Historical Conjurer

10/07/2024

I am honored to be performing in Tacoma Art Museum's FREE public show Perennial Pride on Thursday, July 18 from 5:30pm - 7pm. Enjoy free entertainment, food trucks, and local art vendors.

July 18 - 5:30pm - 7pm

Tacoma Art Museum
1701 Pacific Avenue
Tacoma, WA 98402

More information at:
https://www.tacomaartmuseum.org/event/in-full-bloom-the-perennial-pride-celebration/

19/06/2024

Come watch The Historical Conjurer perform this weekend.

13/06/2024

Some wonderful photos from last week's Sherlock Holmes and London Faire and Tea produced by Wind Horse Historical Teas & Events.

Thank you for the opportunity to perform for all of the wonderful guests. I always have such great fun at these costumed events.

Photos by Aesthetic Shadows: the Art and Photography of J. Remy LeStrange

14/05/2024

REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS MAY 15, however if paying after the deadline, please email your reservation to [email protected].

Interested in "Regency Era Conjuring?"🎩 🪄🎩

🌺 Our annual Jane Austen Spring Tea will feature a 1 HOUR MAGIC SHOW on "Regency Era Conjuring" followed by a Q & A.
🎩 This is a ballroom sized event, open to the public with an emporium tag sale of Regency era and Jane Austen related items.
🌺 Many of us will dress in Regency attire. Costumes are encouraged, but not required. See below for registration information.

30/04/2024

Have you ever wanted to learn the mysteries of magic?

My next Introduction to the Art of Magic for Adults course is open for enrollment right now. This course is a beginner's look into the art of illusion. We will learn new tricks each week and focus on theories of conjuring, misdirection, and much more.

The course take place on Saturdays, beginning May 11 at 12 noon.

Register at:
https://www.experimentpdx.com/event-details/intro-to-the-art-of-magic-adult-class-3

17/04/2024

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05/04/2024

“And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.”
– Roald Dahl

Introducing our final artist for A Vintage Vaudeville Variety Extravaganza! on Saturday, April 6 at Oswego Heritage House ... Professor D. R. Schreiber

As the Historical Conjurer, Professor DR Schreiber evokes the spirit of early magical performances. Professor DR Schreiber brings parlor magic back to the public. In the 18 century, conjuring (as magic was called then) emerged as a genuine art form and entertainment. Magicians, known as “professors of natural philosophy" and conjuring, would rent taverns, legitimate theaters or lecture halls for the exhibition and displays of legerdemain, necromancy, or what would today be called “illusion” and “magic tricks.” Top dollar would be paid by the citizens of Europe to see the latest discoveries in the science of “natural philosophy” presented by these conjurers. Today, Professor DR Schreiber leads his audiences on a stroll through the past centuries of conjuring entertainment. His unique presentations entertain while educating the audience about historical events, literary and cultural figures, and the science and art of conjuring.

Professor DR Schreiber is a member of the Academy of Magic Arts (Magic Castle) and past president for the Society of American Magicians Portland Assembly. In 2011, Professor DR Schreiber won the Stan Kramien Excellence in Stage Magic Award from the Society of American Magicians Portland Assembly. He has performed and lectured for conferences and events up and down the West Coast, in addition to the UK and Europe. He is also an instructor in magic as well as a magic consultant for legitimate theater companies. In addition, he is a past cast member at Disneyland and frequent emcee, magic historian and historical re-enactor, as well.

About the show:
Experience a true vintage style variety show . . . right before your eyes. Dancers, music, variety acts, and MAGIC! In collaboration with the Oswego Heritage Council, the West Linn Historical Society presents its first-ever variety show called, A Vintage Vaudeville Variety Extravaganza!

Now, you can experience the marvels of this bygone era at A Vintage Vaudeville Variety Extravaganza. Prepare to be dazzled, delighted, and utterly entranced by a cavalcade of world-class vaudevillian performers. With elaborate costumes, phenomenal feats, and talent that will leave you breathless, it's a nocturnal disco delirium you won't want to miss.

April 6, 2024
7PM
Oswego Heritage House
398 10th Street
Lake Oswego, OR

VIP Tickets are SOLD OUT. General admission is still available so order your tickets NOW

Ticket link:
https://eticketexpress.com/event/westlinnhistoricalsociety/vaudeville

Door tickets sold only if available on a first come, first served basis! We will most likely sell out early- purchase your tickets today.

04/04/2024

"Good art is art that allows you to enter it from a variety of angles and to emerge with a variety of views."
- Mary Schmich

Introducing our next artist for A Vintage Vaudeville Variety Extravaganza! on Saturday, April 6 at Oswego Heritage House ... Margot St-Finch

Margot St-Finch is a world traveling accordionist and collector of songs and ballads. She has played and sung on several continents and with a colorful variety of circus and musical acts. For the A Vintage Vaudeville Variety Extravaganza, Margot will perform one of her analog curiosities: a hand painted crankie.
To see her work locally she can be seen on Renaissance faire stages with her bardic troupe The TinkerTailors.

About the show:
Experience a true vintage style variety show . . . right before your eyes. Dancers, music, variety acts, and MAGIC! In collaboration with the Oswego Heritage Council, the West Linn Historical Society presents its first-ever variety show called, A Vintage Vaudeville Variety Extravaganza!

Now, you can experience the marvels of this bygone era at A Vintage Vaudeville Variety Extravaganza. Prepare to be dazzled, delighted, and utterly entranced by a cavalcade of world-class vaudevillian performers. With elaborate costumes, phenomenal feats, and talent that will leave you breathless, it's a nocturnal disco delirium you won't want to miss.

April 6, 2024
7PM
Oswego Heritage House
398 10th Street
Lake Oswego, OR

VIP Tickets are SOLD OUT. General admission is still available so order your tickets NOW

Ticket link:
https://eticketexpress.com/event/westlinnhistoricalsociety/vaudeville

Door tickets sold only if available on a first come, first served basis! We will most likely sell out early- purchase your tickets today.

04/04/2024

"Dancing is like dreaming with your feet."
– Constanze Mozart

Introducing our next artist for A Vintage Vaudeville Variety Extravaganza! on Saturday, April 6 at Oswego Heritage House ... Mismonsta

Mismonsta began bellydancing with Atash Maya in San Diego in 2004 until she relocated to Portland in 2011. Since then she has continued to perform as a solo artist at cafes, theaters, and nightclubs alike. You might have seen Mismonsta in shows such as Melange, The Belle Supper Club, Nerdlesque, JamballahNW, and Boyuerism, to name a few.

Her dance style encompasses a wide variety of themes ranging from comedy to drama, cosplay to contemplative, while never forgetting to bring enough good energy and theater to the stage and to share. She encourages you to enjoy life and dance every chance you get!

About the show:
Experience a true vintage style variety show . . . right before your eyes. Dancers, music, variety acts, and MAGIC! In collaboration with the Oswego Heritage Council, the West Linn Historical Society presents its first-ever variety show called, A Vintage Vaudeville Variety Extravaganza!

Now, you can experience the marvels of this bygone era at A Vintage Vaudeville Variety Extravaganza. Prepare to be dazzled, delighted, and utterly entranced by a cavalcade of world-class vaudevillian performers. With elaborate costumes, phenomenal feats, and talent that will leave you breathless, it's a nocturnal disco delirium you won't want to miss.

April 6, 2024
7PM
Oswego Heritage House
398 10th Street
Lake Oswego, OR

VIP Tickets are SOLD OUT. General admission is still available so order your tickets NOW

Ticket link:
https://eticketexpress.com/event/westlinnhistoricalsociety/vaudeville

Door tickets sold only if available on a first come, first served basis! We will most likely sell out early- purchase your tickets today.

03/04/2024

"Personality is the glitter that sends your little gleam across the footlights and the orchestra pit into that big black space where the audience is."
- Mae West

Introducing our next artist for A Vintage Vaudeville Variety Extravaganza! on Saturday, April 6 at Oswego Heritage House ... Abby GoLucky

Abby is a classically trained multi-genre performance artist. She holds a Masters Degree in Vocal Arts from the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music. Her favorite stage roles include: Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors, Hansel in Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel, Valetto in Coronation of Poppea, Mrs. Potts in Beauty and the Beast, Hope in Urinetown, and Pitti-Sing in The Mikado. Last summer she performed in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia where she sang as Princess Leia on the main stage of Stan Lee’s SuperCon.

About the show:
Experience a true vintage style variety show . . . right before your eyes. Dancers, music, variety acts, and MAGIC! In collaboration with the Oswego Heritage Council, the West Linn Historical Society presents its first-ever variety show called, A Vintage Vaudeville Variety Extravaganza!

Now, you can experience the marvels of this bygone era at A Vintage Vaudeville Variety Extravaganza. Prepare to be dazzled, delighted, and utterly entranced by a cavalcade of world-class vaudevillian performers. With elaborate costumes, phenomenal feats, and talent that will leave you breathless, it's a nocturnal disco delirium you won't want to miss.

April 6, 2024
7PM
Oswego Heritage House
398 10th Street
Lake Oswego, OR

VIP Tickets are SOLD OUT. General admission is still available so order your tickets NOW

Ticket link:
https://eticketexpress.com/event/westlinnhistoricalsociety/vaudeville

Door tickets sold only if available on a first come, first served basis! We will most likely sell out early- purchase your tickets today.

01/04/2024

"The world is still spinning and so are we and so are you. When the spinning stops, that'll be the time to worry."

-John Lennon

Introducing our first variety artist for A Vintage Vaudeville Variety Extravaganza! this Saturday, April 6 at Oswego Heritage House ... Henrik Bothe

A native of Denmark, Henrik began entertaining at the early age of three when he drove the family VW bug into the sea. With fortune on his side, he made a quick escape and was soon mesmerized by plate-spinning acts on The Ed Sullivan Show. This lead to breaking Mom’s plates and throwing Dad’s knives in the wood-shop, until he ultimately attended Aahus Theater Academy to focus on the performing arts. Henrik got his professional start in Europe when he teamed up with David Gomez in the 80s to form the comedy duo “Twist and Shout.” They relocated later in the decade to San Francisco to join the thriving “New Vaudeville” scene. There, Henrik was introduced to the world of Improvisational Theatre by Keith Johnstone, an influence that follows him to this day.

In the early 90s Henrik moved to Seattle and headlined as an entertainer for all major cruise lines. During that time Henrik engineered “NeonMan”, a glow-in-the-dark optical illusion that has taken him all over the world for TV appearances and is now a major component in his show. That was also when Henrik “recreated” his plate spinning routine. One of the biggest motivations for Henrik to become a performer/juggler was watching the Ed Sullivan Show on television growing up. Gene Siler who produces “A Really Big Shew” which is a tribute show to Ed Sullivan says: “Henrik’s plate spinning act is as good as people remember the original plate spinning act. When an act can compete with people’s memory of one of the funniest acts they ever saw you know you have a winner.” Performance highlights include appearing on Garrison Keillor‘s “A Prairie Home Companion” where Garrison exclaimed “Henrik is one of the few jugglers that have ever succeeded in performing on the radio.” Henrik has also made appearances with Jay Leno on The Tonight Show, in Las Vegas at Caesar’s Palace and on Europe’s most widely viewed variety show “Le Plus Grande Cabaret du Monde” in Paris.

Today Henrik performs physical comedy as a professional entertainer for corporate, local and national events. When Henrik isn’t performing solo he either tours theaters in the US with Woody Keppel in “Foolz,” a duo show for all ages, or performs with Steve G as “The Bellini Twins,” an act with a “late night” feel. Seattle Times wrote:”Bellini Twins takes inspired idiocy to new heights”. Henrik currently resides in Portland, OR with his wife and family where he performs locally, leads team-building workshops and teaches a circus arts program in metro-area schools. Learn more about Henrik at www.nwcorporatecomedy.com

About the show:
Experience a true vintage style variety show . . . right before your eyes. Dancers, music, variety acts, and MAGIC! In collaboration with the Oswego Heritage Council, the West Linn Historical Society presents its first-ever variety show called, A Vintage Vaudeville Variety Extravaganza!

Now, you can experience the marvels of this bygone era at A Vintage Vaudeville Variety Extravaganza. Prepare to be dazzled, delighted, and utterly entranced by a cavalcade of world-class vaudevillian performers. With elaborate costumes, phenomenal feats, and talent that will leave you breathless, it's a nocturnal disco delirium you won't want to miss.

April 6, 2024
7PM
Oswego Heritage House
398 10th Street
Lake Oswego, OR

Limited tiered seating is available so order your tickets NOW

Ticket link:
https://eticketexpress.com/event/westlinnhistoricalsociety/vaudeville

Door tickets sold only if available on a first come, first served basis! We will most likely sell out early- purchase your tickets today.

31/03/2024

Crankies, also known as "moving panoramas," have a long history in folk art, popular culture, and vaudeville. Crankies were an innovation on panoramic paintings in the mid-nineteenth century. Crankies were among the most popular forms of entertainment in the world, with hundreds of moving panoramas constantly on tour in the United Kingdom, the United States, and many European countries. Often accompanied by music or a storyteller, these Crankies sparked the imagination and fascinated audiences.

Join us on April 6, as the West Linn Historical Society presents A Vintage Vaudeville Variety Extravaganza! Come and experience a live performance of Crankies right before your eyes.

April 6, 2024
Oswego Heritage House
398 10th St,
Lake Oswego, OR 97034

Tickets are on sale right now at: https://eticketexpress.com/performance/westlinnhistoricalsociety/vaudeville/6261550809612288

Don't miss this chance to see live vaudeville and support local history!!!

29/03/2024

Come enjoy a true vintage style vaudeville show in support of a good cause. Tickets for A Vintage Vaudeville Variety Extravaganza! Are selling fast, with only a few VIP tickets remaining. Grabs your today.

Link in the comments.

Professor DR Schreiber will perform magic and act as the emcee for A Vintage Vaudeville Variety Extravaganza! on April 6. This incredible adventure in the golden age of vaudeville will feature some amazing talent in an intimate environment, all as a fundraiser for the West Linn Historical Society.

Come in your nicest Edwardian or Victorian attire, or just come as you are!

Tickets are still available, although VIP is nearly SOLD OUT so order your ticket NOW!

Tickets at:
https://eticketexpress.com/event/westlinnhistoricalsociety/vaudeville

20/03/2024

"Without an audience, this is just a rehearsal"

This is something I say often at my shows when expressing my appreciation for and gratitude to my audiences.

A cool photo by Kelly Mason Photo from Morbid Curiositease in December 2023.

09/03/2024

Get your tickets now for A Vintage Vaudeville Variety Extravaganza! at the Oswego Heritage House. Experience vaudeville entertainment right before your eyes.

This fundraiser supports the West Linn Historical Society.

Get your tickets here:
https://eticketexpress.com/performance/westlinnhistoricalsociety/vaudeville/6261550809612288

24/02/2024

I will be performing magic and acting as the emcee for A Vintage Vaudeville Variety Extravaganza! on April 6. This incredible adventure in the golden age of vaudeville will feature some amazing talent in an intimate environment, all as a fundraiser for the West Linn Historical Society.

Come in your nicest Edwardian or Victorian attire, or just come as you are!

Apparently tickets are already 25% sold out and we are over a month away, so grab yours today.

Tickets at:
https://eticketexpress.com/performance/westlinnhistoricalsociety/vaudeville/6261550809612288

22/02/2024

"The art of a magician is to create wonder. If we live with a sense of wonder, our lives become filled with joy."
-Doug Henning

Magic is a great way to make new friends, meet new people, and build confidence for speaking in public. Plus, you never know when your kid might need to pull a rabbit out of a hat. 🐰🎩

So why not let them try learning to perform magic!

My next Introduction to the Art of Magic for Youth course at Experiment PDX begins on Saturday, March 2 at 11am. This easy 8 week course will teach basic magic and simple tricks. The course includes all props and materials which the young magicians will take home to keep and perform for family and friends.

Class starts March 2 at 11am
Experiment PDX
1421 SE Stark St.
Portland, Oregon 97214
For ages 9 and up.

Register for the class at:
https://www.experimentpdx.com/event-details/intro-to-the-art-of-magic-tweens-teens-class-2

30/01/2024

There are just a few more days to register for the Young Magicians class at Experiment PDX. If you know a person under the age of 17 who is interested in learning the art of illusion, please let them know about this class.

Become a magician! Learn basic magic effects, history, theory and philosophy of performing magic in front of an audience. Experience both close-up and parlor magic including effects with cards, coins, cups, ropes and more. For all skill levels and abilities!

20/01/2024

Hey friends with kids.....

I am so pleased to offer my Intro to the Art of Magic class to all kids in the greater Portland, Oregon through a partnership with Experiment PDX . This is the same course that I have taught to hundreds of kids through after school programs and parks & rec for the last 20 years.

The course begins February 3.

Registration and more information in comments.