Since releasing his acclaimed debut mixtape, Punto de Equilibrio, in late 2016, he became a featured collaborator with charting performers Ozuna, Lunay, and Lyanno on "Luz Apaga" (whose video garnered 75 million views), and with Lyanno, Alex Rose, Cazzu, and Lenny Tavárez on "Todo Remix" 
(whose video rang up nearly half-a-billion views). These and other collaborations resulted in Alejandro being nominated in four categories for Puerto Rico's Tu Musica Urban Awards in 2019, and paved the way for his debut studio album, 2020's Afrodisíaco. This weekend the singing, dancing, reggaetonero
Rauw Alejandro will be in Sugarland at Smart Financial Center.
Two weekes ago James Dring of nouse.co.uk (University of York) reviewed Alejandro's latest album, Vice Versa. "Boasting over 600 million Spotify streams, dancefloor-packing singles, creative takes on the drum’n’bass sound, and soothing romances, VICE VERSA lives up to its name and album art. The album takes you on a 14-track journey of encapsulating ups and down, tied together with Alejandro's signature voice and huge vocal range.
"This is definitely comparable to Anitta who has exploded into the Latin scene with Brazilian sounds direct from the favela and the calle. She is one of only two official features on the album, the other being Alejandro’s regular collaborative partner and 
This weekend its Houston Symphony's interpretation of Handel's Messiah. Handel's Messiah has been described by early-music scholar Richard Luckett as "a commentary on Jesus Christ's, Nativity, Passion, Resurrection and Ascension", beginning with God's promises as spoken by the prophets and ending with Christ's 
Bernard Labadie
Conductor
Bernard Labadie has established himself worldwide as one of the preeminent conductors of the Baroque and Classical repertoire, a reputation closely tied to his work with Les Violons du Roy (for which he served as music director from its inception until 2014) and La Chapelle de Québec. With these ensembles, he has regularly toured Canada, the United States, and Europe, in major venues and festivals such as Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Kennedy Center, The Barbican, The Concertgebouw, and the Salzburg Festival, among others. He began a four-year term as principal conductor of the Orchestra of St. Luke’s in the 2018-19 season.
Recent guest conducting highlights include the Chicago Symphony, Handel & Haydn Society, National Arts Center Orchestra, Toronto Symphony, Utah Symphony, Dallas Symphony, Quebec Symphony, Orchestre Philharmonique de 
Monte-Carlo, Orchestre National de Lyon, and Los Angeles Philharmonic. Bernard has become a regular presence on the podiums of the major North American orchestras, including the Houston, Atlanta, Chicago, Detroit, Toronto, Boston, Colorado, St. Louis, Pittsburgh, and San Francisco symphonies; the Cleveland and Philadelphia orchestras; the Los Angeles and New York philharmonics; the Handel & Haydn Society; and L’Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal.
Chelsea Handler is best known (besides posing nude in adult magazines) as one of the pioneering women to host late-night talk. "Chelsea Lately" was on the E! cable network from 2007 to 2014. This weekend Handler is bringing her "Vaccinated and Horny Tour" to LiveNation's 713 Music Hall in downtown Houston.n.
It was in 2016 she released a documentary series, "Chelsea Does", on Netflix. The informational/interview episodic series explored different subjects the comedian fancied. Most of the episodes included discussions between Handler and her friends (often fellow comedians), family, 
and psychologists about items such as marriage, technology issues, racism and drug usage including addition. Daniel D'Addario of Time.com reviewed the series saying, " Handler and her team wrangle genuinely impressive interviews, like former Israeli president Shimon Peres and the family of South Carolina shooting victim Walter Scott, for the race episode. But Handler, an avid reader who generally uses press interviews to attempt to dispel the notion that her actual personality is the one we see on TV, invariably brings the conversation back to herself.
NBA Basketball
@Toyota Center
Houston Rockets vs. Milwaukee Bucks
and www.rockets.com.
Friday, December 10, 2021 7:00 PM
1510 Polk St, Houston, TX 77002
Directions (map)
(From mickeyavalon.com) Mickey Avalon’s life story plays out like an episode of VH1′s ‘Behind The Music,” marred by personal tragedy, triumphs and immense pain.
This weekend the Mickey Avalon, 46 year-old hip hop artist will be at Scout Bar in Marinagate with Brake and A$H.
Avalon’s back-story begins on the streets of Hollywood, California. Raised by his heroin-
addicted father, he began selling pot at a young age, a trade he acquired from his mother. In an attempt to clean up his act, Mickey converted to Orthodox Judaism in his late teens, an effort that didn’t last due to constant family tragedy, such as his father’s death in a tragic drunk driving accident.
By his early 20s, Mickey had married, had a daughter, and moved out of California, relocating to Portland, Oregon. The serine surroundings of the Pacific Northwest couldn’t hide Mickey from his past for long, as his drug addled Hollywood lifestyle caught up with him in the form of an uncontrollable heroin addiction. As his life neared rock bottom, Mickey found himself broke, divorced, and turning to prostitution, just to support his smack habit. With a desire to once again get his life back on track, Avalon moved in with his sister, and the pair set out on the road to recovery. Tragedy struck again when his sister relapsed, and died from a heroin overdose.
On his new album "In Plain Sight", Neal Francis offers up a body of work both strangely enchanted and painfully self-aware, unfolding in songs sparked from Greek myths and frenzied dreams and late-night drives in the depths of summer delirium. True 
to its charmed complexity, the singer/songwriter/pianist’s second full-length came to life over the course of a tumultuous year spent living in a possibly haunted church in Chicago. The result: a portrait of profound upheaval and weary resilience, presented in a kaleidoscopic sound that’s endlessly absorbing.
This weekend Neal Francis will showcase his musical genius at The Heights Theatre in northwest Houston with his guests Kalu an Electric Joint
The trio told hungertv.com seven years ago how they chose the name "Milky Chance". "The name doesn’t have a special meaning or background. It 
Hailing from Louisville, KY, The Velcro Pygmies have set their sights on being nothing less than the saviors of Rock and Roll! Loud Guitars, pounding drums and an energetic front man have been the tools used to blaze a fan frenzied trail from one end 
Having grown tired of seeing "cookie cutter" bands staring at their shoes and boring audiences, guitarist Blake Baumeier and vocalist Cameron Flener decided to bring back the performance elements of rock music that seemed to have been so sadly forgotten.
Gary Owen has been entertaining American audiences for more than a decade with his side-splitting comedy. Having performed to sold-out audiences in all the major comedy clubs and theatres across the country, Owen is one of 
America’s most beloved comedians and was proclaimed by Ebony magazine as Black America’s “Favorite White Comedian.”
Owen will be a Houston's Improv for the next two weekends. Audiences can now see Owen in his fourth Showtime comedy special, "Gary Owen:DoinWhatIDo", which premiered in September. The Showtime special is afollow-up to his three previous Showtime specials, “I Got My Associates,” in 2018, and “I Agree with Myself” and “True Story,” both on Showtime in 2015.
