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The Cinémathèque moved out of the Palais de Chaillot and into the restored, Frank Gehry-designed, former American Centre in Bercy in autumn 2005. Three screens programme anything from Hollywood giants to restored silent movies. There’s also an exhibition space, small museum, café and film library.
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his upmarket jazz club celebrates its 30th birthday in 2006. The atmosphere is hotel lounge but the programming is first-rate if you’re into trad, swing, big bands and R&B. Great choice of single malts too.
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Everyone from Edith Piaf and Frank Sinatra to Jimi Hendrix has played the prestigious Olympia. It’s an intimate space for such big [name]s, which is of course what makes concerts here such a fantastic treat.
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Daniel Kitson, Shazia Mirza and Ed Byrne were just a few of the talents hot from the English comedy circuit to drop in on for a few nights last [year]. Laughing Matters has now been programming English stand-up in Paris for over a decade—currently (after a few changes of venue) at La Java, an atmospheric old dance hall where Piaf once trod the boards.
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This truly sybaritic spoffers a hairdresser, beauty treatments, relaxation room, restaurant. Book ahead, as different days are reserved for men and women.
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