Houdini tribute edition of Porchlight with James Randi, Jan 12

The Contemporary Jewish Museum have announced one more special event as part of their Houdini Art and Magic programing. This time the legendary James Randi will be joining a special "Houdini tribute edition" of San Francisco's popular Porchlight storytelling series. Here are the details:

PERFORMANCE
Abracadabra! Stories about Magic with Porchlight
Thursday, January 12 @ 7 – 8:30 PM

In this special, one-time-only Houdini-tribute edition of San Francisco’s popular Porchlight storytelling series, hosts Beth Lisick and Arline Klatte present a cast of magicians, mentalists, and spiritualist debunkers, who brave the audience to confess first-hand accounts of brushes with magic. Storytellers include magic show maestro, Stallion; professional magician and “debunker,” James (The Amazing) Randi; mentalist and comedian Eric Mead; and All Things Considered contributor and magician Dayvid Figler.

Porchlight, now in its 8th year, is San Francisco's premier storytelling series. People from different backgrounds are invited to tell 10-minute true stories without using notes or memorization. Past storytellers include some of the area's most entertaining school bus drivers, mushroom hunters, politicians, socialites, sex workers, musicians, authors, systems analysts, and social workers.

Click here to buy tickets at the CJM website

In related news, James Randi will return to The Magic Castle on Monday, January 16, 8pm to 11pm, for the second part of his interview with Max Maven. Randi last appeared to a standing room only crowd at the Castle back in September 2010. The interview is a "Castle Perk" open to AMA members.