Happy Thursday! There are a lot of new faces here, so welcome! Expect 2-3 newsletters a month just like this: a blend of content, news and updates on where you can see me perform next.
I just wrapped my month-long residency in Pittsburgh, and WOW. I’m overwhelmed by the kindness and joy that I experienced in the city. Thank you to Liberty Magic, the local magicians, and the incredible audiences that made me feel at home!
Now I’m back in the skies for a busy, busy holiday season. I’ll be performing in Chicago and Miami this month before taking some much-needed time off. My workshop schedule gets busy in February, so send an inquiry now to get a corporate session booked!
January 23: New Orleans @ Hotel Peter & Paul
I’m returning to the awe-inspiring cathedral at this historic hotel for one night only. Will I see you there?
ps – the postponed show at the Brooklyn Museum will be held on Saturday, February 7. Mark your calendars for now, and stay tuned for the ticket release date!
I’m already booking quickly for February workshops. Book me for your company’s Black History Month celebration to spark curiosity, foster team togetherness, and bring some magic into the workday. I’ve worked with Google, Patreon, Nike, Equinox, and many others; I hope yours is next!
During a workshop, you can expect me to:
Provide a short, engaging magic show
Tell the stories of Black magicians throughout history
Teach the foundations of magic to spark creative thinking
Provide tangible ways to protect Black communities and Black stories
Held online or in-person.
Peter Hooper, left, with his wife, right and assistant, center posing for a portrait with various magic props, including cards, a magic wand and linking rings. Photo taken by Richard Samuel Roberts, source: Amelia Island Museum of History.
Henry “Box” Brown, the magician who journeyed across time.
Henry Box Brown (c. 1815 - June 15, 1897) was an enslaved man from Virginia who, at the age of 33, escaped to freedom by shipping himself in a wooden crate to abolitionists in Philadelphia in 1849. He briefly became a renowned abolitionist speaker in the northeast United States until the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 increased pressure to capture escaped enslaved people, forcing him to move to England for 25 years.
In England, Brown toured with an anti-slavery panorama and became a magician and showman. He remarried and started a family with an English woman, Jane Floyd, while his first wife, Nancy, remained in slavery. He returned to the U.S. in 1875, continuing to work as an entertainer by performing magic, oration, and mesmerism. His final years were spent in Toronto, where he passed away in 1897.
I’m currently in Art Basel performing at art gallery openings, intentional dinners, and other fun gatherings. Here’s the artists I’m excited to see while I‘m here.
Sasha Gordon, “Volcano” 2023
In her luminous and hyperrealistic paintings, artist Sasha Gordon often uses her own likeness, treating her own corporeal form as a kind of unorthodox avatar that communicates subjective, psychological experience.
Titus Kaphar, “Title to be confirmed” 2025
Titus Kaphar is an artist whose paintings, sculptures, and installations examine the history of representation. His practice seeks to dislodge history from its status as the “past” in order to unearth its contemporary relevance.
Alteronce Gumby, “My Shadow is a Rainbow” 2020
Alteronce Gumby is a New York City-based contemporary abstract painter whose work explores the history of monochromatic painting, color theory, cosmology, astrophysics, and interstellar photography.
Jade Fadojutimi, “Untitled” 2025
Jade Fadojutimi is a London-based artist whose colourful paintings question self-knowledge, identity and emotions. Her interrogation of the relationship between herself and her surroundings is simultaneously a feast for the eye and an act of resistance.
I might be biased but if we’re not friends on social media, you’re missing the magic. This video has over 1M views and counting. Can you figure out how I did it?
Until next time,