Travel Reference
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Thelonious Jazz Bar
(20 de Octubre 2172, Sopocachi; cover charge around B$25; 7pm-3am Mon-Sat)
Be-
bop fans love this charmingly low-key bar for its live and often impromptu performances
and great atmosphere. A flier on the wall promotes upcoming sessions.
JAZZ
Traffic Dance
(
www.trafficsanjorge.com
; Arce 2549, Prado)
It has lost some pizzazz in recent times, but
is still popular for cocktails, live music - from world beats to disco - and all the attitude
and dancing you can muster.
DANCE
Cultural Centers
CULTURAL CENTER
Alianza Francesa
(
242-5005;
www.alianzafrancesa.org.bo
; cnr Fernando Guachalla & 20 de Octubre,
Sopocachi)
This French cultural center has lectures, courses and rotating exhibits in
French and Spanish. Thursday nights are movie nights.
Goethe Institute
(
243-1916;
www.goethe.de
; Arce 2708, Prado)
The German cultural center has a lib-
rary, courses, exhibits and movie nights on Fridays.
CULTURAL CENTER
Nueva Acropolis
(
291-1172;
www.acropolis.org.bo
; Ecuador 2405, Sopocachi; 7:30am-10:30pm)
This locally run cultural center offers courses, talks and other intellectual exercises,
mostly in Spanish.
CULTURAL CENTER
Peñas
Typical of La Paz (and most of Bolivia) are folk-music venues known as
peñas
. Most
present traditional Andean music, rendered on
zampoñas, quenas
and
charangos,
but also
often include guitar shows and song recitals. Many
peñas
advertise nightly shows, but in
reality most only have shows on Friday and Saturday nights, starting at 9pm or 10pm and
