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Entertainment and nightlife
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There's no shortage of things to do in Houston; just check the listings in the free
Houston Press
(
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Cajun
and
zydeco
music have been significant in the city since a wave of migration from rural Louisiana in the early 1960s; and there's a strong
blues
tradition, while rootsy Texan
country
is another favorite. The Montrose area supports a very visible
gay
scene, and most of the clubs tend to be very male-dominated.
Miller Outdoor Theatre
in Hermann Park, at 2020 Hermann Drive (tel 713/284-8354), has free symphony concerts, swing and opera on summer evenings, a "Juneteenth Blues" festival and a Shakespeare Festival in August. Downtown's
Theatre District
holds considerable options including the nationally renowned
Alley Theater
at 615 Texas Ave (tel 713/228-8421,
), which offers last-minute discount seats, and the
Wortham Theater Center
, on the same street, is home to Houston's opera and ballet companies.
Bayou Place
at Bagby between Texas and Capitol streets, is a relatively new - and ever-expanding - entertainment and restaurant complex that used to be a convention hall; one of its more interesting residents is the
Angelika Film Center
(tel 713/225-5232,
), a multiscreen cinema complex that shows many art movies and has a good late night coffee house. Other useful information
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