WASHINGTON — A six-year tradition is back in action at the Atlas Performing Arts Center along the vibrant H Street corridor in Northeast D.C.
The Atlas Intersections Festival is entering the second of its three weekends with a variety of performances this weekend, before wrapping next Friday, March 6 and Saturday, March 7.
“It is an all-arts festival in that it brings innovative, collaborative artists who do theater, music, dance, spoken word, film and video together with richly diverse audiences,” artistic director Mary Hall Surface says. “We are creating a gathering place where people of every perspective, every age, every race, every culture can come together and expand what it is we share through the arts.”
About 12,000 attendees will watch more 100 performances by more than 700 artists.
Highlights include the electric cellist Wytold, who arranges rap songs from the ’90s and 2000s — from Busta Rhymes to Notorious B.I.G. — with classical music from Beethoven to Bach.
You can also check out a collaboration between Airborne DC! and Zip-Zap Circus U.S.A., as circus stars from South Africa join daring aerialists from D.C. to promote the power of risk and love.
For a date night, check out “Bach and Brews” by All Points West, an out-of-the-box chamber ensemble that’s teaming with Atlas Brew Works for a night of beer and music pairings.
“The Atlas Performing Arts Center opened in 2006 and has been the engine of the transformation of the H Street Northeast neighborhood,” Surface says.
As such, restaurants along H Street will be offering a 10 percent discount if you present your Atlas Intersections ticket. The same is true in reverse — the restaurants will give you a coupon for 10 percent off at the theater. The deal is perfect for an entire day of fun on H Street.
Click the Atlas Performing Arts Center’s website for the full schedule and ticket information.
