October 19, 2016, Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events, Theatre + Performing ArtsA touch of illusion… and sprinkle of paprika The Harry Ransom Center partnered with Central Market to present “Dining with Harry Houdini,” a cooking class inspired by the life of the legendary performer and stage illusionist, on Sunday, October 16, 2016.
September 28, 2016, Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events, Research + Teaching, Theatre + Performing ArtsHoudini speaks to the living The trick is to bring Houdini back. Show him to us. Let us hear him speak, watch him make his magic, feel his presence among us, let Houdini live again!
September 22, 2016, Filed Under: Digital Collections, Exhibitions + Events, Theatre + Performing ArtsHoudini: Illusionist and collector This Halloween marks the ninetieth anniversary of the death of the great illusionist Harry Houdini. Born Ehrich Weisz in Budapest in 1874, he got his start as a trapeze artist before turning his attention to magic. He took the name Houdini after the popular French magician Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin. When Houdini… read more
