Alan Bersten (left) will be featured in the Dancing with the Stars Live show at Smart Financial Center.
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Dancing with the Stars Live
If you love the moves of the professional dancers on “Dancing with the Stars,” here’s your chance to see them up close. Alan Bersten, Brandon Armstrong, Britt Stewart, Daniella Karagach, Emma Slater, Ezra Sosa, Jenna Johnson, Pasha Pashkov, Val Chmerkovskiy, and Hailey Bills, along with some special guests, are coming to Houston to strut their stuff.
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Where: Smart Financial Centre, 18111 Lexington, Sugar Land
Details: $72-$97; smartfinancialcentre.org
Breaking Bread with Chris Shepherd and Bun B
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These days, Houston chef Chris Shepherd is well-known for his work outside the kitchen with the TV series “Eat Like a Local” that spotlights eateries around Houston and the brains behind them. As part of his mission to acknowledge so many of his kitchen compatriots, he also hosts the Breaking Bread series of live conversations and his next one is with rapper and restaurateur Bun B.
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Where: The Founders Club at The Hobby Center, 800 Bagby
Details: $35 and up; thehobbycenter.org
Michael Bivins, Ralph Tresvant, Ricky Bell, and Ronnie DeVoe perform onstage during the New Edition Way tour at State Farm Arena on March 29, 2026 in Atlanta, Georgia.
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The ’80s and ’90s are coming back in a big way. Need proof? R&B hitmakers New Edition are headlining a show with Boyz II Men and Toni Braxton as opening acts that will take you down memory lane. So, get ready to hear all the classics such as “Can You Stand the Rain?” and “Mr. Telephone Man” from New Edition, “End of the Road” and “One Sweet Day” from Boyz II Men, and “Unbreak My Heart” and “He Wasn’t Man Enough” from Toni Braxton.
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Where: Toyota Center, 1510 Polk
Details: $144 and up; toyotacenter.com/
Orchestra Noir performs during the “Mission Impossible – The Final Reckoning” Atlanta Special Screening with Angela Bassett at Regal Atlantic Station on May 21, 2025, in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Much like Black Violin, Atlanta-based Orchestra Noir blends the world of classical and contemporary African American music into a vibrant, energetic whole. The group is coming to Houston on the Culture 2000 tour which is a celebration of early 2000s culture. Hits from that era will be re-interpreted in a very Orchestra Noir way.
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Where: 713 Music Hall, 401 Franklin
Details: $62 and up; 713musichall.com
Houston Symphony’s ‘Fantasia’
A scene from the film ‘Fantasia’
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There are perhaps few things more glorious than watching scenes from the 1940 Disney classic “Fantasia” on a big screen with a live orchestra playing the score full of classical masterpieces from Bach, Stravinksy, Beethoven and other celebrated composers. Houstonians will have three chances to do this as the Houston Symphony will be accompanying clips both from the original film as well as “Fantasia 2000,” making for a perfect outing for the family.
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When: 7:30 p.m. Friday; 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Saturday
Where: Jones Hall, 615 Louisiana
Details: $45 and up; houstonsymphony.org
Hailey Alexis Lewis and the cast of the North American tour of “Six.”
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The big hit Broadway production “SIX The Musical,” which played in Houston in 2022, returns for a six-day run as part of the Memorial Hermann Broadway at the Hobby Center series. This re-imagining through song of the lives of the six wives of Henry VIII won the Tony Award for best original score and the Outer Critics Circle Award for best musical.
Where: The Hobby Center, 800 Bagby
Details: $55 and up; thehobbycenter.org/
‘Mr. Nobody Against Putin’
Teacher Pavel Talankin films his students in a scene from the documentary “Mr. Nobody Against Putin,” which he co-directed with David Borenstein.
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David Borenstein and Pavel Talankin’s “Mr. Nobody Against Putin” won the best documentary feature Oscar at this year’s Academy Awards and now Houstonians have a chance to see what the fuss is about. The documentary follows Russian teacher Pavel Talankin as he struggles with the increasing militarization of his student body during his country’s war with Ukraine. Ultimately, he proves he’s not a nobody after all.
When: 7 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 5 p.m. Sunday
Where: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1001 Bissonnet
Details: $9 general admission; mfah.org
Michelle Joy of the band Cannons performs during 2024 Austin City Limits Music Festival at Zilker Park on October 13, 2024 in Austin, Texas.
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Tom Howie and Jim Vallance, known as Bob Moses, perform at Gasparilla Music Festival on February 26, 2022 in Tampa, Florida.
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If you like pop-flavored dance music in the vein of Rufus du Sol and Sultan + Shepard, then the live pairing of LA band Cannons, fronted by the charismatic Michelle Joy, with New York-based duo Bob Moses for the “Afterglow” tour is a definite treat. The ultra-melodic Cannons have a bunch of hits such as “Fire For You” and “Bad Dream” while the moodier, more electronic Bob Moses is known for such tracks as “Inner Light” and “Afterglow.”
Where: 713 Music Hall, 401 Franklin
Details: $53 and up; 713musichall.com/shows