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FILMOTECA DE CATALUNYA
Cinema
( 93 567 10 70;
www.ilmoteca.cat
; Plaça Salvador Seguí 1-9 ; tickets from €2-4; 8am-10pm;
Liceu)
After almost a decade in planning, the Filmoteca de Catalunya moved into this mod-
ern 6,000-sq-metre building in March 2012. In addition to two cinema screens totaling 555
seats, the new Filmoteca comprises a film library, a bookshop, a cafe, offices and a dedic-
ated space for exhibitions.
JAZZ SÍ CLUB
Live Music
( 93 329 00 20;
www.tallerdemusics.com
;
Carrer de Requesens 2; admission €8, drink included;
6-11pm; Sant Antoni)
A cramped little bar run by the Taller de Músics (Musicians' Work-
shop) serves as the stage for a varied program of jazz through to some good flamenco (Fri-
day nights). Concerts start around 9pm but the jam sessions can get going as early as
6.30pm.
ROBADORS 23
Live Music
(Carrer d'en Robador 23; admission €2-3; 8pm-2am; Liceu)
On what remains a classic dodgy
El Raval street, where a hardy band of streetwalkers, junkies and other misfits hang out in
spite of all the work being carried out to gentrify the area, a narrow little bar has made a
name for itself with its Wednesday night gigs.
CANGREJO
Gay Club
( 93 301 29 78; Carrer de Montserrat 9; 9.30pm-1am Sun, Wed & Thu, 9.30pm-3am Fri & Sat;
Drassanes)
This altar to kitsch, a dingy dance hall that has transgressed since the 1920s, is
run by the tumescent underground cabaret figure of Carmen Mairena and exudes a gor-
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