MARCH 2010: ‘Roz in La Paz’ is a website about arts, music and Mexican culture in La Paz, Baja California Sur. Click on links at the top of this page to explore the entire website. To submit information about arts and cultural events or to make a correction, e-mail rozinlapaz@yahoo.com. Here’s a sample of what’s happening.

March 16-22

Arts and cultural festival

The 4th Festival Internacional de Arte y Cultura por la Pax features events in various venues. This year, the spotlight is on Africa. The festival includes  Luces del Africa (lights of Africa), paintings by Martha Cortes Cirret at Alianza Francesa March 18. For festival details, see the Events page.

March 16, 23 and March 30

Films by famous directors

Tuesday nights are film nights. Bar Salsipuedes shows movies directed by Quintin Tarantino, including Inglourious Basterds March 23. Meanwhile,  Alianza Francesa features movies by Polish director Krzysztof Kieślowski. For details, see the Events page.

Till March 31

History on display

Historical images and documents are on show at the public archives to mark the 200th anniversary of Mexico's independence and the 100th anniversary of the Mexican Revolution. For details, see the Events page in the “Continuing” section near the top.

March 14 and April 4

Daylight Savings Time

The U.S., Canada and border cities such as Tijuana and Mexicali switch to el horario de verano (daylight savings time) March 14. La Paz, along with most of the rest of Mexico, switches April 4. It’s “spring forward, fall back,” so set your clocks one hour later and lose an hour of sleep.