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Northshore October 2025
“I wouldn’t deceive you for the world.” This was the catchphrase of Howard Thurston, the most famous magician of the early 20th century. While his flamboyant, theatrical brand of magic is overshadowed in cultural memory by the dramatic stunts of Harry Houdini, it was Thurston’s ability to make rabbits turn into boxes of candy and women levitate that made him the quintessential “magician.” That’s why a six-foot poster to one of his shows, from 1929, opens a new exhibit at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem this season: Conjuring the Spirit World: Art, Magic, and Mediums. The exhibit centers around artwork and objects of medi
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