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Paige Thompson A Paige in Time

Sarah Elizabeth Larson

Paige Thompson A Paige in Time

Sarah Elizabeth Larson

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See a local magician at a hidden Chicago theater

A hidden door in what looks like a laundromat. A theater with dining-room-style seating where magicians come right to your table. All this is an ordinary evening at the Chicago Magic Lounge in Andersonville. Reset learns more about their shows, which continue throughout fall 2022. GUESTS: Paige Thompson, magician Joey Cranford, CEO and co-founder, Chicago Magic Lounge

Sarah Elizabeth Larson
By Char Daston Sarah Stark Sasha-Ann Simons
   

A hidden door in what looks like a laundromat. A theater with dining-room-style seating where magicians come right to your table. All this is an ordinary evening at the Chicago Magic Lounge in Andersonville.

Reset learns more about their shows, which continue throughout fall 2022.

GUESTS: Paige Thompson, magician

Joey Cranford, CEO and co-founder, Chicago Magic Lounge

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