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Allow us to help, Miss Manners: Magician wants to perform politely 27 Aug 2013 | 10:16 am
We realize we’re about rudely butt in on advice that an advice columnist gave to an aspiring magician. And not just any columnist — Miss Manners, the one columnist where you really don’t want to be ru...
FOUR POINTS: Beyond-basics advice about video from Peter McKinnon 13 Aug 2013 | 12:03 pm
You’ve seen the teasers: The latest trailer for Republic No. 02, our newest deck of playing cards, involves a massive, complicated shoot with some of the best gear in the market. But it’s not enough t...
Would Paul LePaul be a flourisher? 5 Aug 2013 | 10:10 am
Paul LePaul is a historic figure in magic for many reasons. The creator of the LePaul spread, LePaul bluff pass and author of “The Card Magic of LePaul” is respected and admired for his love of perfor...
Artist Interview: Laura London proves magic is not just a man’s world 30 Jul 2013 | 06:04 am
“Desperate Acts of Magic,” “Now You See Me” and “Burt Wonderstone” had a couple of things in common: All those movies were released this year, and all of them featured women as magicians, not assistan...
Madison’s dive into gambling’s underworld similar to The Professor 17 Jul 2013 | 06:23 pm
If we knew more about S.W. Erdnase, we might see that he had a lot in common with Daniel Madison. If we believe what Erndase wrote about himself and the sleights he wrote about in “The Expert at the ...
SUITABLE FOR FRAMING: Family pics inspired love of black and white 2 Jul 2013 | 06:21 pm
Meet Benoit Pervier, of Nantes, France. He’s been into flourishing and card cheating for about seven years. And he takes amazing pictures. A few of his pictures have shown up on our Facebook page ove...
FOUR POINTS: Erdnase’s most valuable lessons for magicians 25 Jun 2013 | 03:25 pm
The mysterious S.W. Erdnase remains one of the most influential authors of sleight of hand to this day. His classic, solitary work, 1902′s “Expert at the Card Table,” is considered a bible to magician...
FOUR POINTS: Forgetting what you know? Remember your routines easy 11 Jun 2013 | 09:25 pm
Something about jokes defy memory. We never learn this until it’s our turn to tell a joke — and then our mind goes completely blank. What is it about jokes that makes them so hard to remember? They ma...
FOUR POINTS: Forgetting what you know? Remember your routines easy 11 Jun 2013 | 09:25 pm
Something about jokes defy memory. We never learn this until it’s our turn to tell a joke — and then our mind goes completely blank. What is it about jokes that makes them so hard to remember? They m...
FOUR POINTS: How Adam Wilber tames fear and performs for anyone 4 Jun 2013 | 11:07 am
We’ve talked about how Adam Wilber is a fearless performer — see our story about what happened at the Slanted Door in San Francisco. His ability to perform in every situation also impressed Ellusionis...
