGIC Live is the largest magic convention in the United States, attracting 1400 attendees from around the world. For those of you who’ve hesitated, you’re in luck: it’s not sold out! Widely acclaimed, and always trying something different, convention organizer Stan Allen […]

The W.C. Fields bar at the Magic Castle is the perfect setting for Pop Haydn to perform Eddie Fechter’s hilarious “Eight to Twelve.” Swaying like he’s been helping himself to the stock, Haydn gets more and more intense as the trick goes on, eyeballing a hapless volunteer who cannot seem to accurately count the cards […]