Magic, Albie Selznick jokes at one point during his show, is “the world’s second-oldest profession.” Whether or not that’s true, magic is a very old form of performance. Selznick’s “Smoke and Mirrors” ...

Have you ever wired up a piece of test equipment to a circuit or piece of equipment on your bench, only to have the dreaded magic smoke emerge when you apply power? [Steaky] did, and unfortunately for ...

The Alans ♦ Delightfully Deceptive (10/17/25-10/18/25) ...

Where: First Interstate Center for the Arts, 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. Cost: $49.50-$89.50. Tickets available through firstinterstatecenter.org. The last time Champions of Magic was in Spokane, smoke ...

You smell smoke and the piece of gear you are working on stops working, probably at an inopportune time. You open it up and immediately see the burned remains of a resistor. You don’t have the ...