You might want to spend some time browsing the exhibits at Museum of the History of the Gulag, Museum of the City, or Museum of Fine Arts. You can catch a show at Sapaev Mari State Opera and Ballet Theatre, Mari El National Shketan Drama Theater, and Konstantinov Academic Russian Theatre. At Tsarevokokshaisk Kremlin, Yevseyev National Museum, and Republican Puppet Theatre, you'll experience some of the local culture.