A Magician Happy to Reveal the Secrets of His Tricks (on Mondays)
On Monday night, a dozen young magicians gathered around a long table in the Atrium public plaza just off East 54th Street and began fanning decks of cards and making coins disappear.
The leader, Eli Bosnick, 27, called the meeting to order with some announcements, and then began checking members’ assigned homework on tricks or self-promotion.
Mr. Bosnick is a professional magician and a leader of a new guard of magic enthusiasts in New York. He serves as a self-described “dad figure” of these Monday night meet-ups that he said he started several years back as magic “jams.” They are akin to improvisational music sessions where members share ideas and network.
“Our slogan is: Good magic, terrible people,” Mr. Bosnick said, explaining that the facetiousness in the phrase was “part of our dark humor.” Read more…..