Are you considering hiring a mentalist for your event? Having trouble picturing how it would play out? My top piece of advice would be to find a professional with branding that seems to match what you have in mind, as well as a track record of success entertaining for major corporations, and then get them on a call and explain your event in detail. A good mentalist will work with you to coordinate all the little details that can change a bad performance into a good one, or a good performance...

A river of magic history runs through our city, from the days of vaudeville and the first big budget traveling magic shows, to comedy and mentalism luminaries like Jay Marshall and Eugene Burger, to the origination of close-up and strolling magic at bars, restaurants, and private clubs. Countless great magicians got their starts here, before moving away to LA or New York, but now, like the Chicago river itself, the flow has reversed, with magicians moving back to this great city. There are...

My wife and I have been performing magic in Chicago for just over a year (we moved from Los Angeles). At first, we pursued and accepted all gigs, including birthday parties, holidays, graduations, corporate, trade shows, school functions for children with disabilities, religious functions, and retirement home memory care clinics. We slowly narrowed down the scope of our work to align with our passion for stage magic as well as corporate work that helps pay the bills, but the experience of...