Name: Magic Lecture by Michael O'Brien!
Start: 2025-09-10T19:30:00-07:00
Location: Yu-Ai Kai Senior Center, 588 N. 4th street, SJ, CA

About Michael O'Brien
Join us for a rare, wide-ranging evening with Michael O'Brien,
Michael is known for his unique approach which is designed to invoke a sense of wonder, fun, nostalgia, and excitement like no other! He has been creating and teaching magic since 2014, was a performer on "Penn and Teller Fool Us", and has lectured for Penguin Magic and Blackpool Magic Convention. When Michael is not performing at these venues, he spends his time teaching as a Professor of Magic at the world famous Magic Castle in Hollywood.
Michael O'Brien's Magic Lecture Content (7:30PM-9:45pm):
Lecture fee for paid members of RING216: Free
Lecture fee for nonmembers: $30/person
Have You Seen My Purse? - Michael's spongeball opener he performs at every gig!
Triple Bottle Production - A fun way to produce multiple bottles and even gift one out to a guest without breaking the bank!
Progressive Oil & Water - An oil and water routine that gets progressively more impossible by adding more and more cards into the mix. At the same time, the magician handles the cards less and less ending with a final phase that is done completely by the spectators.
Final Destination - A travel themed confabulation type effect that works right on your phone or Tablet!
Toxic-Less - An iOS18 friendly solution to the TOXIC calculator force plot. Predict any number you want using your iPhone calculator.
PokéMonte - A modern twist on the classic “Color Monte” type routine using Pokémon cards.
Ninja+ by Matthew Garrett - The act I performed on Fool Us. A high energy linking ring routine that allows you to join multiple different objects and allow the spectators to carefully examine impossible objects as closely as they like!
Special Pre-Meeting Workshop (5pm-7pm)
Workshop fee for members/nonmembers: $40/person
A Lesson In Misdirection - A wild ride of a card effect that is extremely modular and always leaves you 1 step ahead of your spectators. We will focus on card controls, misdirection, and modular routine structuring.
Unique Card Techniques - Michael will teach his personal sleight-of hand card techniques that have been fine-tuned over the years including the "Point and Shoot" control and a fun pocket utility switch.
Uisce Beatha Coins to Glass - A 4 coins to glass routine where everything gets more and more fair with each passing coin! Will work on coin techniques and learn about method cancellation.
Strolling Chop Cup - A 3 phase in the hands chop cup routine that allows the spectator to control the action. No table? No problem! Learn audience management as well as how to structure an act that flows seamlessly from phase to phase.