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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Robert Loerzel | WBEZ

More magic shows and venues materialize in Chicago for fans of the art of illusion

Veteran Chicago illusionist Dennis Watkins has been performing since fall in a new Magic Parlour space at Petterino’s restaurant. (Kyle Flubacker/Courtesy of the Goodman Theatre)

On any given night in Chicago right now, you can find magicians dazzling audiences in an elegant underground Loop parlor, a rehabbed Rogers Park vaudeville theater or an Andersonville cabaret hidden behind the façade of an industrial laundry. 

There’s even a newish gelato shop in Lincoln Square where magicians sling cards and conjure up other illusions while serving twisted flavors such as Elf Crack. 

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