Aidan Corcoran, left, Jordan Meller, Jacob Martinez and Anja Steyn are members of the Academy of Magical Arts' Junior Society at the Magic Castle. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times) Anja Steyn has ...

To help pay for his undergraduate education, Elias Garcia-Pelegrin had an unusual summer job: cruise ship magician. “I was that guy who comes out at dinnertime and does random magic for you,” he says.

There are a variety of tricks and magic styles on display throughout the performance – not just card tricks, which Chu said dominated prior years’ shows. He added that the show tries to vary in tone, ...

Anja Steyn has three disparate loves: puzzles, horror movies and magic. And during her show at the Magic Castle two weeks ago, she not only predicted the horror film someone was thinking of — she ...