Galveston native comedian Bill Engvall returns to the island with two shows this weekend at The Grand Opera House.
According to his web story Engvall's career breakthrough happened in 1992 when he was named Best Male Standup at the American Comedy Awards. His first role as a series regular came soon after when he was cast in the ABC series Delta, 
starring Delta Burke. The show only lasted one season and Engvall returned to making the rounds of comedy clubs and the occasional television appearance until 1996 when he was cast with fellow comic and best friend Jeff Foxworthy in the NBC version of The Jeff Foxworthy Show. Signed by Warner Bros. Records in 1996, Engvall released the first of a series of comedy albums, Here's Your Sign, based on his signature stage bit. The album was certified Platinum and peaked at #5 on the Billboard Country album chart, thanks in part to the single and music video of the same title on which he collaborated with country singer Travis Tritt. Eight more comedy albums followed, including Dorkfish in 1998, and 2009's Aged and Confused.
(From All Music.com - Jason Birchmeier) When rap's Dirty South movement broke nationwide in the late '90s and early 2000s, Ludacris rode it to immediate widespread popularity, becoming arguably the most commercially successful Southern rapper of the time. The entirety of the 
aughts found the rapper scoring hit after mainstream hit and selling platinum numbers of records like 2001's Word of Mouf and 2003's Chicken -N- Beer. He quickly became a multifaceted superstar, making multiple film and television appearances while staying active in music with consistent guest features on other artists' tracks and albums of his own like 2015's Ludaversal.
(From last.fm.) From the emotional well-spring of singer-songwriter Jeff Crowder, came the integral foundation for Houston-based artistic rock band, Deep Ella. With meaningful lyrics and organic melodies as the backbone of the project, the band released the record “Last Years New Thing,” in 2002. LYNT was characterized by a mix of diverse 
songs with a range of styles that embody the wavering passion of a progressive youth. Drawing together the experience of local success, consistent gigs, and a loyal fan base, the band began tinkering in the studio, using a few EPs to mold their sound. Deep Ella spent the better part of 2006 holed up in Helberg House, the band’s home studio, working on their sophomore album “Empty Seas and Memories.” ( . . .more at Last FM Click Here)
Calling all Dancing Queens! Here we go again! If you can’t get enough ABBA then do we have a dance party for you. We are a DJ-based dance party 
playing all your favorite ABBA hits, plus plenty of other disco hits from the 70s & 80s like The Bee Gees, Donna Summer, & Cher (DISCO ATTIRE ENCOURAGED). So honey honey, take a chance and you’ll be dancing all night long. Grab tickets, bring your friends, and have the best night of your life!
Enjoy music under the stars with this free Houston Symphony performance at Miller Outdoor Theatre. Conductor Christian Reif leads Errollyn Wallen’s 
stirring Mighty River and Copland’s high-spirited Rodeo, which ends with the famous “Hoe Down.” And, experience Dvořák’s brooding and dramatic Symphony No. 7, a remarkable masterpiece often deemed his greatest symphony.
(From Apple.com podcast) Pour Minds is a podcast created by Lex P and Drea Nicole. Two young women navigating through life, love, and relationships in the city of Atlanta. We love to sit around with a good glass of wine and discuss our 
personal opinions on dating, sex, music, current events, etc. On this account we will be offering our members plenty of monthly bonus content and a more in depth look at our personal lives and experiences. We can't wait to give y'all even more raw, uncut, and uncensored content! I hope you're as excited and we are, stay tuned because sh*t is about to get crazy.
A week from Saturday its multi-millionaire Nathan Johnson Graham's, "Unspeakable" at Toyota Center with his "Unspeakable Live" event. If you can't make it to Toyota Center you can buy a streaming ticket.
Houston's Weekend Planning Guide says this is one Summer 2022 event that is worth a ticket. Graham is a web entertainer using his creativity, 
which is fantastic and earning a living from the worldwide web. Bravo!
The way the Youtuber has described this event as "Make memories with Nathan, James, and Gabe as they bring their YouTube channels to life with games, guest appearances, and chances to win UNSPEAKABLY cool prizes! plus, if you can’t make it in person, you can join the fun virtually and participate online via global livestream."
Now that is a weekend for everyone who has been with Nathan since he started his web ride long time ago.
"2011 - I started by making Minecraft videos, but unique ones that would draw a new audience and players to the game. After nearly two years of uploading unique, creative, and funny videos to my YouTube channel almost every day, I hit 100,000 subscribers. I felt like I accomplished the world, and I was on top of everyone! However, my journey hadn’t even started yet. I had to teach 
myself how to adapt, edit content in different ways, entertain an audience, and grow a brand up to the millions! I never gave up because I couldn’t go a day without thinking about what video I was going to create next!"
"You have to work really, really, really hard if you want to be truly great at something. For the last 3 years I barely took a day off, pushing myself to working 115 hours a week. I worked every waking hour for months. But I didn’t dread a single minute of it because my passion was dripping out of me. Every ounce of muscle and brain power wanted to create a successful YouTube channel that people from every country in the world would tune into. Take every day as a learning opportunity to improve. Take every failure as a learning opportunity to be better next time. You may move 5 steps forward today, but 3 steps backward tomorrow. Growth never comes from your comfort zones."
Established in 2020, Art Museum TX is a not-for-profit institution in Fort Bend County, 
Texas, dedicated to presenting the region's contemporary art to the public. Art Museum TX provides an interchange for visual arts of the present and recent past, presents new directions in art, strives to engage the public, and encourages a greater understanding of contemporary art through education programs.
