Razor Card to Wallet
A signed card teleports to the zipper pocket of your wallet! A minimalist Card to Wallet with a modern aesthetic.
VOL. 88, NO. 4
A signed card teleports to the zipper pocket of your wallet! A minimalist Card to Wallet with a modern aesthetic.
This groundbreaking creation from Angelo Carbone allows you to make any freely-named card rise from a deck on your command. “Notion of the Motion” is a miracle-level effect that leaves people convinced they've witnessed real magic—even seasoned magicians.
It falls into that delicious category where you’ll ask yourself, “Can it really be that simple?” It can. It’s an elegant solution and after playing with it in the mirror, you will be itching to put it in your show.
Tannen's Magic was started in the 1920s by Louis Tannen and has been run by Adam Blumenthal since 2010. It serves as a major destination for magicians visiting New York, and as a meeting place for the city’s burgeoning magic scene.
Some of the best tricks can be found in the bottom of your drawer, or in the back of an old catalog, or in a recollection of a Saturday afternoon at a magic shop. They’re not forgotten. In fact, you’d be surprised that those tricks are still as good as you thought they were.
The Loft has shows seven nights a week, 363 days a year. (The only days it’s closed are the Fourth of July, and—one of the most hallowed days of the year for many—Super Bowl Sunday.)
January 2 is Founders’ Day, the day we celebrate the anniversary of the opening of our beloved club and the founders who made it happen: Bill, Irene, and Milt Larsen.
The magician comes on stage and reflects: “It is possible to define magic as the eruption of the impossible into reality. But also, we could think of it as a reality within another reality, like a bubble within which other rules prevail. For example...”
Adam Elbaum demonstrates simple yet subtle technique that makes it appear as though the selected card “pops” to the top of the deck before you reveal it.
Can they do it again? Invent a trick in an hour? Yup. And it's a creative, useful gimmick that you may find particularly handy to know about.
Through his incessant pounding and banging, Frisch resembles Sisyphus. They both accept the meaninglessness of their respective “punishments,” whether it’s a boulder or a red ball rolling down the hill.
“Stage magic is one of the most difficult forms of magic. Illusionists have to manage lighting, assistants, theatricality, and blocking. Don’t ever apologize for being an illusionist.”