Fuego Arabe

Come enjoy the energy and grace of Belly Dancing with a Flamenco flavor. Jenna Ali and Athena Benta Thalia are Fuego Arabe and will be featured at Helios every 2nd Tuesday of the month beginning April 12, with different guest dancers each month and an open drum jam intermission for drummers.

Price: $4

Millions of scenes ago, AvantGarden was called the Mausoleum, and then the converted house went through a variety of structural and aesthetic changes to become the folkie playground it is today. Local singer-songwriters' acoustic jangle routinely packs the house as listeners sip Shiners, Merlot or the venue's trademark fruit-infused homemade concoctions. (Try the sangria.) Many of Houston's best-known troubadors count AvantGarden as the first venue they ever played in front of a large audience, either in the upstairs performance space or downstairs among the fireplace, mirrored walls and European-style divans. Something interesting, if not downright captivating, is happening here most nights of the week - regular tango, jazz, and open-mike nights (both music and comedy), to name just a few.

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