Have You Heard...
February 24, 2009
by Maria Ibâñez 

Greetings, this issue is full of wonderful news, a new address for the International Brotherhood of Magicians headquarters the birthday of a dear man, Norm Nielsen; upcoming conventions; opportunities and places for colleagues to come together; the announcement of a new group joining FISM; this week's great show to be hosted jointly by IBM Ring 45 and Magic City Conjurers in Miami; a brand new specially designed gold ring to be unveiled by TAOM; word of an upcoming outstanding I.B.M. convention to be held in Nashville this coming June; and a great deal more. Sitting here and thinking, I cannot help but marvel at what this Internet has been able to accomplish, imagine being able to get word around the globe with just a click of that little "send" button! Just in case I haven't said so yet, thank you for sending any news you wish to share to me at Maria. (read more) (leer en Español).

Weekly Round-Up
by SCOTT WELLS
February 23, 2009

Howdy friends. The 81st Academy Award Show is history and Hollywood made a bold statement. It seemed to say that the underdogs who fight will emerge winners. "Slumdog Millionaire" took top movie and Sean Penn won best actor for "Milk" and, after many nominations, Kate Winslet finally won the coveted best actress trophy. This says to me that even though the economy is tough and getting worse, magicians who persevere will succeed. There were even a couple references to magicians at the awards ceremonies, too. While on this subject, an upcoming movie will soon be released on a mentalist who resembles Kreskin. But back to local news, the Lone Star Auction was held this past weekend in Ft. Worth. Thousands of dollars exchanged hands among a hundred magicians. Locally we will have our I.B.M. Ring meeting on a new night, plus more news from around Houston. (Read More...)

Magic New Zealand
Issue Number: #641
Sunday February 22, 2009
Editor: ALAN WATSON

The Magic New Zealand World Report is published weekly and Sponsored by Int'l Entertainment.  If you have any magic news, please drop me a line to: Alan Watson. Happy Birthday wishes and congratulations go to Norm Nielson who celebrated his 75^th birthday this week. Messages of congratulations to Norm on this major mile stone can be sent to him click here. . Nick Lewin's note below will give you a bit of background on his celebration. Also click here to check out The Magic Circle new website . (read more)  

Weekly Round-Up
by SCOTT WELLS
February 16, 2009

Howdy friends.  It's relevant that today is President's Day in the U.S. so we should give some space to talk about our Officer Installation Banquet. As expected we had a record breaking crowd this year with over 400 people in attendance. We had 15 of Houston's finest close-up magicians strolling the room before dinner and more than a half dozen stage performers including our guest performers from Austin. February is only half way over and we still have a lot to do this month with magic meetings and local performances. (Read More...)

Have You Heard...
February 16, 2009
by Maria Ibâñez 

Greetings, what a wondrous and marvelous thing mother nature is! Since my last post, Jay and I have become the proud grandparents of E.J. (Elijah Jason) and I am happy to report both mother and baby are doing well, albeit after 24 hours of very hard labor both for the mother, the baby, and the rest of the family who waited at the hospital, but, that is for another part of this newsletter. A synopsis of the visit to Cuba by Jania Taylor is published separately this week, forthcoming events and conventions, results are in for the winners of FLASOMA and the competitions, good and welfare, and more. Do send any news, word of coming events, and anything you wish to share to Maria  (read more) (lea en Español).