Change has come to the Magic Castle after a scandalous stretch — and guests will notice it moments after they enter the storied venue. For years, there was something of an open secret among the club’s ...

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Neil Patrick Harris was enchanted by Los Angeles’ famed Magic Castle before he ever set a foot inside. The actor — and longtime magic enthusiast — was a teenager living in small-town New Mexico when ...

As a boy growing up in Seoul, Ed Kwon collected books about magic. The craft became an obsession, and he pored over literature illuminating mysterious tricks of master illusionists. One of the first ...

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Chuck Martinez, left, newly elected president of the Academy of Magical Arts' board of directors, and General Manager Hervé Lévy outside the Magic Castle in Hollywood. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles ...