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This weekend, The ArtsCenter in Carrboro will be hosting magician Joshua Lozoff's virtual showcase. 

<p>HOW YOU CAN BE &gt;&gt;&gt; THE PANDEMIC HAS TAKEN A TOLL ON A LOT OF THINGS. ONE OF THEM IS LOCAL THEATER. THIS WEEKEND, THE ART CENTER IN CARRBORO WILL FEATURE A SPECIAL GUEST, VIRTUALLY. THIS IS JOSH RUN HIS SHOW KATIE HIS GREATEST HITS OF ALL. &gt;&gt; BEFORE WE GET TO THIS, SNEAK PETE, GREAT TO HAVE YOU BACK. HOW IS BUSINESS LATELY? &gt;&gt; IT IS GREAT TO BE BACK BUT I NEED TO HAVE YOU MAKE ONE QUICK CHOICE. THE CLASSIC EIGHT PACK OF CRAYONS. BLACK, RED, ORANGE, GREEN, SO ON. CHOOSE A COLOR NOW. &gt;&gt; PURPLE. &gt;&gt; ALL RIGHT. IN FIVE MINUTES, I WILL INVITE YOU TO CHANGE YOUR MIND. WE WILL SEE IF YOU'LL LET ME CHANGE YOUR MIND I WILL PUT THIS BACK IN THE BOX. AND NOW, YOU KNOW, CONSIDERING THAT UNDER NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES I MAKE MY LIVING TRAVELING AROUND AND PERFORMING FOR LARGE GROUPS OF PEOPLE, PACKED TIGHTLY TO GATHER ENCLOSED SPACES, THE PAST YEAR HAS NOT BEEN AS MUCH OF A DISASTER AS I COULD HAVE BEEN. BEEN DOING ZOOM SHOWS FOR ANYWHERE PEOPLE WANT TO HAVE FUN AND HAVE ME LIVE STREAM MAGIC SHOWS. I'M DOING A PUBLIC SHOW ON SUNDAY AND YOU CAN GET A TICKET AND ENJOY IT. &gt;&gt; JOSHUA, YOU'VE BEEN ON. WHAT TRICKS DO YOU HAVE? &gt;&gt; I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU THE PICTURE OF MY FAMILY, THIS IS MY WIFE MELISSA AND MY SON JOEY. I'M SHOWING YOU THIS PICTURE BECAUSE I'M ABOUT TO TRY SOMETHING WITH YOU THAT IS ENTIRELY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT I PLANNED. THAT'S BECAUSE OF JOEY. TWO DAYS AGO, FOLKS, JOEY CAME UP TO ME AND HEARD I WAS GOING TO DO MAGIC ON TV. HE CAME RUNNING UP AND HE RAN THROUGH HIS ROOM AND CAME OUT WITH A BOX. I WILL TELL YOU WHAT HE PUT IN THE BOX AFTER HAVE BOTH OF YOU MAKE A FEW RANDOM CHOICES. ARE YOU READY? I WILL GO QUICKLY. MAY FEEL STRESSFUL BUT I'VE WATCHED YOU BOTH YOU CAN HANDLE STRESS. &gt;&gt; ALTERNATE OR THE SAME TIME? &gt;&gt; I WILL GUIDE YOU THROUGH THIS PROCESS. YOU ARE GOING TO GO FIRST AND IN FRONT OF THE NEWS DESK WAY TO IMAGINE THAT YOU LOOK OUT AND SEE A BABY ANIMAL. WALKING BY AND IT'S A PANDA CUB, A PIGLET, OR A BABY BUNNY. TAKE A LOOK AND SEE WHAT YOU SEE. &gt;&gt; A PANDA. &gt;&gt; A PANDA, YES. VERY NICE. KEN, YOU AND I ARE ON A ROAD TRIP TOGETHER AND THROUGH THE STATIC AFTER I TURN ON THE RADIO, WE HEAR SOME MUSIC. IS IT THE BEATLES, STEVIE WONDER, DOLLY PARTON, OR BEYONCI? DON'T DECIDE, LISTEN. &gt;&gt; JAN SAY. BEYONCI. &gt;&gt; I CAN HEAR ALL THE SINGLE LADIES I HEAR IT. MIKAYA, LOOKING AT ME. STONE COLD SERIOUS, ELSA, OLAF OR ANNA. &gt;&gt; ELSA. &gt;&gt; OKAY FINALLY, KEN. REMEMBER YOU HAD EIGHT COLORS TO CHOOSE FROM OF CRAYONS AND YOU PICKED PURPLE AND I SAID I WOULD GIVE YOU ONE CHANCE TO KEEP HER CHANGE HER MIND. HE WENT TO CHANGE IT FOR RED, BLACK, BROWN, BLUE, GREEN, YELLOW AND ORANGE OR PURPLE? &gt;&gt; I WILL GO WITH RED. &gt;&gt; YOU WILL SWITCH TO RED. IT FELT RIGHT TO MAKE &gt;&gt; YEAH. EXACTLY. &gt;&gt; LET'S GO BACK TO THE BOX. I LOOKED INSIDE AND I SAW SOME RANDOM STUFF FROM HIS ROOM. AND I SAID COME A WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO WITH THIS AND HE SAID HE WANTED ME TO DO MAGIC ON TV. AS &gt;&gt; Reporter: I SAID THAT HE CAN DO ANYTHING. &gt;&gt; HE SAID WHAT IF I GIVE YOU MY DIMPLE SMILE? JUST TO KNOW WHAT I'M DEALING WITH, THIS IS JOEY'S DIMPLE SMILE. IT IS IRRESISTIBLE. SO I LOOKED AT HIM AND I SAID, ALL RIGHT, I CAN IMAGINE THAT I COULD DESIGN AN EXPERIENCE WITH MIKAYA AND KEN WHERE I CREATE SUGGESTION AND DROPPING LITTLE HINTS THROUGH THE MINUTES OF TALKING TO THEM THAT BUILD TO THE POINT WHERE I INVITE THEM TO MAKE FOUR RANDOM CHOICES THAT ACTUALLY ARE NOT RANDOM AT ALL. WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT THAT? &gt;&gt; OH MY GOSH. &gt;&gt; LET'S SEE IT. &gt;&gt; JOEY LOOKS AT ME AND SAID I DON'T UNDERSTAND ANYTHING YOU JUST SAID. AND I SAID I'M GOING TO BRING YOUR BOX SO LET'S SEE THIS BOX INSIDE, MIKAYA, THERE WASN'T A RANDOM ANIMAL RUNNING AROUND YOUR DESK. NO IT WASN'T RANDOM AT ALL. IT WAS ONE I WAS PUTTING OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MINUTES. JOEY'S FAVORITE STUFF HE, HIS PANDA BEAR. &gt;&gt; NO WAY. &gt;&gt; OKAY. &gt;&gt; KEN, LISTEN, JOEY LOVES DOLLY PARTON. HE LOVES THE BEATLES AND HE WANTS TO PLAY TRUMPET BUT WHEN HE AND I GO ON A ROAD TRIP TOGETHER, WE BRING ONE CD WITH US AND WE PLAY IT OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND I DON'T MIND AT ALL. AS MUCH AS HE DOES, I LOVE BEYONCI. AND MIKAYA, I WOULD LOVE TO TELL YOU THAT ELSA IS HIS FAVORITE FROZEN BUT HE PREFERS OLAF AND ANNA WHICH IS WHY HE KEPT THOSE DOLLS FOR HIMSELF AND HAD ME DO MAGIC WITH ELSA. &gt;&gt; YES. &gt;&gt; ONE MORE THING INSIDE THE BOX. WE KNOW THERE IS THIS PACK OF CRAYONS. AND KEN CAN REMEMBER, I SAID IT WOULD TAKE FOUR MINUTES TO CHANGE HER MIND. AND YOU DID YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND TO THE COLOR RED. THE CRAZY PART IS, INSIDE THE BOX, IS INDEED A RED CRAYON. WHICH YOU ARE THE COULD MAYBE IT'S NOT THAT IMPRESSIVE BECAUSE THERE SEVEN OTHER CRAYONS BUT THERE ARE. THIS ONE IS ALSO RED AND THERE IS ANOTHER RED ONE AND THERE IS FIVE MORE RED CRAYONS INSIDE OF THE BOX. I'M LOOKING AT ALL OF YOUR CHOICES, THE TWO OF YOU YOU DID AMAZING. &gt;&gt; UNBELIEVABLE. &gt;&gt; THERE IS ONLY ONE WAY TO CELEBRATE THAT. &gt;&gt; MAGICIAN JOSH LOZOFF, VIA ZOOM ON THE ART CENTER IN CARRBORO. YOU DID IT AGAIN. &gt;&gt; AMAZING, THANK YOU. &gt;&gt; TELL ME HOW YOU DID IT</p>

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Magician Joshua Lozoff does a special magic trick over zoom to brighten up our days during the pandemic. 

WE HAVE A LITTLE MAGIC THAT WILL BRIGHTEN YOUR DAY. THIS IS FOR THE FOURTH OF JULY WEEKEND. THE MAGICIAN JOSH WAS WITH US AND HE TRAVELS ACROSS THE NATION PERFORMING HIS SHOW LIFE IS MAGIC AND GOOD MORNING TO YOU THANK YOU FOR GLAD TO BE WITH YOU.>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME ON TO THIS IS THE THIRD TIME ON THE SHOW SO I APPRECIATE IT. >> THAT'S HOW IMPRESSED WE ARE EVERY SINGLE TIME. HOW HAS LIFE BEEN PROFESSIONALLY FOR YOU? I KNOW YOU HAD TO CHANGE HER BUSINESS MODEL. >> IT IS REALLY INTERESTING WHEN EVERYTHING FIRST HIT IN MARCH I THOUGHT I JUST GOT TO SHUT DOWN FOR A WHILE AND THAT WAS REALLY PAINFUL AND LOTS OF DIFFERENT WAYS BUT I STARTED GETTING OPPORTUNITIES TO PERFORM VIRTUALLY FOR PRIVATE PARTIES AND CORPORATE EVENTS AND THAT HAS TAKEN UP A LOT OF MY TIME. IT IS A BIG CHALLENGE BUT REALLY WONDERFUL. WE CERTAINLY, IF ANYTHING WE NEED MAGIC NOW MORE THAN NEVER. I AM DOING MY PART IN ANY MEDIUM I CAN.>> LET'S GET TO THIS NATIONAL TRICK THAT YOU ARE WORKING ON FOR US.>> I AM GRATEFUL THAT YOU HAD ME ON FOR THE THIRD TIME SO I WROTE YOU GUYS A THANK YOU CARD I WROTE IT AND I DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO MAIL IT IN THE MAIL BUT WE WILL OPEN IT UP AFTER THE TRICK. SO ALL RIGHT I'VE BEEN THINKING A LOT ABOUT NAMES LATELY AND HOW THE NAMES ARE SO INTERESTING BECAUSE THERE ARE SO FUNDAMENTAL TO WHO WE ARE WE DON'T CHOOSE THEM IT IS CRAZY THAT OUR NAMES ARE NOT ONLY CHOSEN FOR ME BUT IT WAS CHOSEN FOR ME BEFORE I WAS EVEN ME. SO IT DOESN'T REFLECT ME IN ANY WAY, IF ANYTHING IT INFORMS WHO I AM AND MAYBE IT WOULD BE A DIFFERENT PERSON IF MY NAME WAS KEANU I WOULD BE A MOVIE STAR I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE EVER THOUGHT ABOUT IT BUT KEN, IF YOU COULD CHOOSE A FIRST NAME, WHICH  WOULD IT BE?>> CRAIG.>> CRAIG. YOU CAME UP WITH CRAIG.>> YOU PROBABLY NEVER THOUGHT OF IT BEFORE.>> THIS IS REALLY, I LOVE THE NAME ZOE.>> THAT IS A BEAUTIFUL NAME. SO WE COULD BE HAVING THE WRAL MORNING NEWS WITH CRAIG AND ZOE. LET'S GET BACK TO WHO WE ARE, KEN AND LENA AND JOSH. HAVE A DECK OF CARDS BECAUSE I HAVEN'T NAMED ALL THE CARDS. I'VE LITERALLY  GIVEN FIRST NAMES, SOME MIGHT ARGUE HAVE HAD TOO MUCH TIME ON MY HANDS BUT I'VE GIVEN FIRST NAMES TO ALL THE CARDS FOR THIS IS A SOPHIE AND A HUGO AND ROSA, EVERY CARD HAS A DIFFERENT NAME LIKE EVERY CARD IS DIFFERENT AND I CAN EXACTLY ARTICULATE HOW I CAME UP WITH THE NAMES OF THE JUNE CARDS I DON'T EVEN KNOW SAM BUT IT FELT RIGHT. ACE OF SPADES IS HUGO OR THEO, IT'S THEO. BUT NOW, KEN AND THE SECOND I WANT YOU TO CALL AT ANY CARD IN THE DECK  DON'T DO IT YET BECAUSE IT HAS A CHANCE OF WORKING IF YOU FOLLOW MY GUIDANCE HERE. SO IF YOU'VE ARTIE THOUGHT OF A CAR LET IT GO. IN A MOMENT HE WILL CHECK IN WITH YOURSELF AND TAKE A DEEP BREATH IN AND FEEL LIKE IT'S COMING FROM DEEP INSIDE OF YOU, FOR REAL. CALLOUT, OTHER THAN THESE TWO, CALL OUT ANY OTHER CARD ON THE DECK.>> AMANDA.>> LIKE THE CARD FROM A DECK.>> ROSIE.>> OTHER THAN THESE TWO.>> KING OF SPADES.>> THAT WAS A PROCESS BECAUSE WE GOT FLUSTERED AND THAT IS FINE. BUT YOU SAID QUEEN OF SPADES? KING OF SPADES. LET'S FIND IT AND WHEN YOU FINALLY GOT TO THAT ONE, LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION, DID I FEEL RANDOM? OR DID IT FEEL, HERE WE GO, KING OF SPADES OR DID IT FEEL RIGHT? >> VERY RANDOM.>> A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY THAT. YOU SAID A BUNCH OF FIRST NAMES BUT YOU KNOW WHAT NAME I GAVE TO THE KING OF SPADES?>> NO.>> WE KNOW IT IS NOT SAM OR THEO OR ANY OF THESE NAMES, RACHEL OR JAMAAL OR SOPHIE OR LUIS. IT IS NONE OF THESE NAMES. NONE OF THESE NAMES FELT RIGHT FOR THE KING OF SPADES. THERE IS ONLY ONE RIGHT NAME AND IS THE REASON YOU CHOSE IN THE FIRST PLACE EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT CONSCIOUSLY AWARE OF IT. THE NAME IS RIGHT FOR THE KING OF SPADES.>> WHAT?>> NO WAY. NO WAY DID THAT JUST HAPPENED. DID YOU NAME THAT CARD KEN? WHAT?>> YOU CALLED IT OUT. I'M ONLY RUSSIAN BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE VERY LITTLE TIME LEFT AND WENT TO GET TO THE THANK YOU CARD WITH THAT WAS CRAZY, I HAVE CHILLS. WHEN YOU SAID I THOUGHT THERE IS NO WAY HE'S GOING TO NAME THE RIGHT CARD AND YOU DIDN'T I'M SO HAPPY.>> CRAZINESS.>> LISTEN I HAVE THIS THANK YOU CARD AND I WROTE IT THIS MORNING AND WHEN I WROTE I WROTE SOMETHING VERY STRANGE ON AND I WASN'T SURE WHY I WROTE UNTIL NOW. DENNIS SET IT UP HERE AND IS IN HIS THE WHOLE TIME AND THEN THE NEXT THING THAT HAPPENED IS WE TALKED ABOUT NAMES WE MIGHT CHOOSE FOR OURSELVES AND I SAID I MIGHT CHOOSE KEANU AND KEN SAID CRAIG  AND LENA SAID ZOE. NOW I UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT I WROTE BECAUSE WHEN I WROTE IT I SAID WITH THANKS FROM KEANU.>> NO WAY. ARE YOU KIDDING ME? >> OKAY, OKAY SO WE HAVE NOT TALKED BEFORE THIS. THERE IS NO ARRANGEMENT AT ALL. WOW. IT IS, WHAT? I DON'T GET IT. >> MY MIND IS COMPLETELY BLOWN. >> MY BOTH MY VIRTUAL SHOW IS AVAILABLE AT JOSHUALOZOFF.COM.

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