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  6 Best Bets This Weekend in Houston: '80s Hits, Belly Dance and a Dark Opera

  January 10 at 5:30 a.m.

  It's all about the new this weekend in Houston. Group Acorde has found a novel way to blend jazz, choreography and visual art; Mercury's Antoine Plante is out with a new dark opera; a belly dancing class at the "J" is helping us fulfill those new year's resolutions; and Mildred's Umbrella...

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  10 Best Bets This Weekend in Houston: Hot Cars, Cool Lights and a Ghost

  Friday, November 30, 2018 at 4 a.m.

  We shelter inside air-conditioned spaces all summer long, just trying to find respite from the heat. Now that Houston finally has some cooler weather, there's no shortage of fun things to do in and around town. We've got celebrations in Galveston, Levy Park and downtown, new performances with the Houston...

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  The Nutcracker, An Imaginative Spectacle for the Houston Ballet

  Monday, November 26, 2018 at 9:55 a.m.

  Houston Ballet Artistic Director Stanton Welch's spectacle, The Nutcracker returns to the Wortham for the holiday season.

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  5 Best Bets This Weekend in Houston: Holiday Lights and Celtic Christmas

  Friday, November 23, 2018 at 4 a.m.

  If too much family togetherness has given you cabin fever, or you're so weighed down by starchy foods and tryptophan that you feel like The Nutty Professor, then keep being thankful but get up and get going because it's another great weekend in Houston. Several holiday traditions are kicking off,...

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  Houston Ballet and Karina Gonzalez Return to the Wortham With The Nutcracker

  Wednesday, November 21, 2018 at 6 a.m.

  Besides all the other enjoyable aspects of returning to the Wortham Center (the comfortable seats! the acoustics! the length and width of stage!), a special note has to be made of the return of Principal dancer Karina Gonzalez. Gonzalez, who took time out to have a baby, will be taking on...

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  Houston's Bombón Crew Celebrates 8 Years of Tropical Bass

  Sunday, November 4, 2018 at 9:17 a.m.

  Established in 2010, Houston's Ultimate Tropical Dance Crew turned ocho! During the Dia de Los Muertos holiday, Bombón hosted its 8th annual celebration to highlight the crew’s musical and cultural contributions to Houston and beyond. The city also proclaimed November 3 as Bombón Day. DJs included: OG Bobby Trill (OGT), Navo, DJ Gracie Chavez, Principe Q, DJ Act Badd, Mexican Blackbird, All Day Ray, and Life Begins at Midnight. The night also had special Performances by Gio Chamba (HTX), DJ Chorizo Funk (Peligrosa, ATX), and Isaiah from TX (Bruk Out, SATX). (Photos by Doogie Roux)