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For an hour on Saturday night, a bedraggled empty lot at 27th and State streets was transformed into a wondrous place, as it came alive with music and stories and history and pride.
Ragtime in Bronzeville
Chris Sweda / Chicago Tribune
As orchestra director and piano player Reginald Robinson, right, stands by, director Cheryl Lynn Bruce helps emcee Sydney Charles prepare for “An Evening at the Pekin Theatre,” an outdoor historical ragtime production, performed at the corner of 27th and State in Chicago’s Bronzeville neighborhood. 
