STAATSBURG, N.Y. — Staatsburgh State Historic Site will host a magic lantern show aimed at children ages 7 through 12 on Sunday, May 7, at 2 and 4 p.m. Joel Schlemowitz and Dawn Elliott will ...

Victorian-era entertainment comes to the University of Mary on Saturday. The American Magic-Lantern Theater group will perform a Halloween special at 1 and 2:30 p.m. in Arno Gustin Hall. The ...

MOUNT HOLLY – Take a step back in time and marvel at the beauty and atmosphere of 19th century entertainment during Burlington County’s Art of the Magic Lantern performance festival and exhibit.

STAATSBURG — On May 7, Staatsburgh State Historic Site will host a children’s magic lantern show for children ages 7 to 12. Attendees can reserve an arrival time slot between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. at ...

Terry Borton and the American Magic-Lantern Theater will be featured at the Chosen Valley Chautauqua at 8 p.m. Friday at Potter Auditorium in Chatfield. Tickets: $10 at Root River State Bank in ...

MUSCATINE — This Friday, Muscatine is getting a new Christmas show that's a bit more old-fashioned. The Christmas Magic Lantern show is an authentic Victorian experience that uses projected images, ...

The analogies to a magic lantern show are explicit: the drawing of the curtains, the sudden light, the hybrid figure of the child who is also an old man, and especially that "bright clear jet of light ...

Regarded as magic in the 1650s, this device was refined into the more scientific sounding sciopticon by the mid-1800s. The Pettibone Peacock Sciopticon is a simple device when you compare it to ...