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-- Hector Saldana

-- Hector Saldana

YouTube sensations come in all shapes, colors and, in Steve 'n' Seagulls case, hillbilly bluegrass persuasions. The quirky, inventive and talented bluegrass act has gained millions of fans and views on the internet thanks to its its breakneck covers of AC/DC, Led Zeppelin and Guns N' Roses. Yes, the outfits are goofy, but there is no denying the fun and musical tributes. It all started with AC/DC's "Thunderstruck." So blame them -- and Flatt & Scruggs & the Foggy Mountain Boys.

7:30 p.m. Tuesday. Carlos Alvarez Studio Theater at the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, 100 Auditorium Circle. $24.50. 210-223-8624, tobincenter.org

-- Hector Saldana

YouTube sensations come in all shapes, colors and, in Steve 'n' Seagulls case, hillbilly bluegrass persuasions. The quirky, inventive and talented bluegrass act has gained millions of fans and views on the

Trinity University professor, musicologist and author David Spener traces the steps of how a slave spiritual came to become an anthem in the civil rights movement of the 1960s and inspired Mexican-American labor activist Emma Tenayuca (shown on the steps of City Hall in 1938). "We Shall Not Be Moved" resonated in English and Spanish and was adopted not only by the oppressed in the U.S. but in Spain and Chile.

6:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesday. Central Library, 600 Soledad St. Free. mysapl.org

-- Hector Saldana

Trinity University professor, musicologist and author David Spener traces the steps of how a slave spiritual came to become an anthem in the civil rights movement of the 1960s and inspired Mexican-American

-- Hector Saldana

Susan Orlean, best-selling author of "The Orchid Thief," as well as seven other books including "Rin Tin Tin" and "The Floral Ghost," is the featured speaker of Trinity University's Stieren Arts Enrichment Series. A staff writer for The New Yorker, Orlean has written about everything from racing pigeons to the Japanese paper art of origami. Her articles and essays also have appeared in Rolling Stone, Esquire and Outside. Currently, she is working on a book about the Los Angeles Public Library.

8 p.m. Wednesday. Ruth Taylor Recital Hall, Trinity University. Free.  

-- Steve Bennett

Susan Orlean, best-selling author of "The Orchid Thief," as well as seven other books including "Rin Tin Tin" and "The Floral Ghost," is the featured speaker of Trinity University's Stieren Arts Enrichment

-- Hector Saldana

The Tobin Center for the Performing Arts is presenting a one-night-only presentation of McCarter Theatre Center and Fiasco Theater's acclaimed "Into the Woods." It's a stripped-down version of Stephen Sondheim's look at what happens to fairy tale characters after "and they lived happily ever after." Fiasco co-founder Jessie Austrian told The Record newspaper in New Jersey, "Our approach is to ask, what do we need to tell the story, and then use not much else."

7:30 p.m. Thursday. H-E-B Performance Hall, 100 Auditorium Circle. $31.60-$94.50. 210-223-8624, tobi.tobincenter.org 

-- Deborah Martin

The Tobin Center for the Performing Arts is presenting a one-night-only presentation of McCarter Theatre Center and Fiasco Theater's acclaimed "Into the Woods." It's a stripped-down version of Stephen

Chef Johnny Hernandez’s The Frutería will have its first tequila dinner of the year. It will include four courses with customer-favorite dishes paired with organic, small batched and triple distilled tequila from Casa Noble Tequila.

7 p.m. Thursday. The Frutería, 1401 S. Flores St. $45 per person. 210-251-3104, thefruteria.com

-- Polly Anna Rocha

Chef Johnny Hernandez’s The Frutería will have its first tequila dinner of the year. It will include four courses with customer-favorite dishes paired with organic, small batched and triple distilled tequila

The rodeo may be heading for the finish line, but it's still bucking up the midweek entertainment schedule, with a varied concert schedule including pop stars Fifth Harmony, country singers Dierks Bentley and Jake Owen and '80s radio staple Huey Lewis and the News.

Click through the slideshow for details on those shows and more, including a streamlined version of the Broadway hit "Into the Woods."

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