Joshua Jay review of Chamber Magic®
December 6, 2009
Well-known magician, author, and all-around bright guy Joshua Jay wrote a lovely review of Chamber Magic on his blog today.
Read the full post »Bloomberg TV interview
December 3, 2009
Here is a television interview I did with Mike Schneider on his Night Talk program, on Bloomberg Television.
Read the full post »Times Square billboard!
December 2, 2009
PR Newswire ran a press release about my upcoming Magic4Mercy charity event, and as a courtesy, put my publicity photo and website information on the Thomson Reuter’s billboard in Times Square. It cycled several times each hour for several days. Talk about larger than life! My show is pretty small-scale, and never in a million […]
Read the full post »Joan Hamburg radio broadcast – New York Uncovered
December 2, 2009
Back in August 2007, the popular radio host Joan Hamburg did an extensive broadcast about Chamber Magic® at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel. She and her daughter Liz spoke about the show for about 8 or 9 minutes. I recently figured out how to record and edit an MP3 file, and am delighted to offer this broadcast […]
Read the full post »Max Malini’s calling card!
November 24, 2009
A recent guest at my Waldorf show introduced himself as a relative of the great old-time magician, Max Malini. According to the gentleman, his great aunt’s second husband was Malini. A few weeks later, he sent me a piece of memorabilia from their family scrapbook – Malini’s calling card.
This image was drawn by the world-famous tenor, Enrico Caruso.
Read the full post »New website is now live!
November 20, 2009
Please visit my fully-redesigned website: chambermagic.com We’ve tweaked the user interface, and added three new pages: Media Appearances, Win The Crowd Book, and Multimedia Gallery. I still have many more media articles and performance photos to upload – they will be coming soon. In the meantime, there’s still a lot to see, and you can […]
Read the full post »Chamber Magic® Tour survey- which cities should I visit?
November 19, 2009
I am in the early stages of organizing a tour of my show Chamber Magic®. In 2010, I plan to tour the show to several cities around the world, in addition to my regular schedule at the Waldorf-Astoria in NYC. What other cities/countries would you like to see me in? Please click HERE to take […]
Read the full post »7200 Bananas on the wall – Self Confidence
November 12, 2009
This art exhibition by Austrian designer Stefan Sagmeister is very clever and inspirational. The artist mounted 7200 bananas onto the wall, each at various levels of ripeness. It’s a Lego-like building environment, and the greenest bananas contrasted with the yellowest ones enough to spell out words: “SELF CONFIDENCE PRODUCES FINE RESULTS”
Read the full post »Magic4Mercy charity event – Dec 8
November 11, 2009
You are cordially invited to attend Magic4Mercy, a benefit performance for the Action Center to End World Hunger (http://actioncenter.org), December 8, 2009
Read the full post »Did you know? Magicians at the Waldorf, 1902~present
October 27, 2009
The Waldorf-Astoria hotel has, over the past 100 years, had many magic acts play within its hallowed walls. Thanks to the Conjuring Arts Research Center, I have located many references to the famous magicians who have entertained in the Waldorf. The hotel used to be located at 34th and Fifth Avenue (the current site of […]
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