Prepare to be wowed, and learn a little magic to amuse your friends when the Long Beach Island branch of the Ocean County Library in Surf City presents “Magic Lessons with the Amazing V” on Wednesday, July 19 at 6 p.m.

A longtime Ocean County favorite, the Amazing V will entertain youngsters and their families with his interactive performance combining sleight-of-hand and comedy, and will illustrate how some of his crowd-pleasing maneuvers are done.