Miss Jackson if you're nasty

Janet Jackson returns to the road for summer 2023 tour with stop in Houston

Janet Jackson, Unbreakable tour, September 2017

Music icon Janet Jackson will be coming to Dallas in 2023.

Courtesy of Janet Jackson/Facebook

After four years, Janet Jackson is back on tour — and that includes a stop in Houston next summer. The five-time Grammy Award-winning Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee will return to the road in summer 2023 with her ninth concert tour, called “Together Again."

Produced by Live Nation, the 33-city tour will hit arenas and amphitheaters, launching in Florida in April, followed by stops across North America including New York, Toronto, and California, before wrapping up in Seattle on June 21.

The tour will make three stops in Texas:

Dallas: Friday, June 2, at Dos Equis Pavilion
Houston: Saturday, June 3, at Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Austin: Sunday, June 4, at Moody Center

She'll be joined by Grammy Award-winning recording artist (and Fast and Furious actor) Ludacris, who will join Jackson across all dates as a special guest.

Jackson's most recent stop was her "Unbreakable" tour in 2017. She'd planned a summer 2020 tour for her Black Diamond World release but that was in the throes of COVID-19 and it got canceled.

The “Together Again” Tour will celebrate Jackson's 50th anniversary in entertainment and feature her biggest chart-topping hits, plus new music.

Tickets go on sale Friday, December 16 at 11 am at LiveNation.com.

Presale will be available to Citi cardmembers Tuesday, December 13 at 11 am-Thursday, December 15 at 10 pm through the Citi Entertainment program. For complete presale details visit www.citientertainment.com.

TOGETHER AGAIN TOUR DATES:

Fri April 14 – Hollywood, Florida – Hard Rock Live Arena
Wed April 19 – Orlando – Amway Center
Fri April 21 – Savannah, Georgia – Enmarket Arena
Sat April 22 – Birmingham, Alabama – Legacy Arena
Tue April 25 – Columbia, South Carolina – Colonial Life Arena
Thu April 27 – Atlanta – State Farm Arena
Sat April 29 – Memphis, Tennessee – FedEx Forum
Sun April 30 – St Louis – Enterprise Center
Tue May 02 – Kansas City – T-Mobile Center
Thu May 04 – Nashville – Bridgestone Arena
Sat May 06 – Bristow, Virginia – Jiffy Lube Live
Tue May 09 – New York – Madison Square Garden
Fri May 12 – Charlotte, North Carolina – PNC Music Pavilion
Sat May 13 – Baltimore – CFG Bank Arena
Sun May 14 – Virginia Beach, Virginia – Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater
Fri May 19 – Mansfield, Massachusettes – Xfinity Center
Sat May 20 – Atlantic City, New Jersey – Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena
Tue May 23 – Toronto – Budweiser Stage
Wed May 24 – Detroit, MI – Little Caesars Arena
Fri May 26 – Noblesville, Indiana – Ruoff Music Center
Sat May 27 – Tinley Park, Illinois – Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre Chicago
Sun May 28 – Milwaukee – American Family Insurance Amphitheater
Tue May 30 – St Paul, Minnesota – Xcel Energy Center
Fri June 02 – Dallas — Dos Equis Pavilion
Sat June 03 – Houston – Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Sun June 04 – Austin – Moody Center
Wed June 07 – Phoenix – Ak-Chin Pavilion
Fri June 09 – Irvine, California – FivePoint Amphitheatre
Sat June 10 – Los Angeles – Hollywood Bowl*
Sun June 11 – San Diego, California – North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
Fri June 16 – Mountain View, California – Shoreline Amphitheatre
Tue June 20 – Portland, Oregon – Moda Center
Wed June 21 – Seattle – Climate Pledge Arena

*Not a Live Nation Date

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a beautiful mind

Houston Health Museum's new exhibit shines a light on dyslexia

Sarah Sudhoff created "The Reading Brain" in honor of her son.

Photo by Rose Tylinski

"The Reading Brain" replicates neuron activity in a dyslexic brian while reading

No, "The Reading Brain" isn't the title of a B-horror film from the 1960s. It's a brand new installation at the Houston Health Museum that explores dyslexia.

The piece was created by Houston-based artist Sarah Sudhoff, in partnership with Dr. Guinevere Eden, Director of the Center for the Study of Learning at Georgetown University. Hanging from the ceiling of the Health Museum, it uses light-up colored circles to represent the frontal lobe activity of a dyslexic person while reading. MRI scans of dyslexic brains formed the foundation of the light activity. Sudhoff's own son has dyslexia, and she had to adapt her homeschooling of him to account for his neurodivergence. As much as 20 percent of the American population is dyslexic.

"The Reading Brain" grew out of a similar exhibit at the DoSeum in San Antonio. "Beautiful Minds: Dyslexia and the Creative Advantage" challenged visitors to see dyslexia not as a learning disability but as simply a different way some human brains work. The exhibit featured videos, stories, and art work by dyslexic individuals that show how they succeed and create, as well as a selection of brain puzzles used to teach dyslexic people.

“Even though your brain works differently, it still lights up and is beautiful to watch, a wonderful machine you have. It just means you have to navigate and pivot a little differently,” Sudhoff said.

Sudhoff's innovative bridge between science and art is a permanent part of the Health Museum's MindWorks exhibit. Like "The Reading Brain," MindWorks maps out thinking processes through light and hands-on activities. The exhibit will close on January 5, meaning visitors have a very short time to see Sudhoff's piece.

The Health Museum is a hidden gem in Museum District located a block away from the Children's Museum. It houses a variety of exhibits about the human body, such as a giant plastic colon that kids love to run through. Since opening in 1969, the museum has helped Houstonians and visitors from around the world learn about the way the body works as well well as public health protocols. As the only Smithsonian Affiliate Museum in the Houston Museum District, it has a high educational pedigree despite it's colorful and often whimsical offerings.

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