Harry Houdini exhibit to appear at Skirball Cultural Center

Reporting from New York —— Ehrich Weiss, the Budapest-born son of an immigrant family, ran away from home at 12 to join the circus. Not the least bit interested in becoming a rabbi like his father, he wanted to be an entertainer.

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The Five Secrets to Learning Magic

Do you want to get started in Magic? But if it is a secret, underground profession, how does one actually seek out the techniques, secrets and information needed to actually perform for a living?

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About.com interviews Ivan Amodei

Ivan Amodei: "Intimate Illusions – A New Magical & Musical Experience," is a 90-minute, one of a kind, intimate magic show placed in the most luxurious of settings – at the Beverly Wilshire in Beverly Hills, CA.

Still dressed in my tux and having just returned from a glamourous event, I have invited 65 guests to my private luxurious room for an evening of magical entertainment. Every single guest in the show gets involved. They get to know me and I get to know them. It's intimate, personal and a total theatrical experience. 

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