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Philly Magicians Making Crowd Gasp at Society Hill Playhouse
Story, photos by Cassie Hepler Did you know we have a magician scene in Philly? Well, now you do. And these guys have taken street magic to an on-stage performance that will delight and puzzle the mind as well as the eyes. Barbershop Quartet: A Magic Show at the Society Hill Playhouse was the scene of the crime. No, literally. A lady from the audience stabbed Francis Menotti, the headlining magician. And technically not a quartet, there were five male magicians including John “The Barber” Manski (who was the inspiration behind the name), Dan Hauss, Ran D. Shine and Peter Pitchford. Menotti’s innovative Scrabble word trick even fooled Penn & Teller…
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Wizards Cast a Spell Once Again on Chestnut Hill at the Harry Potter Festival
Stories, photos by Jill Beckel Do you consider yourself a wizard, witch or just an ordinary muggle? If you don’t know what we’re talking about, you must have been living under a rock for the past 15 years. Wizards and muggles alike flocked to Chestnut Hill, PA for the annual Harry Potter Festival on Oct. 16 to 17th where Chestnut Hill turned into the much-loved fictional wizarding world of Harry Potter. The magic-filled weekend started with a Harry Potter Pub Crawl. True, there’s not much drinking in J. K. Rowling‘s books or in the movies, but the Hogwarts students did really seem to enjoy those butterbeers! Who really needs an excuse to do a pub crawl anyway? From…