662: Jeffrey Alan - American Museum of Magic

David Copperfield’s museum is private and only open by invitation. In another part of the country, The American Museum of Magic (AMM) is open to the public. This week, Jeffrey Alan talks about the museum, its history, how it came to be, how it expanded and much more. Jeffrey is on the Board of Directors for the AMM as well as the I.B.M. He is also a full time performing magician in the Michigan area. If ever you are in the Midwestern U.S., then you owe it to yourself to visit this wonderful collection of our history’s treasures.

If you are more of a visual person, you can watch a YouTube video of our chat recorded over Zoom.

Jeffrey shares a lot of information about the history of The American Museum of Magic that brings our history to life. For more information, directions, and to make an appointment for a private tour, please visit their website at: https://americanmuseumofmagic.com/

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661: MagiFest - Day Three Report

Saturday 22nd January 2022

110:00am - 6pm Dealers Open

10:00am - 11:00am Magifest University Session One

Choose from:
• Designing Miracles with Darwin Ortiz
• Marketing Magic with Kent
• Thoughtful Card Magic with Bernardo Sedlacek
• Gambling and Cheating with Jason England

11:15am - 12:15pm Magifest University Session Two

Choose from:
• Designing Miracles with Darwin Ortiz
• Marketing Magic with Kent
• Thoughtful Card Magic with Bernardo Sedlacek
• Gambling and Cheating with Jason England

2:30pm - 4.00pm Jeki Yoo Show and Lecture

4:30pm - 6:00pm Apollo Robbins Show and Lecture

8:00pm - 9:00pm Neils Dunker One Man Juggling Show

9:00pm - 10:00pm The Fool Us Gala Show

Featuring Stuart McDonald, Ben Seidman, Jeki Yoo, Garrett Thomas, and Amanda Nepo.

10:30pm, 11pm, 11:30pm Mike Pisciotta Bar Magic Performances

Time stamps for this episode:

00:00:17 - Edmund Apperson and Jeff Kowalk review last evening’s show

00:15:43 - Steve Chezaday and John Wolfe discuss the format of this year’s convention and talk about why they came

00:35:53 - Adam Blumenthal from Tannen’s represented the dealers from the Dealers’ Room as he talked about some of the best seller tricks at their shop

00:39:27 - Nick Diffatte was a last minute fill-in for David Gerrard and he talks about his show last evening

00:44:06 - Don Wiberg has been attending the MagiFest for over 40 years and he tells us why he returns each year

00:50:14 - Carissa Hendrix (aka Lucy Darling) made an unexpected appearance in the crowd. She talks about her MasterClass which will be filmed tomorrow.

00:56:03 - Amanda Nepo opened this evening’s show and in our chat talks about her experience with fooling Penn & Teller

01:00:10 - Mike Thornton and Scott Wells give a wrap to the afternoon and evening’s activities.

660: MagiFest 2022 - Day Two Report

Friday 21st January 2022

10:00am - 6pm Dealers Open

10:00am - 11:00am Magifest University Session One

Choose from:
• Impromptu Card Magic with Caleb Wiles
• Maximum Entertainment with Ken Weber
• Scripting Magic with Pete McCabe
• Creativity in Magic with Garret Thomas

11:15am - 12:15pm Magifest University Session Two

Choose from:
• Impromptu Card Magic with Caleb Wiles
• Maximum Entertainment with Ken Weber
• Scripting Magic with Pete McCabe
• Creativity in Magic with Garret Thomas

1:30pm - 3:00pm The Magifest Session

With a performance by Rachel Wax, A Presentation on Comedy Writing in Magic by Pete McCabe, A Card Magic Demonstration by Bernardo Sedlacek, Gahanna Students Performance, and a Talk on the Art of Performance by Stuart MacDonald

2:30pm - 3:30pm Youth Program Event Session 2

3:30pm - 5:00pm Denis Behr Show and Lecture

7:00pm - 8:00pm Jason Ladanye Lecture

8:30pm - 9:30pm Guest of Honor Darwin Ortiz and Friends

10:00pm - 11:00pm Nick Defatte One Man Show

9:30pm, 11pm, 11:30pm Mike Pisciotta Bar Magic Performances

Time stamps for this episode:

00:00:17 - Rick Herbert and Scott recap the previous day’s activities

00:05:10 - Randy VanderWall and Rick Howard chat about traveling to this convention and why they attend the MagiFest and why people should attend live conventions rather than depending upon social

00:12:46 - Gonzolo Ortiz Hahmann from Guatemala is attending his second magic convention ever. We talk about magic in his country and why he traveled to attend MagiFest.

00:18:34 - Tom Craven has attended the MagiFest for 58 consecutive years and he talks about his histtory in magic a bit in our chat

00:26:38 - Jared Schaugaard talks about this being his first convention in 10 years and why he attended.