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Barrio Latino
You can salsa your socks off in this vast triple-decker establishment. The crowd is as mixed as a well-shaken cocktail: gay, straight, locals and visitors. There's also a Latin-inspired restaurant.
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Comédie Française
Founded in 1680, France's oldest theatre stages works by playwrights such as Molière, Racine and Beaumarchais. The 'French Comedy' encompasses the main Comédie Française Salle Richelieu (place Colette, 1er), just west of the Palais Royal, as well as the Comédie Française Studio Théâtre (99 rue de Rivoli, 1er), and the Théâtre du Vieux Colombier. Performances are mostly in French.
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Forum des Images
This archive cinema beneath the sprawling Forum des Halles is a superb place to see rarely screened and little known films, especially ones that deal with Paris as a theme or have the City of Light as the setting. There are usually between four and five screenings a day.
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L'Autre Café
The 'Other Café' helped move some of the after-dark action north from rue Oberkampf to rue Jean-Pierre Timbaud. It attracts a young mixed crowd of locals, artists and party-goers with its long bar, huge open space, relaxed environment and reasonable prices. A springboard for young artists, the Autre Café organises exhibition openings and film screenings.
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L'Élysée-Montmartre
In the heart of party-hard Pigalle, this old-style music hall hosts indie artists such as the Hush Puppies, Sabotage, Killswitch and Sorel, as well as putting on club nights and DJs. Doors open at .
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Opéra Bastille
If you don't score tickets to a performance at Paris' 1989-built monolith, which was instigated by Mitterrand as the city's second opera house, you can go behind the scenes on a guided tour.
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