913: FISM 2025 in Turin, Italy- Day One Report

Monday 14 July, 2025

Time Stamps: These will be posted after I have gotten some sleep.

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782: MAGIC Live! 2023 Convention - Day Four Report

Wednesday, August 9th

24 hours Mystique Lounge, Jackson Square
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Registration, Kiosk

10:00 a.m. - Noon General Session for PURPLE, Showroom
10:00 a.m. - 11:10 a.m. Focus Sessions for WHITE

Twisting it with Juan Caplla and Rubi, French Quarter

Redefining Sponge Magic, Xulio Marino, Bienville G

Close-Up Clinic, Esplanade M
11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. The Magic Shop, Mardi Gras

11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Focus Session for WHITE, see above

2:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. General Session for WHITE, Showroom

2:15 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Focus Session for PURPLE, see above

3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Focus Session for PURPLE, see above

Live Tonight!

5:30, 7:25, 9:30 p.m. Downstage, Showroom

6:00 - 10:00 p.m. (continuous showing) Reel Time,, Dauphine D

10:00 p.m. - 1:00 a.m. Black & White Farewell Party, Esplanade

10:00 p.m. - 1:00 a.m. Souvenir Program Handout, Esplanade

760: Magic Collector Expo - Day 3 Report

Thursday, May 11

9:30am to 11:00am Dealer Room Opens

11:00am to 12:30pm Session #4 with William Winters “Walter Gibson”, John Cox “Houdini in Cleveland”,David Charvet “Conjurors and their Cars”

12:30pm to 2:30pm Dealers Open

2:30pm to 4:00pm Session #5 Jay Hunter “Don’t Throw Away Throw Out Cards”, Gabe Fajuri “A Half Century of Magic on The Block”. Mike Caveney “Otis Lithography Company, Cleveland, Ohio”

6:30pm- 10pm Dinner & Show Cleveland’s Finest Magicians with MC Kerry Pollock, Alan Howard, Tim Hill & Rick Smith Jr

Time stamps for this episode:

00:00:18 - Julie Eng from Magicana and editor of Magicoll chats with us about this convention and specifically the Bruce Averbook collection

00:12:00 - Bruce Averbook talks about his collection and how he designed it. The visit to his museum was the highlight of the convention.

00:32:54 - Lance Burton talks about the presentation given by David Charvet about “Conjurors and their Cars” and in particular the vanishing car performed by Lance for his TV special

00:41:15 - Jim Hagy talks about his presentation he gave on the opening night covering the conjurors who lived and worked in Cleveland.

00:47:45 - Ben Winn is only 19 years old and has an avid interest in our history and collecting and will be one of the young magicians who will carry on with our passion

00:52:13 - Dr. Cato Holler and his wife Susan tell us about their collection in western North Carolina and how they house and display his immense book collection.

00:58:19 - Jon Stetson tells us a bit about his mentalism workshops with Bob Koehler as well as a sneak preview of an upcoming convention in Dubai. Jon also helps recap and give us an overview of the speakers in the final session this afternoon.

01:10:43 - Bill Smith, the organizer of this Expo, finally has time to reflect for a couple minutes as we wrap up the convention. Be sure to check the website at https://magiccollectorexpo.com/ for updates and announcements about the next Expo.