Vanessa is Genii’s associate editor as well as a writer focused on history, culture, and entertainment with bylines at The New York Times, Smithsonian magazine, The Atlantic, and other publications.
Mary Naylor Kodell turns 100 this month; Lance Burton talked with her about her life and career.
Magic is best experienced live and in-person. Here’s proof.
Was it work the 800-mile round trip from LA to Overton, Nevada for breakfast, lunch, and pizza?
Magic’s great legends’s bronze statue finds a new home.
Two famous friends lock horns over the true power—or is it fraud?—of spiritualism.
Meet a 95-year-old magic shop proprietor and find out what it takes to run a fun house.
Magician wows the judges on the return of the talent show Star Search.
Bar Mágico in Buenos Aires has been holding magic shows for decades; owner Marcelo Insúa walks us through its history and what a night there is like.
A guessing game television series, hosted by the U.K.’s famous mentalist.
A new exhibition opens in New York City featuring treasures from magic’s golden age
Keeping it real turns out the be the real secret
Major shifts are happening to the house on the hill