Fancis Menotti keeps a deck of playing cards in his pocket at all times.

That simple fact is a sign of just how devoted 38-year-old Menotti, from Center City, is to his art form. To call him a “full-time” magician is almost to do his efforts a disservice. He travels internationally for about a quarter of the year, spends at least half of his week performing regionally, consults on magic scenes in movies like “The Immigrant,” writes for Magic magazine and, in his spare time, perfects new tricks – ones that often involve cards, coins, business cards or, as recently demonstrated in an episode of The CW’s “Penn & Teller Fool Us” reality show, Scrabble tiles. And if all that’s not enough, he’s earned his way into President Obama’s inaugural ball as a performer twice.

And still, he told PhillyVoice, he’s not convinced many people actually understand why magic is important.  Read more…

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