Wonderfest, The Bay Area Skeptics, and The Bay Area Science Festival
Category:
Cultural or Historical
Geographical Area:
San Francisco
Start
Date:
10/31/2015
End Date:
10/31/2015
Start Time:
8:00 PM
End Time:
10:30 PM
Event
Info:
When was the last time someone contacted the dead for your entertainment? On October 31, 2015 we are going to reach out to the great Houdini with a self-described medium, and then with a magical medium.
Tickets are available on our Kickstarter.
The Official Houdini Seance 2015 will be a day of Science, History, Escapes, Magic, and More on Halloween at the historic Brava Theater (where Houdini performed in 1926). For ages 16 and older.
You can watch it in person, livestream the event, or watch it later online. The line-up is:
* Welcome - Robert Strong, MC/Moderator * Escape Artist - Brian Brushwood, Scam School Creator * Background - John Cox, Houdini Historian * Earnest Seance - Terrie Huberman, Self-Described Medium * Psychology - Melina Uncapher, UCSF Neuroscientist * Doubt - Michael Shermer, Skeptics Society Founder * Panel discussion - Brian, John, Melina, & Michael * Magical Seance - Paul Draper, Mentalist
Help us to fund the following three features of the day: * NIGHTTIME SEANCE ($9,000 total needed): An evening extravaganza with two seances: one conducted by a self-described medium, the other by a master magician - with insights from a panel of behavioral scientists, neuroscientists, skeptics, and other experts. * DAYTIME PRESENTATIONS ($9,000 more needed, $18,000 total): An afternoon forum with presentations by magicians, historians, escape artists (re-enacting Houdini's famous jail cell, water-torture cell, and upside-down straightjacket escapes), and leading authorities on: psychology, neuroscience, con-artistry, and technology/innovation. * VIDEO DOCUMENTARY ($7,000 more needed, $25,000 total): A professional video - based on highlights of both daytime & nighttime events - exploring the impact of Houdini as seen through the eyes of modern magicians, scientists, skeptics, and historians. Houdini: Then, Now, and Tomorrow!
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