Magic and Illusions

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3 things to do for free in Denver this week, June 10-13

It's magic! This week, you can experience magical entertainments without having to open your wallet. The free fun includes everything from a screening of Christopher Nolan's magician movie The Prestige to getting a peek inside the Governor's Residence to a free outdoor concert. Share other free even ... More >>

Anti-conjuror Dan Sperry on pushing the boundaries of the grotesque

Dan Sperry is the darker kind of magician. The self-labeled "anti-conjuror" says his magic is meant to test the limits of his audience's comfort zone -- and Sperry's Marilyn Manson/Edward Scissorhands look alone accomplishes that. But while his tricks sit on the edge of shocking, the illusionist say ... More >>

The Incredible Burt Wonderstone has charm but no comedy magic

Damien Echols on the West Memphis Three, exoneration and Life After Death

Is there life after death? After eighteen years behind bars for a crime he didn't commit, most of them spent in the debilitating confines of death row, Damien Echols plans to find out. In 1993 Echols, then eighteen, and two other Arkansas teenagers were arrested and charged with the murders of thre ... More >>

Magic and madness; Aiden Sinclair on the chilling history of Colney Hatch Asylum

At Aiden Sinclair's magic show, you won't see any bunnies pulled out of hats or ladies cut in half. Sinclair describes From a Padded Room: An Evening in Colney Hatch Asylum, which plays at 7 p.m. Saturday, September 8, at the Tattered Cover LoDo event hall, as an empathic journey back in time to the ... More >>

Magic Realism

Aiden Sinclair's afterlife illusions haunt Lannie's Clocktower this month

Do spirits haunt Lannie's Clocktower Cabaret? Magician Aiden Sinclair seems to have all the answers, and he'll be conjuring up the afterlife all this month on Tuesday evenings at Lannie's.

Abra Cadabra Couple

Cole Schneider of Handsome Little Devils on scaling down Squirm...and magic!

It's been a busy sixteen months for Handsome Little Devils. In October 2011, the vaudevillian comedy troupe took its Squirm Burpee Circus act -- a blend of acrobatics, juggling and juggling -- to Broadway, enjoying a successful run at the New Victory Theatre and getting positive reviews in such litt ... More >>

Nearly naked women, magic and tunes: Why didn't someone think of this sooner?!

​"It's not your usual standard variety of variety show," deadpans Anabella Lafontaine, one of Denver's burlesque divas, when discussing Saturday night's Burlectronique event. "It's a little edgy. Most of it should be a lot of burlesque to totally different music -- not the classic bump-and-gri ... More >>

Tonight: Magician and enchantress Erica Sodos magically enchants at the Mercury Cafe

​Tonight, Erica Sodos brings her magical variety show to the Mercury Cafe (2199 California St.) once again for an evening of mystery, poetry and of course, magic. Taking on a role generally played by men, the Boulder-based magician flips the script with her own spin on classic illusions and m ... More >>

Ten ridiculous wikis to cure your boredom with just one click

Is there a wiki for this? Why yes, yes there is.​Wikipedia may be the world's largest online encyclopedia, but lately its increasing credibility and citation of sources have sucked out all of its fun. What if you just want something to laugh at, like a page of bullshit you're never ever going ... More >>

Cock Sure

Sylvain Chomet lovingly animates a Jacques Tati script in The Illusionist

Making Magick

Gin Lavender Collins at Salt

Now Playing

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Buntport Theater creates a hare-raising musical with Jugged Rabbit Stew

Making Magic

The Circus Is in Town

Going Ape

Denver magician teaches teens how to puke playing cards

When I was a kid the most awesome place in the mall was the magic/novelty shop. In addition to the rubber poop and hypnosis books, there was always some quirky middle-aged guy behind the counter demonstrating magic tricks to a crowd of boys age seven to thirteen. Well, like everything else, the n ... More >>

Erica Sodos displays her Power

Poof! An old-school magic show materializes at Lannie's Clocktower Cabaret

The word magic often conjures images of beleaguered bunnies, plastic wands and elegant assistants, usually half-dressed and halved in pine boxes. Even with the latest resurgence of magic in popular culture, the tendency is to discard the mysterious art's rich history just as smug, swaggering, slei ... More >>

Widowers live on the (Internet) radio

Just received word that psych-pop magicians Widowers are making an appearance on KVDU, the University of Denver's college radio station (wait, DU has a college radio station? Who knew?). Tune in to your Internet -- it appears that KVDU is an Internet-only radio station (sorry commuters!) from 4 to 6 ... More >>

Disappearing Acts

The Thief of Always

Do You Believe In Magic?

In Passing

Making change at the Arvada Center and Sandy Carson.

The Old Magic and the New

Making Magic

Nick Felix brings his audience into the Depth of Illusion.

Thom Pain (based on nothing)

All this nothing adds up to something big.

YACHT

Wednesday, May 16, hi-dive, 720-570-4500.

Hold Your Horses

Bandidas, Idiocracy, Extras, The Illusionist

Welcome to the Grand Illusion

Memento's director plumbs the depths of magic and loss.

Practical Magic

Eerie melodrama explores the dark arts in turn-of-the-century Vienna.

Potion Play

Avistrum Academy brings Hogwarts to the New World.

The Wiz

Miyazaki returns with a beautiful but confounding fairy tale.

Talking Shop

What Silvana likes, Silvana gets

Spun Gold

Best Magic Carpets

Pangaea Handmade Carpets

Magical Mystery Tour de Force

The magic eclipses the marketing of the big-screen Harry Potter.

Bad Magic

No Escape

Night & Day

May 14 - 20, 1998

Trick and Treat

Sweet and Low

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