Irma the ghost piano player has had the Magic Castle all to herself for the last 14 months while Hollywood’s famed private club for magicians has been locked up. The doors of the swanky mansion will ...

The conjurers have decided to stay put at Hollywood's Magic Castle. In a membership vote of the Academy of Magical Arts that concluded Monday, members say that about 92% of those voting endorsed a ...

This week, LAist Studios debuts "Imperfect Paradise: The Castle" — Part 2. In Part 1, hobbyist magician Carly Usdin fell in love with the Magic Castle, a members-only magician’s club in Los Angeles.

Change has come to the Magic Castle after a scandalous stretch — and guests will notice it moments after they enter the storied venue. For years, there was something of an open secret among the club's ...

Milt Larsen, an illusionist and former TV game show writer best known as the co-founder of the Magic Castle, Los Angeles’ private club for magicians, died Sunday of natural causes, his family ...

This week, LAist Studios debuts Imperfect Paradise: The Castle — Part 4. It's the story of how one hobbyist magician fell in love with a Los Angeles institution cloaked in mystery — the Magic Castle.

Aidan Corcoran, left, Jordan Meller, Jacob Martinez and Anja Steyn are members of the Academy of Magical Arts' Junior Society at the Magic Castle. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times) Anja Steyn has ...

On the East Coast, all eyes are on Donald Trump and his criminal trial over alleged hush-money payments made to porn actress Stormy Daniels and others. And on the West Coast, another hearing is ...

Milt Larsen, who co-founded Hollywood's famed Magic Castle in the early 1960s, has died at the age of 92, club officials announced on Monday. "It is with heavy hearts that the Academy of Magical Arts ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Milton “Milt” Larsen, a magician and TV ...

Milt Larsen, co-founder of the Magic Castle in Hollywood, died today at age 92. The former TV comedy writer grew up in a family of performers and long dreamed of opening a club for magicians. One ...