Let’s start this week off with something sweet for the kids. Join Families Empowered and the National School Choice Awareness Foundation for a school fair celebrating school choice on January 24 at the Houston Zoo. RSVP and enter to win four passes to the Children's Museum of Houston!

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• A true icon of the guitar, Al Di Meola has been shaping contemporary music for over five decades. Experience his mastery live at The Heights Theater on January 24. Get tickets!*

• Get your tickets to see New York Times Bestselling Author of Your Rich BFF, Vivian Tu, take over the White Oak stage for the Well Endowed Tour on February 14.

• Celebrate Lunar New Year with stellar performances, cosmic culture, and out-of-this-world family fun at Space Center Houston on February 21!

• Step into a powerful three-day celebration of music, culture, and community at Godbody Fest with AJ McQueen on February 28 at Bad Astronaut Brewing.

• Two Step Inn is bringing Chris Stapleton, Brooks & Dunn, The Red Clay Strays, Goo Goo Dolls, and more to Georgetown, TX this spring. Win your way in!

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• La Niña is keeping winter mostly warmer and drier, but sudden cold snaps remain possible. As 2021 proved, brief Arctic blasts can still disrupt Texas before conditions trend neutral later this season. Take a look!

• Conroe is exploring turning part of a failed technology park into a major public green space with an amphitheater, lake, and trails, reserving 40 acres while leaving the remaining land open for future development.

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