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Award-winning Chinese magician Juliana Chen will appear at the Peppermill in Reno for two shows, Friday, March 4 and Saturday, March 5, in the Peppermill?s ballrooms.

Ms. Chen is connected not only to great magic but also to the voice talent of one of the best cartoons of the late 1960’s.

The Peppermill Hotel and Casino is outside of the downtown Reno environs but provides a nice theater for magic.

Here’ some trivia, it was also the location of the lovely Gwyneth Paltrow’s dark film Hard Eight in which she plays a cocktail waitress by day and a working girl by night.

Ms. Paltrow wrote of her time in Reno:

It’s depressing. You’re shooting in a casino at 4 a.m. and you would see these blue-haired people sticking there social security right in the slot. But there was something really fun and dark and seductive about being there.

Ms. Paltrow as Clementine in Hard Eight

We mention Ms. Paltrow’s connection to the Peppermill because as in Six-Degrees of Separation, she connects Ms. Chen with virtually anyone.

For instance, Ms. Paltrow is daughter of Blythe Danner, who starred in The Great Santini with Robert Duval, who acted with Martin Sheen, who worked on a Habitat…

Juliana Chen

Award-winning Chinese magician Juliana Chen will appear at the Peppermill in Reno for two shows, Friday, March 4 and Saturday, March 5, in the Peppermill?s ballrooms.

Ms. Chen is connected not only to great magic but also to the voice talent of one of the best cartoons of the late 1960’s.

The Peppermill Hotel and Casino is outside of the downtown Reno environs but provides a nice theater for magic.

Here’ some trivia, it was also the location of the lovely Gwyneth Paltrow’s dark film Hard Eight in which she plays a cocktail waitress by day and a working girl by night.

Ms. Paltrow wrote of her time in Reno:

Ms. Paltrow as Clementine in Hard Eight

We mention Ms. Paltrow’s connection to the Peppermill because as in Six-Degrees of Separation, she connects Ms. Chen with virtually anyone.

For instance, Ms. Paltrow is daughter of Blythe Danner, who starred in The Great Santini with Robert Duval, who acted with Martin Sheen, who worked on a Habitat for Humanity project with Jimmy Carter, who admitted in a Playboy Interview that he lusted in his heart for southern beauty and actress Blythe Danner.

Quick Draw McGraw

Okay, that one sort of just went around in a circle. But earlier, we were able to connect Ms. Chen to the voice talent behind Quick Draw McGraw. We forgot how but the Peppermill is the key.

Ms. Chen, the first Chinese woman to win a world championship in the 50-year history of the World Congress of Magicians, has an impressive list of accomplishments, including winning the All-China Best Magician competition and the International Brotherhood of Magicians competition, plus she is the Grand Prix-winner of the Magic Hands competition.

Check out our earlier article about Ms. Chen and her opinion on women in magic and David Copperfield.

The show will be in English, and all who love great magic and entertainment are encouraged to attend. Tickets for this mesmerizing show are $20 for General Admission and $30 VIP seats.

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