Magic was not really part of my youth; sports was always my thing. Even now, I spend much of my free time as a youth and high school soccer referee, working approximately 150-175 games a year. The highlight of my refereeing career came in the spring of 2025 when I was selected as the Referee for the Girls State NCISAA – 1A Finals. What an honor! With any luck, all of that running will provide me with a long and happy retirement. I am planning and so looking forward to retiring from the corporate world in 2026. I hope to spend a lot of that newfound free time working on my magic and doing logic puzzles. I have always liked to do logic puzzles (both mental and physical) and still enjoy them until today. This sort of lead me into my career as a Mathematician and Computer Architect (for the last 40 years). I love to reverse engineer magic. No one will watch magic shows with me, as I want to go back and replay them repeatedly until I figure out the process.
A couple of things I am so looking forward to as I enter my retirement from the corporate world is performing more and building more. I have a OneNote with several drawings and boxes of projects that I have started and never had the time to finish. Surprise, Surprise. I hope to have plenty of time to evolve, develop and perform them in the near future.
When I was 12, Santa brought both of my brothers ‘Svengali’ (aka TV Magic Cards) decks in their stockings… I thought they were the coolest things ever. I played with them until I wore them out.
A bad one working on being a funny one for kids
Figuring out ways to make people go wow and laugh at the same time
The third Tuesday of every month, sitting down at the Harlan’s and listening!
The honest open fun dialog with the other magicians.
Proud Home of the International Brotherhood of Magicians Lee-Snavely Ring 199 and The Society of American Magicians Assembly #199
After Friday's announcement about our unexpected move from Meredith, we are thrilled to let you know that tomorrow's RMC meeting will take place at The Raleigh Times in downtown Raleigh. (Learn more about The Raleigh Times HERE!)
And this isn't just a temporary emergency location. The Raleigh Times is part of Empire Eats, a restaurant and events collective built on the cornerstone of community, and we are exploring the possibility of making this the new home of RMC.
Tomorrow will be a bit of a trial run for both RMC and Raleigh Times. If it works well for everyone, this could become our regular meeting location! Empire Eats has already been wonderful to work with, we share the same values, and we're excited about the possibilities for what this partnership could become.
But for now, here's what you need to know:
RMC TOMORROW NIGHT
Tuesday, October 6
7:00–9:00 PM
The Raleigh Times
14 E Hargett St.
Raleigh, NC 27601
PARKING
Downtown parking was one of our biggest concerns, but there are actually lots of nearby options (did you catch what I did there? Lots... like... parking lots....sigh), including several parking decks that offer free parking after 6:00 PM.
The Raleigh Times recommends:
Moore Square Parking Deck
223 S. Wilmington Street
It's directly across the street and free after 6:00 PM.
Empire Eats has also provided a map showing the nearby parking options, which we've included below.
CAN'T MAKE IT IN PERSON?
We'll still have Zoom!
If you can't join us in person, we'd love for you to join us online, especially for the first 15 minutes or so. We have some important RMC business to take care of, including voting on our Constitution and Bylaws, and your participation will help us reach quorum.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/
Meeting ID: 822 2503 1421
Passcode: RMC199ZOOM
And if you're able to join us in person, we're hoping you'll stick around after the meeting!
Raleigh Times is happy to have us stay and jam after our official meeting ends at 9:00 PM, so we're no longer going to have to rush across the street hoping to make it before the kitchen closes. 
We can hang out, talk magic, and enjoy the space together until closing at 11:00 PM.
We're really excited to see everyone tomorrow. And even more excited to see what this next chapter of RMC looks like.
Thank you all for being part of this club.
We're already finding that when one door closes, another one opens. And this one seems pretty magical.
With much magic,
SarahElla Harlan
President, Raleigh Magic Club