If you attend the “Champions of Magic” holiday show Dec. 10 at the Scranton Cultural Center, fourth-generation magician Liberty Larsen said, there is a chance you could end up being part of the act.

Call it magic or call it charm, the Variety Show has a creative energy all its own. “There’s really a lot. You get spoken word, you get music from every aspect,” said Rick Hudak, who performs in the ...