Harrison Lampert, a white male magician, stands onstage left at the Chicago Magic Lounge. He is holding a length of white rope. There are several audience members seated at cabaret tables on the right.

For the uninitiated like I was, just entering the Chicago Magic Lounge on a chilly Wednesday evening was a thrill. Via a secret door, the faux-laundromat entry gives way to a luxe theater both steeped in history with posters of illusionists past and very much alive with a small army of close-up magicians working the […]

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