Learn what important African Americans in history were like as children. Search the museum for clues and activities.

As famed escape artist Harry Houdini circles the globe performing one incredible stunt after another, Victor, a young devotee goes through his own rigorous magician's training - locking himself in closets, holding his breath under water and walking into walls.  After a chance encounter with his hero, Victor receives a special box that just might contain the secrets of Houdini's great success. Performances run Jan. 24-March 4 at Mercury Theater, 3745 N. Southport Ave., Chicago and from March 14-25, 2012 at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts, 9501 Skokie Blvd., Skokie.