Society of American Magicians - Assembly #12 - Minneapolis | St. Paul

08/13/2024

https://www.startribune.com/pioneering-bird-in-hand-magician-went-from-mankato-to-stages-around-the-world/600373802

Jack Kodell bought his first trick at a Minneapolis magic store in 1941.

07/16/2024

Riv Shapiro, Director of Jewish Arts & Culture, Minnesota JCC with Society of American Magicians - Assembly #12 members Magic Manny; MagicBrad; Larry Kahlow, Owner, Eagle Magic and Joke Store; and Moore Magic in “Houdini’s 150th Magic Show!” at the Capp Center on Sunday, July 14th. Thank you to everyone who was there for the warm reception!

04/21/2024

Nick Diffatte appeared on last night’s episode of Penn & Teller Fool Us — “Magic Is for the Birds.” Nick’s segment begins at 19:35. https://www.cwtv.com/shows/penn-teller-fool-us/magic-is-for-the-birds/

04/17/2024

Danny Fleshman Lecture April 21st Sunday 2pm 20$s
Quality magic taught well.
Refreshments.

03/12/2024

Hopefully you're recovering from your Oscars watch party 😉 and will be ready for our "Billy Topit" watch part this Friday, starting with a live (via Zoom) visit from Lance Burton himself! In the meantime, check out the trailer.

A Las Vegas magician who performs at children's birthday parties convinces the woman of his dreams to be his assistant, while the local Mob guys try to make…

03/10/2024

Brad Gudim (SAM) member
Lectures Eagle Magic Store Sunday March 17th
2:00 pm $20.00
Brad's close up Magic tricks and personal insights on the performance of close up Magic., followed by Eagle Magic auction. And refreshments. Your invited.

02/06/2024

Society of American Magicians National President John Sturk presents a presidential citation to Assembly 12 President Kevin Smith at our 100th Anniversary Gala on October 15, 2023.

10/19/2023

10/16/2023

https://www.fox9.com/news/minnesota-magicians-group-celebrates-100-year-anniversary-of-founding

A magicians collective in Minnesota celebrated 100 years this weekend.

09/30/2023

Today is the last day to register for our 100th Anniversary Gala, so please purchase your tickets now! Don’t forget, there will be a lecture and performance by John Sturk, the 107th National President of the S.A.M., a performance by Nick Diffatte, and performances by local magicians during the cocktail reception, dinner, and program! https://www.sam12.org/civicrm/event/register/?id=92&reset=1

BTW, you’re welcome to invite non-magicians who you think might enjoy this. Just let them know that it’s a little different vibe when the audience is full of magicians. Also, tell them that the 3:00 lecture might not interest them, but it’s no problem if they arrive at 4:30 for the reception, dinner, and show.

09/23/2023

There's only one week left to register for our 100th Anniversary Gala, so please purchase your tickets now! Don’t forget, there will be a lecture and performance by John Sturk, the 107th National President of the S.A.M., a performance by Nick Diffatte, and performances by local magicians during the cocktail reception, dinner, and program! https://www.sam12.org/civicrm/event/register/?id=92&reset=1

09/15/2023

Our 100th Anniversary Gala is one month from today, and the last day to register is two weeks from tomorrow, so please purchase your tickets now! Don’t forget, there will be a lecture and performance by John Sturk, the 107th National President of the S.A.M., a performance by Nick Diffatte, and performances by local magicians during the cocktail reception, dinner, and program! https://www.sam12.org/civicrm/event/register/?id=92&reset=1

09/06/2023

Nick Diffatte will be a featured performer in the after-dinner program at 100th Anniversary Gala on October 15th. Register now! https://www.sam12.org/civicrm/event/info/?reset=1&id=92

08/29/2023

Register by Thursday, August 31st for our 100th Anniversary Gala and get a free drink to enjoy during the cocktail reception, dinner, or program. https://www.sam12.org/civicrm/event/register/?reset=1&id=92

08/22/2023

Thanks to everyone who's already registered for our 100th Anniversary Gala and our apologies to anyone who's tried, but it didn't work. We've fixed the issues you encountered 🤞 and ask that you please try again. Thank you! https://www.sam12.org/civicrm/event/register/?reset=1&id=92

08/19/2023

There will be a lecture and performance by John Sturk, the 107th National President of the S.A.M., on October 15th at our 100th Anniversary Gala. Register now! https://www.sam12.org/civicrm/event/info/?reset=1&id=92

08/05/2023

Registration is now open for our 100th Anniversary Gala to be held on October 15, 2023! The last day to register is September 30th. However, don’t wait until then. Register by August 31st and receive a free drink ticket!

See what we have planned and register now!

One hundred years ago, a group of fourteen local magicians chartered the Society of American Magicians’ 12th Assembly. We will be holding a celebration gala on Sunday, October 15, 2023, and all magicians and their guests are invited!

06/14/2023

Greetings SAM Assembly 12 Members and Friends!

We just wanted to remind folks that we usually take the summer off, so there will not be an official meeting in June, July, or August. There’s been some interest in possibly having a picnic or cookout of some sort but nothing has been organized as of yet--if you’re interested please comment or email.

In the meantime, if you haven’t already filled out the 100th Anniversary Gala survey, please do! There are many ways to get involved with this historic event:

Choose how you want to get involved!

Help plan and run the event!

06/11/2023

Our 100th Anniversary Gala is a little over 4 months away on October 15, 2023. We have reserved a beautiful venue (see below for some photos from our site visit). We have a delicious, catered Italian dinner lined up. Now we need you to really make the magic happen.

Choose how you want to get involved!
https://forms.gle/y6Tx9rkgFkhq46vQ8

You can help with PR, decorating, performing, tech, etc. to create an amazing evening for the magic community.

05/15/2023

We are going to cancel the May meeting because quite a few people are going to be at AbraCORNdabra on our “normal” day (the third Friday of the month). We talked about having a hybrid meeting on the 19th with the in-person location being at AbraCORNdabra. Kevin and Adam looked into it, but logistically, it’s not going to work very well.

For those going to AbraCORNdabra, we are meeting at the hotel restaurant (Bennigan’s) on Friday at 4:30pm. Please send us a message (https://www.sam12.org/contact/) if you're going to be there so we reserve the right size table.

In case you're curious, we didn’t meet on the second Friday because several others were at the Magic Collector Expo and weren’t sure they’d be back in time for a meeting, and several other people were unavailable. We’re not going to meet on the fourth Friday because there wasn’t much enthusiasm for meeting on the 26th since that’s Memorial Day Weekend.

02/20/2022