Spanish Magic: Dani DaOrtiz and Woody Aragon Seminar and Performance in NYC!

The talented and entertaining duo of Spanish magicians, Dani DaOrtiz and Woody Aragon, will be doing a seminar and performance in New York City this Saturday, April 20th.

Hosted by the Daily Deception and sponsored by the Blue Crown, the event provides a unique opportunity to learn hands-on close-up magic from two of magic's up and coming superstars.

The seminar starts at 10:30 AM and the evening show begins at 8:00PM, both will be held at the Roy Arias Studios & Theater.

You can buy tickets to the seminar and show separately or you can save $13 and buy the tickets together.

Enjoy this video of Woody and Dani discussing the event!

Ricky Jay Movie Premiering in NYC Tomorrow!

Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay is premiering at the New York City Film Forum tomorrow!

The movie traces Ricky Jay's influences, from his apprenticeship at age 4, with his grandfather, to such now-forgotten legends as Al Flosso, Slydini, Cardini and his primary mentors, Dai Vernon and Charlie Miller.

"One of the most compelling characters in magic gets his due..."
- John Defore, Hollywood Reporter

"Wonderfully engaging..."
- David Edelstein, New York Magazine

For magic lovers this film is a must see. Showtimes start tomorrow at 1PM and continue all day. The film runs in NYC through April 30th.

Check out the movie's trailer here.

10 Ways to Use Your Flash Thumbtip!

The Tannen's Magic staff put on their thinking caps and came up with ten creative ways to use the Flash Thumbtip.

They are...

1. Sneezing
2. Vanishing a Coin
3. Hypnosis?
4. Waking Up Your Best Friend
5. Exploding Light bulbs (Big Bang)
6. While Taking a Bite Out of a Coin (Bite out Coin)
7. Escaping from Handcuffs (Handcuff Escape: Professional)
8. Changing the Two of Diamonds into the Jack of Hearts (skills)
9. Solving the 'Heckler' Conundrum
10. Defeating the D'Lite

For the full 10 Ways to Use Your Flash Thumbtip experience, enjoy the video here. 

Card Tricks part of the Princeton Curriculum

A new seminar for Princeton University Freshman focuses on teaching mathematics through card tricks.

Students learn mathamatical based card tricks and a part of their homework assignments even include inventing their own tricks!

"This course is meant to show that math is not a robotic science at all. It is an art and has a truly creative side. That's how mathematicians approach mathematics — creatively," said Manjul Bhargava the instructor and creator of the seminar.

Now high school magicians have a new, and very good reason, to apply to Princeton!

Tannen's Campers on the Today Show with David Copperfield!

Tannen's Magic Campers Kayla Drescher and Jeff Prace appeared on NBC's Today Show this morning as part of their Magic Monday series!

Kayla and Jeff each performed a trick as part of a mini magic competition judged by David Copperfield. Kayla performed a spellbound routine using bottle caps and Jeff performed his highly-acclaimed GUM routine.

Copperfield awarded Kayla the first place trophy which included a trip to Las Vegas to see his show at the MGM Grand and a tour his magic museum.

Congratulations to Kayla and Jeff for the awesome TV spot, we're looking forward to having both of them back at Tannen's Magic Camp this summer!

You can watch the video here.

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The Wall Street Journal Reports on the Conjuring Arts Research Center

Bill Kalush at the Conjuring Arts Research Center

Yesterday, the Wall Street Journal wrote an article about Bill Kalush and the Conjuring Arts Research Center.

The article focused on the growth of the library and its importance to magic history. It also included wondrous descriptions of this ever mysterious New York City magic spot.

The library is a warren of rooms with towering bookshelves and velvet drapes. Labels mark sections on such topics as mentalism, ventriloquism, juggling, hypnosis, escapology, sleight-of-hand and cheating at gambling.

Originally the private collection of Kalush, the library has since grown into a resource utilized by magicians all over the world including Las Vegas regulars David Copperfield and Teller.

If you want to do your research at the Conjuring Arts Research Center remember to make an appointment, and don't even think about browsing!

NEMCON Review

BY GEORGE WELLS

If you have never attended NEMCON you are missing a great 1 day convention.

Only and hour and 40 minute drive from Manhattan, this 1 day event is an early morning to late night gathering that gives a good bang for the Buck.

The nice bonus at this 1 day convention is the annual Silent Auction. This year there were autographed, limited edition Lance Burton posters as well as a number of DVD sets including one from René Levand which had a large interest.

Lectures featured Paul Gertner the honoree of the show who devoted a chunk of his lecture to the business of getting gigs and retaining clients. Solid advice from someone who is definitely an authority. Of course, Gertner included his ever in demand cups and balls routine featured in his out of print book Steel and Silver.

Another great lecture at this year's convention was the always entertaining Tom Burgoon who kept all attending in stitches throughout his talk.  Burgoon is very funny and extremely creative with his magic and gags.

The mid-day close-up show included the above lecturers as well as Atlanta Magician Ken Scott who was very amusing. Also performing was an impressive young magician, Oliver Dodd, a previous SYM competition winner.

The evening show lasted a little over 3 hours and included the very smooth peformance of George Sarterial who did a great dove act which brought to mind the renowned Lance Burton.

It is really worthwile to attend this very well executed 1 day gathering. You will be glad you did.

The evening show had a surprise short performance from Eric Dittleman, a runner-up
on the most recent America's Got Talent.