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It’s Vaudeville!

This coming Saturday, March 9th, I will have the honor of appearing in the Kearsarge Conservatory of the Performing Arts (KCPA) Scholarship Fundraiser — Vaudeville Performance Saturday, March 9th, 7:00-9:00 pm Warner Town Hall, 5 East Main St, Warner, NH 03278 Info: kcpastudiocalendar@gmail.com http://www.nhperformingarts.org/ Tickets: $15 adults, $10 children

Peeve of the Day (or, Not Just Grammar Makes Me Peevish)

Originally posted on Dr. Doyle's Blog:
There’s a special kind of irritation I feel whenever somebody starts trying — earnestly and urgently — to tell me about some New! Amazing! and Probably Subversive! thing that I already know. It’s a combination of “I will not be manipulated by emotional argument, dammit!” and “You mean…

Winter RenFaire

So this weekend I’ll celebrate my birthday by performing magic at the Winter RenFaire ( Champlain Valley Exposition (105 Pearl St, Essex Junction. VT). This will be a two-day event, Saturday and Sunday from 10 am – 6 pm. I’ll be doing walk-around magic all day, and a formal show each day at 4:30 pm on theContinue reading “Winter RenFaire”

Arisia, and What We Came Home To

Originally posted on Dr. Doyle's Blog:
It was a good Arisia, despite the many and varied problems the con experienced heading in to the occasion. Returning to the Park Plaza for a year was an exercise in nostalgia (was the hotel layout always this confusing? were the rooms always that small? were the locally…

The Unified Doyle and Macdonald Arisia Schedule

Originally posted on Dr. Doyle's Blog:
Or, where we’ll be and what we’ll be doing this coming weekend, while we’re attending the Arisia Science Fiction Convention at the Boston Park Plaza. My Panels: The Sidekick Lounge Cambridge Sat 11:30 AM Where would our protagonist be without a trusty sidekick? Sidekicks are an invaluable part…