Welcome!
So much magic to include this month on our Links page for you! We’re also excited about the new digital Genii experience that’s coming soon. More on that next month. Oh, and don’t forget—you can still vote! Genii has been nominated by the World Championship of Online Magic, part of FISM 2025 Special Awards program, as Best Online Magic Magazine! Follow the link to cast your vote!
Jim Steinmeyer: The Genii Speak
WATCH: Jim Steinmeyer chats with Genii‘s editor at large, Chloe Olewitz, about her feature this month about the complicated role of being an ASL inpterpreter and how it intersects with magic
VOTE: Genii for Best Online Magic Magazine
MORE: Learn about the American Museum of Magic. This organization granted us permission to use an Irving Desfor photo of Jay Marshall (and the ears of Lefty) for the cover of the June 2025 issue.
The Eye
LISTEN: BBC’s “Masters of the Impossible” episode on Archive Hour, with Prof. Richard Wiseman discussing the long history of mentalism and some of its greatest practitioners, including the one and only, David Berglas
MORE: Learn more about the amazing David Berglas and find out why “Nothing is Impossible”
READ: News about Now You See Me 4 In the Works with Ruben Fleischer, and the third film coming out this fall
WATCH: Now You See Me: Now You Don’t, the franchise’s third film trailer
WATCH: Champions of Magic stun Today show anchors with a modern version of a Houdini-esque escape
VISIT: Visit the Champions of Magic site to learn more about the tour and how to buy tickets
FOLLOW: Champions of Magic on Instagram
VISIT: Spectral Science exhibition at the USC downtown LA Campus; you can register as a USC visitor here
READ: Block Club Chicago article about Cosmic Underground Theater’s Magic Shows and Classes in Chicago
VISIT: Cosmic Underground Theater for show schedule and to buy tickets
FOLLOW: Comic Underground Theater on Instagram
READ: The Straits Times article about The Magic Bar in Singapore
VISIT: The Magic Bar in Singapore
FOLLOW: Singapore’s The Magic Bar on Instagram
READ: BBC report about the mysterious Sophie Lloyd’s triumphant return to The Magic Circle
FOLLOW: The Magic Circle on Instagram
VISIT: Family show MAJIKA on now at Artscape Theatre in Cape Town
MORE: Learn more about the wonderful College of Magic in South Africa
FOLLOW: The College of Magic on Instagram
Derren Brown, Only Human
VISIT: Derren Brown’s site to learn more about the show, currently on tour in U.K.
FOLLOW: Derren Brown on Instagram
Magic Access:
Understanding the Role of the ASL Interpreter
MEET: Magician Matt Morgan
Inventing Magic with Blake Vogt and Justin Willman
WATCH: Blake Vogt and Justin Willman invent a linking belt routine—with a borrowed belt!
FOLLOW: Blake Vogt’s Inventing Magic series on YouTube
FOLLOW: Justin Willman on Instagram
The King Thing by Adam Elbaum
WATCH: Adam perform his version of this terrific, impromptu card routine
FOLLOW: Adam Elbaum on Instagram
The Magic Castle
SEE: Who’s NOW APPEARING at the world-famous Magic Castle this week
FOLLOW: The Magic Castle on Instagram
The Chicago Magic Lounge
VISIT: This popular magic venue in the Windy City
FOLLOW: The Chicago Magic Lounge on Instagram
$100 Challenge
MEET: Maretplace guest reviewer Skyler Jade
FOLLOW: Skyler Jade on Instagram
Staff Picks, White Rabbit Magic
VISIT: This wonderful gem of a magic shop
LISTEN: Magic Talk podcast, produced by White Rabbit Magic
FOLLOW: White Rabbit Magic on Instagram
Caught in the Spread
WATCH: Try Dr. Matt Pritchard’s video version of this trick. A quick demonstration of his theory at work.
FOLLOW: Dr. Matt Pritchard on Instagram
Sleightly Astonishing
VISIT: Silk King Studios for premium silk magic products
Love On Your Own Terms
WATCH: Leah Orleans present her unique take on this classic trick, courtesy of Vanishing Inc.
FOLLOW: Leah Orleans on Instagram
