The Reader turns 50 today, and we can’t think of a better way to celebrate our golden anniversary than by checking out some of the events that give our city (and surrounding areas) a cultural glow and make us happy to be here. Cheers! Fri 10/1: Fall is here and Pride has returned! This weekend […]
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August abundance
The torpor-inducing temperatures seem to be cooling down, so it’s a good time to get out and about. Here are some mid-August events worth looking into. Fri-Sun 8/13-8/15 (and through 8/29): High school can be fraught, as so many teen dramedies have taught us. School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play, Jocelyn Bioh’s comedy […]
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Pure Lies gives us magic with a touch of malarkey
Trent James lights up Wednesdays at the Chicago Magic Lounge.
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Some of the best entertainment in the city this week is at Potter & Potter’s automata auction
Wind ’em up and watch ’em make magic.
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It’s 1893 all over again in “Sean Masterson’s Timeless Magic”
The acts are up close and personal, but the magic feels real at the Chicago Magic Lounge.
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The Incredible Jan Rose and Alba transform magic into a women’s game
The two magicians headline the Chicago Magic Lounge this month.
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Step inside David Parr’s Cabinet of Curiosities
The magic goes beyond what you see onstage.
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The resurgence of magic in Chicago is no illusion
A survey of Chicago magic’s illustrious past, reemergent present—and the woman who could be its future
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A brief, wondrous history of Chicago magic
New York had Broadway. LA had Hollywood. Chicago had magic.
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The secrets of Chicago’s not-so-secret society of magicians
Despite after-hours nightclub conclaves and Freemason-like fraternal initiation ceremonies, the mystique of the magic community is mostly smoke and mirrors.
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Top magic shows in Chicago
Catch local illusionists and touring acts around the city at venues old and new.
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Bringing back the close-up magic that Chicago gave the world in the 1920s
The Chicago Magic Lounge in Uptown aims to be a clubhouse for the sleight-of-hand artists keeping the craft alive.