Mark your calendars: on Tuesday, September 8 at 7PM, PMC welcomes legendary mentalist Docc Hilford to the Denny’s in Old Town Scottsdale (3315 N Scottsdale Rd) for a special one-night lecture, Memorable Mentalism. PMC members get in free — and if you’ve been meaning to renew your dues, this is the perfect night to do it. Non-members are welcome too, for $20 at the door.
Docc has hand-picked a dozen original mentalism effects built entirely around the simplest borrowed props — a deck of cards, a pencil, an envelope, a magazine, a book. No sleights. No heavy gimmicks. Nothing complicated to learn — but the impact hits like a seasoned pro’s closer.
You’ll see a preview of INCUBUS, where a spectator merely thinks of a card from a shuffled, borrowed deck, and Docc doesn’t just nail the prediction — he produces physical evidence of it that can be displayed for everyone to see afterward.
And PSYCHOMANIA, his Q&A routine designed for Miami Fashion Week parties, where torn pages of a fashion magazine become “tarot cards,” up to sixteen guests seal their questions in envelopes, and Docc answers each one while naming the exact card each person secretly holds — no stooges, no switches, no added gimmicks.
The lecture also covers magazine telepathy, card mentalism with a borrowed deck, poker mind reading, a stunning opening number test, contact mind reading, and an everyday translocation effect.
Docc Hilford has performed in 18 countries, was a keynote speaker at the Smithsonian Institution, and has won awards from the Psychic Entertainers Association, the Inner Circle of Bizarre Magick, the Society of American Magicians, and the Milbourne Christopher Foundation. He’s only bringing Memorable Mentalism to six U.S. cities this fall before heading to Buenos Aires in October — so this really is a one-time chance to catch it live. Come baffle your friends (and your local Denny’s) — see you September 8!
