Author Archives: jculpepper

The new issue of Circus: Arts, Life & Sciences is now available!This journal is open access (you can read it for free) and publishes articles in French or English.See what articles are included and check out your favourites online.Many thanks to our guest editor, David Munro from @nicaaustraliaCover photo from the NICA Nanjing Cultural Exchange […]

Over the weekend, I performed at a lovely party celebrating the double milestone birthdays (60th and 70th) of a couple here in California. The literal definition of milestone, of course, is a marker placed on a route that shows how far one has traveled. As I setup and performed my magic show, I learned how […]

Woohoo, the Enchantments shows performed this weekend received coverage in the Press Democrat today. These shows were a fundraiser for the North Bay Circus Group, and the Arlene Francis Center in Santa Rosa where circus jam is held every week from 6-9PM. Click on the photo to read the article online or check out the […]

See you soon, San Francisco! I’ll be performing magic at the 22nd Annual Edwardian Ball this coming weekend. You can get tickets to this amazing party here: https://www.edwardianball.com/shows-and-tickets The Edwardian Ball is an elegant and whimsical celebration of art, music, theatre, fashion, technology, circus, and the beloved creations of the late, great author and illustrator […]

Free registration is now open for the first ever Greater Bay Area Working Group on Circus Gathering. This event is a collaboration between Stanford University, the Montreal Working Group on Circus, Circus: Arts, Life and Sciences, Kinetic Arts Center, Club Fugazi, Circus Center and you! The goal is to create new exchanges between circademics (i.e. […]

I’ve arrived in Toronto for rehearsals of “The Magic Table” with Marcin Kedzior. We’ll be performing this for the FADO performance art center at 401 Richmond Street West (4th floor) at 7PM on Saturday, September 24th. Tickets for this On the Table / Off the Table performance series are free, but you must register for […]

Do you love optical illusions? Are you a maker, artist, hobbyist or performer? I’m excited to be teaching an in-person magic design workshop in Sebastopol, California, on August 13, 2022 at Chimera makerspace: I’ll be sharing tips, tricks and resources that I’ve used to make magic prototypes for Cirque du Soleil, an illusion installation for […]

FISM 2022 is in full swing in Quebec City right now. It’s exciting to be attending the Olympics of magic for the first time. The FISM World Championship of Magic has been held every three years since 1952. This week over 2,000 magicians from all over the world are here to perform, teach, or share […]

Earlier this year, teacher Colin Throness invited me to judge a magic-themed poetry and fiction contest for students from eight different alternative high schools in Montreal. This is such a wonderful initiative created by him and other members of the Montreal English School Board community to encourage and reward young writers. We announced the award-winning […]