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Entertainment
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Be Bop Music Club
LIVE MUSIC
Inspired by the swinging sixties, this beloved retro bar and live-music venue features
everything from Led Zeppelin and Beatles cover bands to swing jazz and 1970s funk.
(Via
dei Servi 76r; admission free;
8pm-2am)
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Jazz Club
JAZZ
Florence's top jazz venue hosts quality acts, both local and from wider afield, in an atmo-
spheric vaulted basement. Besides jazz, you can catch salsa, blues, Dixieland and world-
music acts.
(Via Nuovo de' Caccini 3;
10pm-2am Tue-Sat, closed Jul & Aug)
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Teatro della Pergola
THEATRE
Built in the 1650s, this small but wonderful baroque theatre with a stunning entrance is the
ideal venue for chamber music. It also stages classic plays, from Shakespeare to Piran-
dello. The season runs October to April.
(
055 2 26 41;
www.teatrodellapergola.com
; Via della Pergola
18)
Understand
The Saint & the Sinner
Few artists are saints - they're far more likely to be sinners. One of the great exceptions was Fra' Angelico (c
1395-1455), the Renaissance painter who was known for centuries as 'Il Beato Angelico' (literally 'The Blessed
Angelic One') or simply 'Il Beato' (The Blessed). Also a Dominican friar, Il Beato was canonised by Pope John
Paul II in 1982. The best place to admire Fra' Angelico's work is the Museo di San Marco.
