The “Eccentrics” are on Hiatus,
to fulfill private booking commitments,
update our show and renovate our Parlor!
Please check back later for our
Grand Re-opening dates. thank you!

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Join us at the charming and historic
Chancellor Hotel on Union Square
to celebrate San Francisco’s wacky and romantic past,
with world-class entertainers
Spinning Tales and Weaving Enchantment.

Share libations and delicacies one-half-hour before the show
in our elegant and intimate theatre
every Friday and Saturday Evening at 8:00pm sharp. 

Performance-artists Walt Anthony, David Miller, Brian Scott and Ruth Fraser
deliver wonder and wizardry to savor, bringing to life memorable portraits of
wild-and-woolly characters from San Francisco’s colorful and notorious past!

We’ve re-launched the highly praised
“Eccentrics of San Francisco’s Barbary Coast”…a magical escapade!
now permanently housed within the San Francisco Magic Parlor at
the Chancellor Hotel, 433 Powell Street, on Union Square along the Cable Car line.

Our Victorian Theatre is elegant yet informal in ambiance
-a comfortable room where both tourists and locals can experience
distinctive magic with a classic theatrical flavor- without totally emptying their pocketbooks.
An intimate stage will be the focal point of the theatre,
the theatre seating only about three-dozen guests.

Audiences gather for a seventy-five minute show abounding with local anecdotes and lore
presented by captivating conjurers and tale-tellers. 
We’re working with terrific folk at the Chancellor Hotel to re-establish the San Francisco Magic Parlor
in a perfect location accessible to both residents and visitors to the Bay Area!
 
Mirroring the traditions of San Francisco’s bygone venues: The Magic Cellar, Merlin McFly’s, and the Mansions Hotel, as well as the various ongoing “Magic Nights” around the country such as the famed Hollywood Magic Castle and Monday Night Magic in New York, we will host professional magicians to ensure a consistent caliber of top-quality performances. 

We truly hope our "Eccentrics of San Francisco's Barbary Coast" a magical escapade! will prove a long-term venture which will elevate magic as an art-form in the public’s mind, and send folks back home from the Bay Area with very Magical memories of their California visit!

Seating is Limited in Our Intimate Theatre
RESERVATIONS ARE RECOMMENDED

$30 Entertainment Charge
Refreshments Available One-Half Hour Before the Show

-suggested for fourteen-years to adults -

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REVIEWS:

Abracadabra! …San Francisco Magic Parlor
 
Those who complain that San Francisco has lost its magic may be cheered to hear that the city is getting some back…
the intimate new show of up-close-and-personal prestidigitation featuring local conjurers.
-Dennis Harvey, Variety Magazine
© 2002 Digital City, Inc. DigitalCity Entertainment Guide
 
“Shimmering fairy tales are Anthony’s métier…conjuring up a façade of bygone elegance”…
- Steven Winn, San Francisco Chronicle-

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DR. CAROL CHANNING - HARRY KULLIJIAN
FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS

 “While reading, writing, and math feed the child’s mind,
the Arts fuel their hearts and souls, fostering
compassion, empathy, and wisdom during the school years
and throughout their lives.”
-San Francisco Magic Parlor 2009-

The San Francisco Magic Parlor is aligned with the mission and goals of the Channing-Kullijian Foundation for Arts in Education,
and kindly requests your energy and support for this fine organization and crucial cause.  

The purpose of The Channing-Kullijian Foundation is to launch a statewide awareness campaign heralding the
benefits of reinstating Arts back into the curriculum of public schools of California
and to provide funding of scholarships for students and teachers in the Arts.

FACT: The Arts bring creativity and critical thinking skills to other subjects such as science and math within the schools’ curriculum.

FACT: Students who are engaged in the arts have a better attendance rate than those who are not engaged in the arts.

FACT: The Arts in all public schools enrich and endure for a lifetime.

Quoting Carol Channing:
"It’s got to be included in education because what it does, it fertilizes young minds.
When they are exposed to the arts, they get brighter in everything else. That’s what happened to me."

Please consider contributing your support or services or
please send your tax-deductible donation of $25.00 or more
as an autograph request or simply to donate funds!
www.DrChanningFoundation.org

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Carol Channing is best known and loved for her portrayals of the irresistible Dolly Levi, the title character of the Broadway musical phenomenon,
Hello, Dolly! and the endearing diamond-digger Lorelei Lee in the Broadway hit Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. 

Carol is perhaps the only living theatrical star whose name brings a smile to the face of people in virtually every city and town across the world.
Carol was recently married to her junior high school sweetheart, businessman Harry Kullijian, after a 70 year separation. 

The career of Carol Channing is varied and continuing.  She performs with the gusto of a young aspiring actress, her heart will remain on stage even though she has recently committed her life to bring a refocus of the Arts in the public educational system of California,
through scholarships, teaching and lecturing, and performing, hoping to engage the public support for Education in the Arts.

Further Information:  SFMagicParlor@SBCGlobal.Net

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