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COMEDY
TOM SEGURA Successful with the podcast Your Mom’s House, which he co-hosts with
annual DreamWeek, a 16-day summit aimed to inspire civic engagement among local and global communities. $10, 5 p.m.-midnight, Brick at Blue Star, 108 Blue Star, african-market.olajuartgroup.org. — Dana Nichols
COMEDY
his wife Christina P., Tom Segura was a regional finalist on Last Comic
MIKE EPPS
Standing 2. He has hosted four specials for Netflix, the most recent of
There’s no denying comedian Mike Epps can bring the laughs, but if
which, Ball Hog, premiered in March of 2020. As an actor, he appeared
you haven’t seen his dramatic work too, you’re missing out. Best known
in the 2018 film Instant Family with Mark Wahlberg and Rose Byrne. Like
for films including Next Friday and The Hangover as well as TV series
all of us, Segura has had personal struggles. However, it’s safe to say his
such as The Upshaws, Epps has done his finest acting work on dramatic
are different, given that he fell into a coma at age 18 following an over-
projects that mix in comedic elements, among them Talk to Me, The
dose of the depressant GHB. $79, 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., Majestic Theatre,
Last Black Man in San Francisco and Dolemite Is My Name. For the last few
224 E. Houston St., (210) 226-3333, majesticempire.com. — Mike McMahan
years, Epps’ name was attached to playing the role of comedic legend Richard Pryor in a feature film. While those plans never came to fruition, Epps was able to portray Pryor in the less-than-impressive 2016 film Nina about late musician Nina Simone. Epps will also play Pryor Courtesy Photo / Òlàjú Art Group
this year in a TV miniseries about the NBA juggernaut Los Angeles Lakers called Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty. Until then, find Epps at a comedy club near you. During an interview on Jimmy Kimmel Live, he described doing stand-up comedy as “scary fun” because of the ongoing pandemic. “You wanna get back out and you wanna make peo-
SUN | 01.30 SPECIAL EVENT
said. “I’m loving it [and], so far I’ve gotten away with it.” $100-$400, 7:30
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC LIVE: NATURE ROARS BACK
p.m. and 9:45 p.m. Friday and Sunday, 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Saturday (Sold
As part of the National Geographic Live series, Emmy Award-winning
Out), Laugh Out Loud Comedy Club, 618 Northwest Loop 410, (210) 541-
cinematographer Bob Poole is headed to the Tobin Center to discuss
8805, improvtx.com/sanantonio. — Kiko Martinez
his extensive work in the field of wildlife cinematography and conser-
ple laugh, but you’re still thinking about [how] you can get sick,” Epps
vation as well as his upcoming six-part PBS docuseries Gorongosa Park: Rebirth of Paradise. The TV show documents a conservation project in one of Africa’s greatest natural parks and features incredible HD footage of creatures big and small. Poole works with a variety of rangers and scientists including his sister, renowned elephant researcher Joyce
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Poole, to bring hope to the environments and animals of Gorongosa Park. If you’re even a minor fan of nature documentaries, you’re probably familiar with Poole’s extensive list of cinematography credits
SPORTS
across networks including PBS, National Geographic and the Discovery
SPURS VS. BULLS
Channel. His Tobin Center show promises a behind-the-scenes look at
After refining his game over three seasons in San Antonio, former Spur
decades of documentary filmmaking. $20-$45, 4 p.m., Tobin Center for
DeMar DeRozan continues to flourish in Chicago, providing leadership
the Performing Arts, 100 Auditorium Circle, (210) 223-8624, tobincenter.
and crunch time heroics for the reinvigorated Bulls. Earlier this month,
org. — Mackenzie Cook
DeRozan became the first player in league history to hit game-winning buzzer-beaters on consecutive days, and early returns in NBA All-Star fan voting have DeRozan leading all guards in the Eastern Conference. The Bulls have been the surprise team in the East, if not the league, and
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look to return to the postseason for the first time since 2017. San Antonio is still recovering from a brutal 1-6 road trip to start the new year, a jaunt during which multiple players were placed in health and safety protocols. The NBA schedule offers no respite for the Spurs, though, with contests against the Suns in Phoenix and Golden State at home in the coming week. As protocols have proven, the margin of error is slight for a Spurs squad that has struggled to consistently protect home court this season. $21-$1,500, 7:30 p.m., AT&T Center, One AT&T Center, (210) 444-5000, attcenter.com, Bally Sports Southwest. — M. Solis
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SAT | 01.29 SPECIAL EVEN T
2022 AFRICAN MARKET FESTIVAL Produced by Òlàjú Art Group, the sixth-ever African Market Festival will showcase talents from the African continent and diaspora in a celebration of Pan-African culture. Check out the main stage for a series of performances and speakers, browse the marketplace and art gallery,
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enjoy authentic African cuisines, or take in the festival’s signature
SOLI CHAMBER ENSEMBLE: SPECTRA
runway fashion show. Community members of all backgrounds are
SOLI Chamber Ensemble opens 2022 with a concert celebrating the
welcome to the one-day event for an experience of curated cultural
spectrum of musical expression across the North American continent.
programming. Founded in Nigeria and established in Texas, Òlàjú Art
To that end, the program features works by Carlos Simon (America),
Group established the market as a space to present works both for Af-
Jocelyn Morlock (Canada), Arturo Márquez (Mexico), Malcolm Forsyth
ricans and by Africans. The event is at the tail end of San Antonio’s 10th
(Canada) and Gabriela Ortiz (Mexico), as well as the world premiere
