From top: Kent Axell, Eric Walton, and Todd Robbins The Brooklyn Public Library is presenting School of Magic, a three-part series of panel conversations and performances related to conjuring. The first program, on October 28 was a Saturday afternoon event for families. On Thursday, November 2, the series continues with The Psychology of Magic, which will feature magicians Kent Axell and Eric Walton looking at how the mind works in relation to magic (with related demonstrations of tricks from their repertoires). The series culminates on December 7 with The Grifter Panel for which Todd Robbins joins Axell and Walton as they discuss the methodology behind some of the world’s most notorious scams and cons. Robbins is widely known for perpetuating the art of the classic sideshow, with such skills as eating a glass lightbulb and hammering a nail into his head. He is the author of The Modern Con Man: How to Get Something for Nothing, hosts True Nightmares on The Investigation Discovery Channel and starred in Play Dead an Off-Broadway spook show that he created with magician Teller.
School of Magic was programmed by guest curator Barbara Wansbrough who was brought on board at the Library by Jakab Orsós its Vice president of Arts and Culture. She enlisted Axell and Walton who helped develop the specific programs. Wansbrough was inspired by her teenage son Sam an avid magician. “I've often been fascinated by the stories he has told me,” Wansbrough commented, “of the various characters, and the various kinds of magic….When Jakab dispatched me to have a think about what I'd like to do, magic seemed the most compelling subject to me. Maybe because we could all do with a little more of it in these harsh times.”
The School of Magic events are presented at the Brooklyn Public Library, Central Library, Dweck Center, 10 Grand Army Plaza. To make reservations for the free events, go to: School of Magic.
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School of Magic was programmed by guest curator Barbara Wansbrough who was brought on board at the Library by Jakab Orsós its Vice president of Arts and Culture. She enlisted Axell and Walton who helped develop the specific programs. Wansbrough was inspired by her teenage son Sam an avid magician. “I've often been fascinated by the stories he has told me,” Wansbrough commented, “of the various characters, and the various kinds of magic….When Jakab dispatched me to have a think about what I'd like to do, magic seemed the most compelling subject to me. Maybe because we could all do with a little more of it in these harsh times.”
The School of Magic events are presented at the Brooklyn Public Library, Central Library, Dweck Center, 10 Grand Army Plaza. To make reservations for the free events, go to: School of Magic.
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