Boston Magician Joe Ferranti remembers, The Expert at the Card Table My interest in magic, especially card magic, goes back over 50 years. As a child, the only learning sources available to me were in the public library. The books were few, and the secrets I desired were not to be found, at least not […]
Magic on TV
Boston Magician looks at AGT “Things change” — however, in time-honored tradition, old men complain that everything was better back in the day. Well, I must admit, I was physically a lot better back in the day. But alas, I cannot stop time, and moreover, I have no intention of complaining about how things have […]
Wedding Magician
Massachusetts Wedding Magician Joe Ferranti 339-927-4710 Boston Magician Joe Ferranti entertains all ages at a Wedding Reception. I’ve only been performing for 12 years, and 10 years exclusively as an Adult Magic entertainer. My first two years I dabbled with kids’ magic. I always enjoyed performing, but it wasn’t the reason I got into magic. […]
Beginning in Magic
Boston’s Adult Birthday Magician Joe Ferranti 339-927-4710 Back into Magic: Ten years have […]
Beginning in Magic
Boston Magic Scene in the 1970s In the mid-70s, I began my study of magic as a young adult. I was interested in Card Magic and Coin Magic. I enjoyed my magic books, although it was sometimes difficult, if not impossible, to interpret a magic sleight from the written word. As for mentors, I never […]
Beginning in Magic
Magic Beginnings of Boston Magician Joe Ferranti In 1973, NBC aired a new show called The Magician, starring Bill Bixby. The program only ran one season. I enjoyed the short cameos of professional magicians. One show had a very short clip of Dai Vernon performing his Cups and Balls routine. It began with a sequence […]
Beginning in Magic
Early Introductions to Magicians I first saw magic as a child on the Ed Sullivan Show and Mark Wilson’s, The Magic Land of Allakazam. To say it fascinated me was an understatement. At that time, when you saw a magician perform on TV, it happened once and there was no possibility of seeing it […]
Magic Musings
My Boston Office…? When clients are looking for a magician, most often they go to Google and enter a search for what they are looking for. As a magician, there are two basic ways to attract clients. If you want to pay for an ad, it will get you instant results of top page […]
Magic Musings
Boston Close-Up Magician 339-927-4710 In January, we knew little about how the year would turn out. Mostly we were hoping for the best, and we had plenty of time to sit and hope because there was little else to do. In the late spring, I went back, working at a senior High School graduation in […]
Magic Musings
The only legal Cannabis consumption lounge in Massachusetts Early in September, Samantha Taylor contacted me about presenting my strolling magic at the “Grow off”. “At first, I had no idea what the Grow Off was. So, out of curiosity, I Googled it—and surprisingly, the results were pretty interesting.” Immediately after submitting a quote, she got […]
