Chuck?s House of Magic Moves After Halloween Fire

 

Chuck’s Employees Watch Fire

Halloween brought Chuck?s House of Magic not only the traditional increased sales, but also an electrical fire that destroyed the shop.  Chuck and Joyce Gruberman worked out of the Chuck?s House of Magic site since 1994 but after losing inventory and their store in the fire, the couple ran their business out of their home.

 

The couple will move the business once again when they move to a new storefront in Homewood, Illinois.  They?ll take on the former location of Laura?s of Homewood, the women?s apparel store that recently moved to another location. 

 

Their old shop had more than 13,000 square feet of selling space and storage but their new location has just over 3,700 square feet ? sort of a multum in parvo but using magic merchandise instead of magician?s milk.

 

Mr. and Mrs. Gruberman wanted to be open before the Christmas season was complete but it does not look like that will happen. 

 

We wish the couple the best of luck and hope Inside Magic readers in the Homewood, Illinois area will stop by once Chuck?s opens in their new location.

 

You can read about Chuck?s House of Magic in a Chicago Tribune article titled, ?Businesses Serve Communities with Class? by clicking here

 

Visit Chuck?s House of Magic?s website here.
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Chris De Palma Works Both Sides of the Street

 

Chris De Palma

Chris De Palma is featured in the Ventura County (California) Star today for his seemingly divergent vocations.  The 48-year-old magician performs and serves as an entertainment program planner for business functions.  He also owns American National Funding Group Inc., a broker service to land financing for businesses. 

 

As a magician and business entertainment planner for the last 25 years, Mr. De Palma has worked with Disney Talent and Casting, the Hilton Hotels, Coca-Cola, Amgen and Bank of America.  In fact, this Tuesday, December 14th, Mr. De Palma will be working the Disney Studio Christmas Party at the studio in Burbank, California. 

 

Mr. De Palma?s show includes illusions as well as business-related effects; for instance, he transforms a pile of business account-receivable forms into cash — the dream of many business people.  He developed his brokerage business from interaction with business clients in his entertainment work. 

 

“Over the years I’ve become friends with many of my entertainment business clients,” De Palma said. “In some cases, they have told me about their need for funds to expand their operations or take care of current financial needs. This motivated me to launch my new funding group.”

 

You can see Mr. De Palma at work by visiting his magic website and viewing some of the videos.  His style is friendly and funny and professional. His website is no chopped liver, either. 

 

Check out Mr. De Palma?s website (the magic one) here.

You can watch Mr. De Palma perform the vanishing bottle…
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