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Natalie de la Garza

Natalie de la Garza is a contributing writer who adores all things pop culture and longs to know everything there is to know about the Houston arts and culture scene.

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Best Bets: Earth Day, Noche Caliente and a Spring Festival

By Natalie de la Garza
Apr 18, 2024

In honor of Earth Day, which is coming up on April 22, as well as National Exercise Day, we encourage you to walk to whenever you can to reach out best bets, or at least take public transport. It will be worth it, as this week we’ve got a musical...
The Story Stalls But The Beat Goes On in The Cher Show at TUTS

By Natalie de la Garza
Apr 17, 2024

I would call myself a casual Cher fan. I’m familiar with the hits, watched The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour on Nick at Nite as a child, and have vague recollections from tabloid covers of her so-called “Bagel Boy.” So, with The Cher Show coming to the Hobby Center for...
Best Bets: Rebirth, Houston’s Got Bollywood and The Taming of the Shrew

By Natalie de la Garza
Apr 11, 2024

Interestingly, today is National Barbershop Quartet Day. We don’t have any barbershop quartets on this week’s list of best bets, but we do have plenty of musical performances, from a Tony Award-winning musical about an American icon to Bollywood in the Bayou City, as well as films, dance, and theater...
Best Bets: Kites, NIGHT LIGHT and an Underwater Film Festival

By Natalie de la Garza
Apr 4, 2024

Celebrate the end of the first week of April by checking out our best bets. This week, we’ve got a much beloved opera, a regional theater premiere, celebrations of kites and underwater filmmaking, and much more. Keep reading for our picks down below. Opera in the Heights will take Giacomo...
Best Bets: The Outsider, Amélie and Ronstadt Revue

By Natalie de la Garza
Mar 28, 2024

We’re moving into a new month this week, and keeping in mind the upcoming April showers that will allegedly bring May flowers, we’ve got plenty of things to do that are rain or shine and/or indoors. Keep reading for this week’s list of best bets. In Paul Slade Smith’s play,...