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NEMCA Summer Picnic
Join fellow NEMCA members and guests for our bi-annual picnic!
This free event features magic performances, a collectors' flea market, and a picnic lunch. RSVP by Thursday, September 11th.
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Location: Wellesley, MA
Host: Eric Gagne |
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Admission: Free to NEMCA members and anyone interested in magic collecting and history.
Want to lend a hand?
• Bring a side dish or dessert.
• Perform a short performance piece or share a collectible.
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Capacity: Seating is limited. RSVP Now! |
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Close-Up and Classics: The Magic Legacy of Paul Rosini & Bert Allerton
Step into the golden age of magic with this entertaining lecture on two of the most influential figures in close-up magic: Paul Rosini and Bert Allerton. Discover how they blended charm, humor, and sleight of hand into an enduring magical legacy.
From smoky nightclubs to elegant hotels, Rosini and Allerton brought sophistication to the intimate world of close-up magic—and left a legacy that still inspires magicians today. Join Chuck Romano for an inside look at their lives and their signature effects.
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Location: Online via Zoom |
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Admission: Free to NEMCA members
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Registration opens September 1st |
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Thanks to the sixteen collectors who attended the first NEMCA social. It was fitting that the first NEMCA Social would be within a few miles of Ray Goulet’s Magic Art Studio, which was the hub for Boston magicians and collectors for so many years. |
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The New York Magic Conference NEMCA Social
The New York Magic Conference is focusing their Fall conference on Houdini in New York.
The conference occurs Friday, October 31st - November 2nd in NYC, with the conference hosting a NEMCA Social on Saturday afternoon.
Visit the New York Magic History Conference for registration details.
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Location: Community Space
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39-50 Douglaston Parkway
Douglaston, NY 11363-1542
Hosts: Robert Dadras, Richard Cohn |
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Admission: The conference is a paid event. The NEMCA Social is free.
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Mid-Atlantic States NEMCA Social
The Mid-Atlantic States social will be hosted in Columbia, MD. Mike Rose and Charles Greene III are still scouting locations for the event. Details will be announced soon. HOLD THE DATE!
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Location: Columbia, MD
Facility: TBD
Hosts: Mike Rose, Charles Greene III |
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Admission: Free to NEMCA members.
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| News and Announcements
Le Grand David Museum - Now Open Source: Discoveries
This unique museum is solely dedicated to the Guinness Book of World Records’ longest-running stage magic show (more than 35 years), Le Grand David and His Spectacular Magic Company. Within the museum, you will find hundreds of small magic props, costumes, posters, one-of-a-kind paintings, and large stage illusions, all from the famous show itself!
The museum is curated by longtime magician and collector Eric Gagne. To set up your tour, visit www.legranddavidmuseum.com and leave a message.
Museum admission is FREE, however, there is a donation box by the entrance should you want to contribute to the preservation of the museum. A restroom is available for use at the museum, however, there is no elevator. Please plan accordingly. |
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| Kaidan: An Evening of 100 Spirits Storytelling, kabuki, magic, and much more in Philly
September 5 - 7 Source: Marc DeSouza
The Hyaku-Monogatari Kaidanki is a Japanese, Heian-era pastime of telling ghost stories to one another of increasing intensity, with the hopes that one of these spirits does not appear in your parlor. Drawing from the rich history of Japanese folklore and Victorian spiritualism this is a parlour and stage magic show encased in the mysterious and often eerie world of yurei and yokai. The production is a multi-media and performance evening combining illusions, history, storytelling, bunraku, kabuki, noh, and more to weave a creepy web of scary stories, each paired with a performance or art piece to transport the audience to a time of onmyōji and 10-th century court pastimes. Educational, beautifully macabre, distinctly Japanese, and entertaining of course. Featuring Schreiben the Conjurer as he takes you through this peculiar world of spirits, investigating it through a Westerner’s perspective while tackling biases and misconceptions to spirit the audience away to another time and place in our world’s history. |
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| Gibecière 40, Summer 2025, Vol. 20, No. 2
Celebrating Gibecière‘s 20th anniversary – edited by Stephen Minch and Maxwell Pritchard, this issue of the legendary journal is a stunner. The content is unique and compelling, with a visually beautiful presentation.
Here is a peek at the contents: ➤ Steve Forte, master of gambling sleight-of-hand, shares eight invaluable lessons he has learned over his lifetime from card cheats…
➤ Steve Freeman documents his journey of researching the legendary yet reclusive magician, Arthur Finley…
➤ Alex Metcalfe closely studies one of the earliest extant texts on conjuring secrets, from the 1300s…
➤ Thibaut Rioult analyzes how conjuring has evolved from the 1400s to the 1800s…
➤ Pierre Taillefer digs deeper than anyone ever has into the origins and history of a classic card sleight, the Pass…
➤ Mike Caveney takes us on a tour of the rare and beautiful magic posters discovered hiding in storage at the Milwaukee Public Library…
➤ Judge Gary R. Brown leads us through the dark side of the great Alexander, the Man Who Knows – to show what we may not know about his criminal history…
➤ Stephen Minch traces the origins of the Split Fan production, leading him on a journey all the way to Australia… |
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| American Museum of Magic’s 2025 Speaker Series Source: Jania Taylor
The American Museum of Magic’s Magic Speaker Series is in full swing. The content is unique and interesting. So far this year, Michael Claxton has presented on Dell O’Dell, and friends of Bob Lund celebrated “100 Years of Bob Lund” and the founding of his one-of-a-kind museum.
The Amazing Mr. Electric, Marvyn Roy, is the subject of the next lecture on August 21st. Jeff Hobson will be presenting a new lecture on "My Friend Marvyn." Great stuff.
These lectures are available to AMM members for free, and to non-members for a small fee. Although it’s not super-clear on the website, click on the Registration link to register for live events or to access the recorded version.
Random BitsSam Schwartz, Car Wish Source: Javica Blanusa
Are you a Sam Schwartz fan? Have you performed his Car Wish?
Denis Behr is searching the instruction sheet for Car Wish, which was marketed through Tannen’s in the late 1970s. If you have a set of instructions, please email Denis.
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