Entertainment in USA
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Steamworks Brewing
DJs and live music pump up the volume at this industrial microbrewery, with high sloping rafters and metal pipes. College kids fill the large bar area, but there's also a separate dining room with a Cajun-influenced menu.
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Hungry Brain
The kind bartenders, roving tamale vendors and well-worn, thrift-store charm are inviting at this Roscoe Village staple, which hosts sets of free live jazz from some of the city’s best young players on Sunday nights. Cash only.
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Dirty Frank's
In the dive-filled Washington Square area, try evergreen-favourite Dirty Frank's, a local institution on Antique Row that's adorned with an outdoor mural of about a dozen famous Franks; it's got cheap booze and boho patrons.
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Pacific Film Archive
The PFA is internationally renowned for daily screenings that explore the art of film-making, including rare, new and historic prints from around the globe. The box office (11am-5pm) is at 2621 Durant Ave.
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Trad'r Sam's
Island getaways in rattan booths at this threadbare tiki lounge will cure that Ocean Beach chill. You won't find beer on tap, but you may discover an ice-cream island in your cocktail. Classic-kitsch lovers order the Hurricane, which comes with two straws to share for a reason: drink it by yourself and it'll blow you away.
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Arlington Center for the Performing Arts
Aside from being home to the Santa Barbara Symphony, the Arlington Center for the Performing Arts is a drop-dead-gorgeous, old-fashioned movie palace when the orchestra isn't playing. Great place to catch a flick.
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13 Celsius
With a earthy-sexy European enoteca feel, it's the only bar in Houston to keep a temperature-controlled wine cellar. Knowledgeable bartenders offer friendly guidance to enophiles and the clueless alike.
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Lusty Lady
It’s owned by women, the strippers are unionized, and it operates like an old-fashioned peep show. Drop quarters into a slot in a private booth, and a nekkid woman dances behind glass till your quarters run out.
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Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley
Hidden in an unlikely spot behind a boring-looking office building is Seattle’s most sophisticated and prestigious jazz club. Dimitriou’s hosts the best of the locals and many national acts passing through.
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Scholz Biergarten
Near the capitol complex, this enormous 19th-century German pub was one of O Henry’s hangouts back in the day. It’s a low-key spot, and is equally popular with politicians, UT students and European expats.
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Uptown
Local rock bands and occasional celebs play this mammoth bar with a big outdoor smoking patio. You never know who might appear – Green Day came unannounced in 2009. Schedule varies; call ahead.
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Opal Divine’s Freehouse
Named for the owner’s grandmother, a woman who supposedly enjoyed ‘good drink and a good card game, ’ this breezy and spacious pub serves microbrews, imported lagers and almost 20 types of tequila.
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Grand Lake Theater
One of the last remaining 1920s movie palaces to show first-run films. On Friday and Saturday evenings, certain films are preceded by performances on the mighty Wurlitzer organ (check the website).
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Dock Street Theater
Reconstructed in 1936 from original 1736 blueprints, Dock Street is America's oldest live-performance theater. The busy venue hosts an array of community and professional music and theater groups.
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Last Exit
Sometimes the laid-back bartenders put on a pub quiz; other times a DJ shows up to spin. Most of the time it's locals unwinding over beers, happy to talk to strangers and let the night slip away.
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Khyber
Trendy Old City stops at the door to this down-and-dirty old rock bar. Nightly music except Mondays, when karaoke takes over. The Strokes made it big while they were the Khyber's resident band.
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Egyptian Room
Portland's main lesbian hangout, where guys are (barely) tolerated and girls are (mostly) butch. It's heavy on the hip hop and full of chain-smokers, with karaoke and pool tables to distract.
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Ginny's Little Longhorn Saloon
This funky little cinder-block building is one of those dive bars that Austinites love so very much – and did even before it became nationally famous for Chicken- Shit Bingo on Sunday nights.
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Donn’s Depot
Austin loves a dive bar, and Donn’s combines a retro atmosphere inside an old railway car with live music six nights a week, including Donn himself performing alongside the Station Masters.
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440 Castro
The most happening bar on the street, 440 Castro draws bearded, gym-fit 30-something dudes – especially for Thursday's 'CDXL', when go-go boys twirl – and an odd mix of Peter Pans for Monday's underwear night.
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Nye's Polonaise Room
The World's Most Dangerous Polka Band lets loose Friday and Saturday. It's smashing fun, and enhanced if you find yourself an old-timer to twirl you around the room.
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Hula Grill & Barefoot Bar
- Maui, USA
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It's your Maui postcard: coconut-frond umbrellas, sunset mai tais, sand beneath your sandals and the lullaby sounds of Hawaiian slack-key guitar. Skip the food, though.
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Ruby Room
Two red floodlights are the only clues that this dive exists. Bartenders pour wicked-strong drinks, DJs spin pop to punk, and the red lighting makes everyone look hot.
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Sportsman Lounge
Tucked on a low-traffic corner just west of tourist-heavy State St, this dark and cozy watering hole is a plain-old dive bar with no higher pretensions. Great jukebox.
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Casino El Camino
With a legendary jukebox and even better burgers, this is the spot for serious drinking and late-night carousing. If it’s too dark inside, head for the back patio.
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