Tom Blacke escape artist, magician and NEMCA member from Rhode Island died of an apparent heart attack on Thursday April 25 2019.
The funeral is Wednesday 11 AM at NARDOLILLO FUNERAL HOME & Crematory, 1278 Park Avenue, Cranston followed by a Mass of Christian Burial in St. Mary’s Church, Cranston at 12 p.m. VISITING HOURS are Tuesday 5-8 p.m. For Tom’s obituary and directions follow link https://www.nardolillofh.com/notices/Thomas-CarrierakaThomasBlacke
On Tuesday, April 16, 2019, master magician Joshua Jay will offer two separate engagements, both of which are free and open to the public.
At 3 p.m. in the Patrick Ma Digital Scholarship Lab at the Rockefeller Library, Jay will answer questions, offer inspiration, and provide attendees with the inside scoop on the world of magic. Ask Joshua all the juicy questions about the craft of magic. You’ll even have a chance to experience close-up magic right before your eyes. Children are welcome.
At 6 p.m. in List Art 120, Jay will present, Tragic Magic, a riveting lecture on all the magicians, spectators, and assistants who were killed in the act of magic. You’ll hear true stories of murder, botched escapes, and–with new scholarship–the real cause of Houdini’s untimely death. Told with passion and theatrics by master magician Joshua Jay, this presentation will even include a touch of the impossible. A Q&A will follow the presentation, and all questions on the craft of magic are welcome.
Joshua Jay is a former world-champion of close-up magic and the bestselling author of MAGIC: The Complete Course and several other titles. Joshua has performed and lectured in over 100 countries and helped design illusions for Game of Thrones. He has headlined at the Magic Castle in Hollywood and recently appeared on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. Joshua fooled Penn & Teller on their hit show, Fool Us. Last year Joshua consulted with the US Postal Service on the magic postage stamps series released in the summer of 2018.
The H. Adrian Smith Collection of Conjuring and Magicana at the Brown University Library, long considered one of the finest private libraries on conjuring and magic, includes 16th century titles on natural magic, alchemy, astrology, religious rites, and witchcraft. Later holdings include sections on conjuring, card tricks and games, magicians as performers, magic periodicals and other works intended for practicing magicians, such as posters, ephemera, and realia. The Collection is the gift and bequest of the collector, H. Adrian Smith, class of 1930, who as an undergraduate put himself through Brown by giving magic performances.
Date: Tuesday, April 16, 2019
Times: 3 p.m. and 6 p.m.
Locations: Patrick Ma Digital Scholarship Lab, Rockefeller Library, 10 Prospect St, Providence & List Art, 64 College Street, Providence
Date: Sunday April 14,
1-4PM
Location: The
Magic Barn, Ashland, MA. See below for directions.
Noted magic historian, dealer and publisher as well as NEMCA Past President David Haversat, will discuss and show some of his latest discoveries. We will also present a segment from an A&E program on collecting provided by Rich Gilbert. The video includes highlights of the 1998 Yankee Gathering held at the Hawthorn Hotel in Salem MA. Please join us for these special events.
Prior to the lecture, the club will hold a brief business meeting to discuss Yankee Gathering. The meeting will finish with a Member Show and Tell — please bring an old or new item to share with the club.
Light refreshments will be provided.
Please join us if you can at Stone’s Public House at 11:30 for lunch. (directions are below) under the Meetings tab.
Meeting Location: The Magic Barn see directions below
The Magic Barn is a hidden gem located in Ashland, Massachusetts. Naturally enough, this magic location is not easily found on GPS. Here’s how to easily find the Magic Barn, which is located behind Stone’s Public House Restaurant in Ashland, MA.
Proceed to Stone’s, which is located at 179 Main St, Ashland, MA 01721. across the parking lot from the Magic Barn. Stone’s Restaurant is pictured below:
Frederick Eugene Powell: Master of Magic and Mystery!, a new 276-page biography by Tom Ewing on the Dean of American Magicians and one of the most respected and beloved conjuror’s in history.
Now, you can read of his fascinating life from his birth in 1856, to his death in 1938. Research for this biography was drawn from hundreds of personal letters accompanied by rare photographs and examples of his surviving magic apparatus.
Over the course of eight decades Powell trod the world’s stages performing magic before delighted audiences. He was a powerful image in theater history and a major attraction in P.T. Barnum’s circus. Audiences were thrilled throughout South and Central America with his conjuring. He survived fires, floods, earthquakes, and even the Mexican Revolution.
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NEMCA member Rick Heath still has a limited number of booklets available that accompanied his November 2018 Yankee Gathering presentation entitled “Bob Lund and his American Museum of Magic: An Affectionate Remembrance.”
The 24 page booklet measures 8.5 x 11 inches, and details the remarkable story of the collector and historian whose love for magic began at age seven in a Michigan sanatorium and whose legacy still lives on over 40 years after he opened the doors of his beloved American Museum of Magic. It includes numerous photographs, extensive endnotes, and a timeline.
This is the story of a great performer, producer, showman and entrepreneur. If you are not lucky enough to be part of the generation who saw Ron Urban in his prime, this book will intrigue you. Prepare to make friends with a remarkable man and his family.
The 2018 Milbourne Christopher Awards Presentation at the Garde Arts Center, New London, Connecticut. Additional information and ticket sales available in July.
Haversat Ewing Auction will be hosting an online auction featuring the personal props of Dell O’Dell.
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Noted magic collector and Houdini scholar Stanley Palm has passed away. To read more about Stanley Palm on John Cox’s Wild About Houdini Page, click Here.
Jim Steinmeyer’s new book, The Secret History Of Magic is getting rave reviews.
Pull back the curtain on the real history of magic – and discover why magic really matters