Things To Do In Washington DC
In addition to going to see a Washington Magic show, here are some other great DC tourist options.
Rave Reviews For Washington Magic on Yelp
2019 was a great year for Washington Magic! We have made out mark on the DC night life and here’s what people are saying on Yelp about our shows:
“Elegant evening of magic and wine!
The Arts Club of Washington is a hidden gem containing another hidden gem, the roughly-monthly Washington Magic show. Run by high/powered political consultant David Morey and retired DC restauranteur Savino Racine, the entire evening is an enchanting experience.
You’ll want to arrive early for drinks: the Club provides an excellent rotation of wines and cocktails. Drink in hand, enjoy the close-up magic for the 30 minutes before the show. Bring your drink with you into the salon, where the stage and sound system make every seat a good one.
Be prepared for visually stunning magic and mysterious mind-reading, served with lots of audience interaction and humor. The intimate Arts Club space is ideal for this type of entertainment; it feels like stepping back into a more elegant and refined time.
Our audience was a mix of A-list Washington power couples and young people, who were engaged in the show and enthusiastic afterwards. With many good restaurants nearby, Washington Magic makes a great date night, special occasion evening, or attraction for out-of-town guests. With fewer than 100 seats, this may soon become the toughest ticket to get in DC.
There are several inexpensive parking garages nearby, and the Arts Club is only two blocks from the Farragut West Metro (Red Line).”
— Eric H.
TEENAGERS LEARN THAT DECORUM BEGINS AT DINNER
By Karlyn Barker
December 17, 1991
For their dinner outing last night, the teenage boys from Sousa Junior High School in Southeast Washington got a crash course in restaurant etiquette from their assistant principal.
Do not go in while chewing gum, Dorothy Patton warned them during a special training session last week. Do not scream across the room at a friend. Do not start eating until everyone else has been served at your table. Don’t cut up all of your food at once.
And remember, she advised somberly: “We do not use our napkin to blow our nose.”
McBride Magic Museletter
CREDIT: MCBRIDE MAGIC
Dear Friends:
Our first Museletter of the new year is from Kat Rettke. If you’ve attended Magic & Meaning, you’ve certainly met Kat. If you’ve attended one of our other events, you’ve received our 30-day-out and 10-day-out letters from her, or communicated with her about your registrations. While not a regular performer of magic herself, Kat has been an avid fan and student of magic for many years. She has become an invaluable and much-loved member of our team at the McBride Magic & Mystery School. I know you’ll enjoy her thoughts below.
The Best Magic Shows in The DMV To Bring in The New Year
Equinox Restaurant Presents Savino’s Magic
Enjoy dinner by Chef Todd Gray and a magical performance from Illusionist Savino Recine!
This New Year’s Eve promises to be a thrilling evening full of delicious food, magic, sleight of hand, and predictions for 2020!
Chef Todd Gray welcomes magician and mentalist extraordinaire Savino Recine. Chef Gray and his team have prepared a multi-course celebration menu with beverage pairings.
Savino will perform his conjurings and illusions during dinner from 8:30pm until midnight.
Four or six-course menus (vegan and traditional options) are available, priced separately. Order tickets here.
Dinner and Magic at The Brixton with Rahaan Jackson
$25. Happy hour pricing. NYE Menu. Champagne toast.
DC’s best DJs AND special performances from Rahaan the Magician throughout the evening.
It’s gonna be a great night!
For brunch enjoy some daytime magic with Rahaan Jackson at Local 16.
My Magic Newsletter, August 2019 – Larry Hass
Dear Friends in Magic,
Welcome to the August issue of my magic newsletter! It comes out on the second Sunday of every other month. And I always start with…
A BIG IDEA
As the Dean of the McBride Magic & Mystery School, I am very lucky to see a lot of magic performed live. By our students, yes, and by magicians all over, because I’m often in cities or at conventions where shows and acts are playing.
I am delighted there is so much astonishing magic being performed today, by many talented women and men. It truly is a new golden age of magic. Even so, I sometimes see an act with warts and blemishes that keep it from being all it might be or that damage the public perception of magic.
Ten Ways to Become Famous in Magic – Credit: Jeff McBride
TEN WAYS TO BECOME FAMOUS IN MAGIC
Ok, the title of this article SHOULD read “How to be a Success in Magic,” but I think people often confuse the two! Take the following steps, and hopefully, you will become both famous and successful!
- Do 1,000 shows!
That is what Lance Burton says it takes to become a fine magician. After 1,000 shows, the audience and your director (yes, get a director) will have helped you to shape your show into world class entertainment. Lance Burton has done 25,000 shows and Copperfield has done 30,000. How many have you done? So, when you finish reading this, go do some shows! Don’t expect to be able to “become a magic legend” if you don’t have a fantastic act!
Build Workshops, Not Laboratories
Build Workshops, Not Laboratories
Mozart pisses me off…
—Billy Joel
One of the late twentieth century’s greatest musical performers, composers, and songwriters admits openly that his own creativity came earlier in life and flowed forth in fits and starts, with titanic phases of prolific originality and, since his 1993 release of his last album, River of Dreams, far less frequent bursts of new songs.
Born on May 9, 1949, and raised in blue-collar Hicksville, Long Island, Billy Joel began taking piano lessons at the age of four. Soon, he became less interested in reading other people’s musical notes or even in learning how to read music at all. He would become a six-time Grammy Award winner, a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and a 2013 Kennedy Center Honoree. He would sell more than 150 million records worldwide. And he began by improvising minor changes in works by the likes of Schubert and Brahms, workshopping his own versions of such masters.
Stop Being a Punchline
Stop Being a Punchline
As our case is new, so we must think anew, and act anew.
—Loser of multiple US elections
Six feet, four inches tall, gangly, but hunched now over his desk as he pens eighty-six meticulously written pages in fulfillment of his duties spelled out in Article II, section 3, of the Constitution of the United States of America. Nine hundred twenty-seven days before, he wrested his own party’s nomination from three better-known and more privileged rivals—William H. Seward, Salmon P. Chase, and Edward Bates—and began to change one of the great losing streaks in American politics. Depending on how you count, he had lost three or five or, some even argue, as many eight elections before rising to the highest office in the land.