[WardFive] Several performances for children tomorrow at Atlas Intersections, 1333 H Street, NE

Several performances for children tomorrow, Saturday 2/23 at Atlas Intersections Festival

 

Atlas Perfoming Arts Center

 

1333 H Street, NE 

The Atlas All-Arts Festival Opens This Weekend Check out these Family-friendly performances and events:     Celebrity Story Time  Local notables read versions of popular tales featured in Sing Down the Moon. This week we are honored to host, Ward 6 Council member Tommy Wells Imagination Stage's Kate Bryer American Youth Chorus' David Simmons  10:30 am FREE Arts on the Horizon All Around Me Multi-sensory workshop using story and song to help your child discover the exraordinary in the everyday. For young children (18 mos -3 years) and their caregivers 11am  $5 for children/caregivers free Tickets Sing Down the Moon: Appalachian Wonder Tales An award-winning musical for the whole family that spins well-known tales into a crazy quilt of Appalachian lore, humor and wisdom. Best for ages 5+ 11am and 1pm $15/$10 students   Tickets   Boogie Babes' Present  Mr Skip  A rock-star for the preschool crowd whose sing-along concerts get the audience moving. 12pm FREE CIRCUS FUN DAY With ZIP ZAP    Zip Zap Circus USA & Airborne DC Circus Fun Try juggling and balancing on a tight-rope when Zip Zap Circus USA's instructors share circus skills with all ages. 12pm -4pm FREE Circus for Life: A Workshop of Discovery, experience how the fun of clowning, juggling and simple acrobatic partnering can open you to try new things and to rust and support yourself and others in this collaborative and interactive experience. 2:30pm Ages 13+  $20 Workshop is free with purchased ticket to Magic in the Air performance Or $10 ticket with promo code CIRC10 for workshop only Register Magic in the Air A collective of dancing aerialists takes flight in a soaring salute to courage, risk and joy in a benefit performance for the youth empowerment programs of Zip Zap Circus USA. 5:30 and 8pm All ages $25/$15 student Tickets    Come Dance Down the Moon Learn to Square Dance!  (Free with Feb 23 ticket to Sing Down the Moon) 12:15pm  Northeast Senior Singers Cotton Field to Concert Hall: The Negro Spiritual Singer extraordinaire Charles Williams guest stars in a full-of-heart concert presented the Atlas' longest-running community-based performing group. 1pm FREE Click here to reserve  Tosin Igi Nsoro: Talking Trees Drum circle, story and concert combine in an interactive experience for all ages with Nigerian-born Tosin to celebrate the tree as the life source of many musical intruments. 4pm $10/$8 student Tickets   Can't choose just one? You don't have to! Create your own festival experience. 2013 INTERSECTIONS Multi-Show Pass Enjoy INTERSECTIONS with a Multi-Show Pass. Purchase 3 or more performances and receive 20% off your entire order. A great way to enjoy the festival! We may have a few suggestions for you. Check them out here.  Purchase Multi-Show Pass.  The Washington Post Café Concert Series  Free Concerts in the Atlas Lobby Enjoy an "intersection" of art, culture and connection, before or after a mainstage show.  Relax in the Atlas' Kogod Lobby, meet festival artists and enjoy drinks and light fare from our café.   Free concerts are programmed throughout the INTERSECTIONS Festival.  Café concerts this weekend include performances by: Cecily Sarah Hughes Matthew Mills note BUSTERS Mark Sylvester For a complete schedule check the website.  INTERSECTIONS 2013 SPONSORS Founding Sponsor   The FIRE Fund of the Community Foundation of the National Capital Region Founding Media Sponsor   Sponsors Sprenger Lang Foundation Sam Rose/Union Center Plaza management Corporation BB&T M. Ann Belkov Capitol Hill Community Foundation H Street Main Street Media Partners

Atlas Performing Arts Center uses Vendini for ticketing, marketing, and box office management.

Atlas Performing Arts Center - 1333 H Street Northeast, Washington, DC, 20002, (202) 399-7993 x2

The Atlas Performing Arts Center is seeking additional volunteers for its fourth annual, three-week INTERSECTIONS Festival (Friday, February 22 – Sunday, March 10, 2013 ), which includes over 125 multidisciplinary, collaborative performances and brings together over 12,000 people to deepen connection and expand common experience through the arts. 

From Family Saturdays featuring performances and events for children to late-night dance parties and jazz jam sessions, the INTERSECTIONS Festival seeks to connect the broadest possible audience with the most exciting new ways of making community-inspiring art. To learn more about the INTERSECTIONS Festival, go to www.intersectionsdc.org.

If you like to volunteer during INTERSECTIONS please send an email to Elena Forbes eforbes AT atlasarts DOT org or call her directly at (202) 399-7993 ext. 144 if you are interested in learning more.

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