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The I.B.M. JAM Live presents Hsuehnanigans "Games & Nonsense"... Ready for a night of Hsuehnanigans? Join International Vice President Billy Hsueh, and our ever-growing group for another fun and exciting game night! Bring some snacks, your wits, your sense of humor and most importantly your phone!

It’s time for another round of Hsuehnanigans! Join Vice President Billy Hsueh and our ever growing group for another fun and exciting game night on April 13th 2021, 6pm PST/9pm EST! Bring some snacks, your wits, your sense of humor and most importantly your phone! Those who want to play or hang out in the Zoom Room need to send an email to [email protected] with your Name and I.B.M Membership Number in order to receive the Zoom Link. Please send your email no later tha...n 5:30 pm Pacific on the day of the Hsuehnanigans broadcast. If you would rather watch and participate through the Facebook broadcast are welcome to watch or participate through our I.B.M. Facebook page at www.facebook.com/IBMMagic. Just because our game is full doesn’t mean you can’t participate, you can still JOIN THE AUDIENCE! Remember, the audience can SWAY the way the votes go! All players need to make sure that your phone is fully charged, with https://www.Jackbox.tv loaded in your mobile browser! We will be playing some familiar games and some brand new ones! If the brand new ones suck, we will never go back to them again!

Coming up on tonight's monthly I.B.M. Variety Talk: A Talk on Re-Enchantment: Bringing the ancient art of Storytelling to Magic, with professional Storyteller and Artificer, Christopher Taylor Tonight, Tuesday April 6, 2021 @ 6:00pm Pacific / 9:00pm Eastern Join in the comments for the the LIVE Q&A at @ibmmagic... Outline of possible topics: Story, storying, storytelling: what are they and what can they do for magic/mentalism? Stop SCRIPTING and start TELLING your stories (hey, storytelling predates the written word! The characters of the Magician and the Teller Transitioning between Teller and Magician Story or Anecdote: Both work, but know the difference Two Modes of Storytelling: Traditional and Contemporary Personal Narrative Story: different rules The traditional approach to learning stories; Learn them by heart, not by rote. Choosing and developing stories An exercise for developing your inner Teller. Four ways of applying story to your mystery routines Believability Touching on Voice The 4-Way Relationship: Magician/Teller/Audience/Story. About the Teller: Christopher’s first magazine article was published at the tender age of 16, for which he was paid the hearty sum of $25. Other articles followed soon after. Much later, he took work as a professional storyteller and educator touring the many Eco-Fairs which were once popular in Canada in the 90s. Christopher’s stories at that time focused on our connections with nature and it was here that he began to employ magic to illustrate the concepts in his stories. That led to a number of storytelling opportunities on CBC radio and, in 1995, to a contract with Crabtree Publishing for a series of five children’s stories. Despite Christopher’s early adventures in storytelling, it was not until he became a classroom teacher that he began to fully appreciate the power of story as a means of connecting and sharing. Once Christopher became a full-time performer and creator of magic, it was only natural that story become his preferred means of sharing magic. A warm up: A preview of Christopher’s award-winning storytelling from his Personal Narrative repertoire: Kung Fu Magic (1st place at the Vancouver Story Slam, January, 2021) theshortstoryshow.transistor.fm/episodes/68