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Hat off for Randy Buehler

balthazar88 wrote 2 weeks ago: Randy Buehler, Pro Tour Chicago 2009 Champion With Worlds 2009 coming to an end, one of the Pro Tour … more →

Tags: General

Meeting ghosts in the libraries of legends.

lucksmith wrote 2 months ago: I recently spent a day in the library of a legend. His scholarship on the history of magic is profou … more →

Tags: Books, Cards, musichall, Reading

What I desire will be mine...

balthazar88 wrote 2 months ago: It’s almost time for Extended again (with Pro Tour Austin looming) but this time around the Ex … more →

Now You See It

thesapientpig wrote 2 months ago: Inverness Museum and Art Gallery 14 November – 19 December 2009 A fascinating glimpse into the … more →

Tags: Art, Magic, Exhibitions, Inverness Museum and Art Gallery, magic memorabilia, Roger and Reid, sharon whyte

Autumn and talented friends8 comments

thesapientpig wrote 2 months ago: Autumn already, and for me the start of a new project. I always love starting new things in the Autu … more →

Tags: Art, Female Magicians, Out and About, Planning, Artists, Being an Artist, communicating, dani noir, Frances Borden

Endeavour in new mediums

lucksmith wrote 2 months ago: As a magician, you could perform in a wide variety of arenas. In fact, there’s quite a traditi … more →

Tags: Arg, film, ludic, Magic

Lorwyn, I bid you farewell...

balthazar88 wrote 3 months ago: It’s September and we are at that time of year when it’s time for this big ol’ rot … more →

Tags: General

Learned animals appearing in Glasgow!

thesapientpig wrote 4 months ago: Glasgow’s Tron Theatre has become home for a month to a collection of learned animals ranging … more →

Tags: Art, Magic, learned animals, sharon whyte, A Sage of the Stage not a Beast in a Cage, Playbills, Ephemera, Tron Theatre

My 2009 Hall of Fame Ballot

balthazar88 wrote 4 months ago: For those who doesn’t know what the Magic Hall of Fame is, I recommend you to read this page.  … more →

Tags: General

Renewing Endless Entertainments

lucksmith wrote 5 months ago: In my last post I was lamenting the disappearance of one of the great performances of ventriloquism … more →

Tags: Hoaxes, Ventriloquism

Bluff, double bluff or tripple bluff?

balthazar88 wrote 6 months ago: …and today I will conclude the legendary match between Karsten and Soh that I started telling … more →

On reading old newspapers...1 comment

lucksmith wrote 6 months ago: Last weekend, I spent time with Sharon down in London at the Magic Circle Collectors day. We met up … more →

Exhausted2 comments

thesapientpig wrote 6 months ago: I’m feeling completely worn out this week. Last weekend was the first public outing for the ne … more →

Tags: A Sage of the Stage, Art, Magic, Out and About, A Sage of the Stage not a Beast in a Cage, Abbey Walk Gallery, Cut-Click, Exhibiting, Exhibitions

'A Sage of the Stage' debuts at The Magic Circle

thesapientpig wrote 6 months ago: Last Saturday was Collectors’ Day at The Magic Circle in London and the first public unveiling … more →

Tags: Art, Magic, A Sage of the Stage not a Beast in a Cage, collectors day, Eddie Dawes, Ephemera, learned animals, Nicholas Hoare, Playbills

Blast you, blast you, blast you...

balthazar88 wrote 6 months ago: Today I’m going to tell you a story about a magic player starring defeat in the eye but manage … more →

"Go ahead and get your Timberwatch Elf, I got you!"1 comment

balthazar88 wrote 6 months ago: It’s the year 2003 and we are at the Top8 of Pro Tour Yokohama. Johnny Magic himself, Jon Fink … more →

It's around us

thesapientpig wrote 8 months ago: Today I moved out of my large sunny 2nd floor studio overlooking Arthur’s Seat on one side and … more →

Tags: Art, A Sage of the Stage, Out and About, Magic, A Sage of the Stage, Exhibitions, Galleries, The Magic Circle, Artists

Top Decks of 2008, part 1

balthazar88 wrote 11 months ago: Before I start with the topic, I hope everyone has had a good Christmas. I certainly have and I … more →

A play, a talk, and a scavenge (catching you up on last week)5 comments

lucksmith wrote 1 year ago: 66a Church Rd. He comes onstage and opens suitcases filled with light. He speaks, we laugh, he opens … more →

Tags: Art, Books, writing


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