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Music
If it’s live music you’re after, try the Blue
Note on Makhoul Street next to AUB, or the bar, Strange
Fruit, also located downtown.
As its name suggests, the Blue Note specializes in jazz,
and hosts a variety of local and international talent.
Strange Fruit is a funky establishment serving nouveau
cuisine and headlining an eclectic mix of artists, from jazz to
local alternative music bands. Head to Achrafieh for atmospheric piano bars.
Folkloric music and dance is the specialty of the
restaurant Nahr Al-Founoun on the Pont de Nahr Al-Kalb.
The Lebanese National Conservatoire performs
classical pieces, as well as classical Arabic and jazz music, at
the Charles Khater Theatre at St. Joseph’s University. For seasonal big ticket performances, check out the schedule
at the UNESCO Palace.
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Theater
Theater is making a comeback in Beirut.
The city boasts a number of theaters (Al
Madina, George V,
Beirut Theater, Atennee) that showcase plays, music, dance,
poetry and other theatrical arts.
The Al Madina
Theater in Clemenceau is relatively
new, opened in 1994 by a well-known Lebanese actress, Nidal al-Achkar.
The Beirut Theater is known for its avante garde
approach, interweaving the dramatic arts with multimedia. At all the theaters, performances are in Arabic, French, or
English, depending on the particular performance.
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Art
Lebanon has long been the center of the contemporary
art world in the Middle East, renowned for the eye and skill
of its artists. Nowhere
is this more aptly displayed than at the Sursock Museum
in Achrafieh. The
museum houses a collection of modern and contemporary
Lebanese art and presents themed exhibits and international
collections. If
you’re interested in starting your own private collection
or just browsing, be sure to take in a gallery opening or
view a collection. Beirut’s
galleries are too numerous to mention, but Galleries Zaman,
Janine Rubeiz, and
Aida Cherfan are a few of
the well respected.
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Nightclubs and
Casino
For late night activities, try your luck at the Casino
du Liban or “see and be seen” at one of Beirut’s many
happening nightclubs. Rue
Monot in Achrafieh is a hot spot for clubs and bars and the latest
fad restaurants. Put
on all your finery and dance to techno house, hip hop, or Arab
Latin music until the wee hours of the night.
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