CHICAGO (WLS) -- People are finding ways to reinvent themselves today as old pre-coronavirus methods no longer work. Since New Year's Eve 2011, guests have been mesmerized at the Magic Parlour, inside ...

In anticipation of her new book, Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear, Elizabeth Gilbert has launched a new podcast called "Magic Lessons." Guests include creatives and experts, and Gilbert's ...

In "Magic Lessons" (Simon & Schuster, a division of ViacomCBS), a prequel to "Practical Magic" and "The Rules of Magic," author Alice Hoffman tells the story of the origins of the Owens family's ...

When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By Edan Lepucki MAGIC LESSONS By Alice Hoffman At the beginning of the year — a lifetime ago — I ...

It was a time of epidemics, magical thinking, fearmongering, violence, vengeance, and the demonization of women who dare to speak out. In a novel with eerie parallels to the present day, Alice Hoffman ...

Given her practical nature, it seems ironic that novelist Alice Hoffman sprinkles magical realism through most of her novels. There’s an abundance of it in her new “Magic Lessons,” the prequel to 1995 ...

SAUERKRAUT TO BRING GOOD LUCK IN THE NEW YEAR. IN YORK, SOME CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN SOME MAGIC TRICKS TODAY. IT’S ALL A PART OF THE THERAPY IS MAGIC SPECIAL NEEDS ...

Witch movies of the ’90s will always hold a special place in my heart. In particular, Practical Magic — which came out a full 20 years ago, in 1998 — remains one of my all-time favorite movies to this ...

BRAMPTON— Local magician Phil Dacosta of Dacosta Magic will be offering kids a chance to learn the tricks of the trade. Starting Jan. 20, Dacosta Magic will offer a 10-week class for youth ages 6-12 ...