The National Theater offers fine concerts and recitals. From Costa Rica you can dial direct to most countries. To make a collect call contact the operator and reverse the charges. You may also use telephone credit cards through the appropriate operator. If you'd like to make a call and pay for it directly, this may be done downtown at the ICE office, Avenida 2 y Calle 1.
All international operators speak English.
These calls can be made from private or public phones. Please don't abuse this courtesy. Additionally, the use of English is kept to an absolute minimum, it is restricted to a word here and there, so that it is actually justified to speak of a total immersion approach. Highly commendable is the integration of the various blocks of instruction and that a lot of emphasis is actually placed on speaking the language although structure is not neglected. There seems to be a good balance between both.