Melinda – No Relation to the Shoppe But I Like the Picture

Visit the insidemagic.com Magic Shoppe.

I’ll be adding more and more as I figure out how to code in Russian.I have spent so much time trying to get the programming figured out that I have just this evening started loading the tricks and books.

The good thing is that you can use any credit card thanks to the kind folks at paypal.

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Richard Green took over Callin’s House of Magic in 2001

There was a discussion on the Ring 2100 listserve about how magic stores have become places where magic is sold and not demonstrated. The Callin’s store is an exception to that trend. This is a nice article from the Portland Tribune todayabout people who really care about magic.

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Todd Robbins

The New York Times Arts pagenotes the amazing work done by Todd Robbins and other performersin its article “Old Time Vaudeville Looks Young Again.“

Vaudeville is on its way back — at least as a fringe element — to Broadway. The Times discusses the appeal of the Vaudeville and Burlesque and notes Magic?s role in the original Vaudeville as well as the modern day redux.

I think the Times misses the point slightly, though. Unlike the other acts that are now being resurrected ? sword swallowing, fan dancing and flea circuses ? magic never went away. The best thing about our art is that it is entertaining as part of a variety show or a full evening performance.

It is nice to see Todd Robbins quoted in the story. “When you do something real that people think is impossible, they can’t deny what they’re seeing,” Mr. Robbins said. “They start to wonder how these things are possible and that means they’re thinking.”

The article refers readers to Mr. Robbins? “Sideshow Saturday Night” at the SoHo Playhouse. Mr. Robbins also works with the folks that bring us ?Monday Night Magic.?

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