The Linking Ring is I.B.M.'s monthly magic magazine. Each issue contains nearly 150 total pages of fascinating performer profiles, historical features, and magic for all skill levels, from beginners to advanced performers. Learn to assemble reviews of newly released magic effects, tricks and videos. Find out which group is right for you and get involved and enjoy the magic!
16 OUR COVER: CHARLES ARKIN
Simone Marron profiles the magical life of our new International President,Charles Arkin.
24 COMBINED I.B.M. – S.A.M. BROKEN WAND SERVICE
Past International President Joe M. Turner and S.A.M. Past National President ICE McDonald joined forces to perform a joint Broken Wand ceremony for a member of both organizations.
26 THE EXTRAORDINARY LIFE OF MILT LARSEN
Milt Larsen was widely known as a founder of the Magic Castle, but his talents stretched far beyond this accomplishment. Dale Salwak recounts Larsen’s wide-ranging influence during his remarkable career.
32 IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFFFFE
The famed Fechter’s Finger-Flicking Frolic (4F) roars back from its pandemic hiatus. Robin Dawes creatively reports on the 2023 event.
46 A PORTRAIT OF THE PROFESSIONAL
Connecting to our past is an important part of maturing as individuals and performers, Dale Salwak maintains, as he reveals the powerful experience of unearthing a metal box containing a letter written to himself decades earlier.
Columns
12 FROM THE EDITOR
13 THE PRESIDENT’S PAGE
49 FROM OUR UK
CORRESPONDENT
60 MARKETING MAGIC
64 POLISHING THE RINGS
67 TEACHING MAGIC
Departments
52 YOUTH TRIVIA
95 HOCUS IN FOCUS
101 BROKEN WAND
Trick Section
69 DAN ALESSINI
TOM CONLEY
TWO-MAN PARADE
87 THE CARD CORNER
90 SIMPLE DIVERSIONS
92 AUTO-MAGIC
Miscellaneous
14 PICTURES FROM THE PAST
41 RING EVENTS
55 MAGIC AND MEMORIES
66 DID YOU KNOW?
68 SICK & CONVALESCENT
144 APPLICATIONS/
REINSTATEMENTS
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