Travel Reference
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TOP 5 LIVE MUSIC VENUES
THEATRES AND CINEMAS
Casa de la Cultura Franz Tamayo/Teatro Modesta Sanginés
Av Mariscal Santa Cruz, op-
cluding theatre, folk music, art exhibitions and film screenings. Most performances, recently
including the likes of ace percussionist Alvaro Córdova, are, incredibly, free.
fortable modern cinema showing the latest international releases.
landmark showing standard Hollywood fare.
cipally run cinema housed in a visually arresting Art Deco building and dedicated to national,
Latin American and European film, often with a cultural/political/art house bent, and usually
programmed by season.
Cinemateca Boliviana
Zuazo and R. Gutiérrez 02 2444090,
cinematecaboliviana.org
;
American and European releases past and present (as well as the odd Hollywood classic), and
a fine upstairs café.
showing the latest digitally enhanced animations and big-budget remakes.
Teatro Municipal Alberto Saavedra Pérez
Genaro Sanjines and Indaburo 02 2406183;
world and classical music, opera and ballet. Recent programmes have included Brecht's
Threepenny Opera
; a tribute to the late Mercedes Sosa; and top artists such as Bajofondo
Tango Club collaborator Adriana Varela.
PEÑAS
For more traditional entertainment you should head to one of the folk music venues known as
peñas
, where you'll see Andean folk dancing accompanied by traditional Andean music in-
volving drums, charangos, guitars, quenas (notched flutes) and the inevitable
zampoñas
(pan-
pipes).
