There was a magic convention in Appleton, Wisconsin, the same weekend as the Houdini Days event (The Houdini Day event was aimed at the general public). Since I had other obligations for most of the weekend, I couldn't attend the convention, or see Mr. Ammar's lecture. Maybe next year I'll get to attend the convention.

hey, how do you find out when and where people like Ammar are lecturing?

First you need to find out which conventions are close enough for you to attend. Then do a internet search to find the convention home page. It should list a schedule of lectures and performances.

I did a search, for instance, and found out Jeff Mcbride hosts a convention in Santa Monica in July. It's probably a little early to find out who'll be there next year.

My local magic shops hosts great lectures every month!! Last month was Ammar. Many people here put down brick and morter magic stores....too bad......

Yeah that's great. And my magic shop hosts a lecture by Jeff Sheridan next month.

Back to the earlier posts about "the OTHER web site"...
It is absolutely RIDICULOUS and childish when the NAMES of other sites get edited in a forum.
It's different when the post is a conflict of interest, but just deleting any words that have to do with any other site is just silly.