You might want to spend some time browsing the exhibits at Alexander Arbuzov and Boris Arbuzov Memorial House, V.I. Lenin House Museum, or National Museum of the Republic of Tatarstan. While you're exploring, swing by Bauman Street, Suyumbike Tower, and Aleksandrovsky Passage to learn a bit about the area. You can check out the local talent at Na Bulake Youth Theater, Tatar State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, and Kazan State Theater of Young Spectators.