Category Archives: entertainment

magic all around you.

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One hundred years ago this month, the magician P.T. Selbit ushered his assistant into an upright wooden box, sealed it, laid it flat, and got down to business, sawing the box right down the middle. The show, according to magic experts, was the first time a performer ever sawed someone in half. Why has this trick survived, when so many others haven’t? If you ask magicians, NYT writer Alex Marshall spoke with six — they eventually land on one answer. “It’s just the simplicity of it,” said Mike Caveney, a magician who’s writing a history of this trick. “Magicians say a good trick is one that can be described in a few words, and ‘sawing a lady in half’ is very few words,” he added. As for being the assistant, “When you’re doing it you’re not a passive person,” one magician said. “It’s claustrophobic, and quite noisy, but such fun!”

” i believe your reality is what you make it, what you choose to see, and what you choose to allow yourself to do.

there are possibilities all around you – magic all around you – no matter what situation you’re in.”

-keke palmer

Story credit: Alex Marshall, NYT- Image credit: Nolan Pellitier

 

enthusiasm 2.

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free movie night at campus martius park in detroit

safe, distanced, well-planned

the little one soon had her own plan

 drawn in

she moved right up front by the screen

enthralled

 laughing, dancing, twirling

throwing spells along with elsa from ‘frozen 2’

until she became a part of the movie. 

 

“true enthusiasm is a fine feeling whose flash I admire wherever I see it.”

-charlotte bronte

the entertainment is in the presentation. – john mcTiernan

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walt disney studios

it was a day of contrasts

first

a surprise pickup

at baby b and baby j’s school

and off to

the mega-plex

for a classic show

about

relationships

and love

called

 ‘cinderella’

and

junk food

and

blankets

and

cozy seating

with

lots of cup holders

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and then

i was

off to

 the intimate

ringwald theater

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for a new show

about

relationships

and love

called

‘about sex’

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and because

i was late arriving

fresh from

my cinderella experience

i parked illegally

ran in

and

met an actor

in the lobby

wearing only

boxer shorts

ready to take the stage

and

was introduced

by the

stage manager

my friend

right

in the middle

of his opening

and waved

to the audience

as i walked to

my tiny seat

in the front row

and

enjoyed

party punch

and

bags of

adult party favors

and

much laughter

and

great acting

it was quite a day.

variety is more than a means of avoiding boredom,

since art is more than an entertainment of the senses.

– rudolf arnheim

credits: walt disney pictures, amc theaters, ringwald theater, papa weeze productions