This week at Intersections

Hey all,

So this Thursday marks the beginning of this year's Intersections Festival. I'm part of their Accelerator crew, a group of arts advocates and influencers that will be providing another level of connection from the art to the audience. Several of them are also on Twitter (the following links go to their profiles), Kenya Allmond, Shannon Mouton & Simone Jacobson.

You can check out info and get more links on the rest of the Accelerators at Intersections Festival's Latest News page. But I digress...what I really wanted to highlight were the performances I will be checking out this upcoming week and weekend, which I hope you find me and say hi, if you're there as well!!

All of the hyperlinks in the list are different ones: the time of the events listed below will take you to purchase tickets, and if it's a time that's not hyperlinked, it's probably a Cafe Concert and FREE; the event name will take you to FB event pages; while the organization links will take you to the organization's website, and Twitter profiles & FB pages will be specified. And you can download the complete schedule here.

So here we go:

Thursday, 2/23

Born This Way

• 6:30pm - Cafe Concert  presented by The Washington Post (Torcuato Zamora)
• 8:00pm - Born This Way: Stories About Queer Culture in America (SpeakeasyDC | Facebook | Twitter) *disclaimer* I sit on the board of SEDC

With Little Red
and the Renegades

Friday, 2/24

• 7:00pm - From Shuffle to Showboat: Prelude to the American Musical (The In Series | Facebook)
• 9:00pm - With Little Red and the Renegades (Festival Opening Party!!)

Saturday, 2/25

Bud, Not Buddy

• 11:00am - Bud, Not Buddy (Adventure Theatre | Facebook | Twitter)
• 12:00pm - Cafe Concert  presented by The Washington Post (Boogle Babes' Mr. Skip)
• 1:30pm - Double Take (Jane Franklin Dance | Facebook)
• 3:00pm - A Birthday Sing-Along in Honor of Jane Lang and the Atlas (Paul Sprenger Hosts)
• 3:30pm - Road Signs (Quest Visual Theatre | Facebook | Twitter | YouTube)
• 5:30pm - ...And Bid Him Sing (Folger Shakespeare Library | Facebook | Twitter)

Click SEND

Sunday, 2/26

• 1:30pm - Cafe Concert  presented by The Washington Post (Peter DiMuro & Friends)
• 3:00pm - Cafe Concert presented by The Washington Post (Tara Linhardt and Friends)
• 5:00pm - Click SEND (Sidwell Friends School Dance Ensemble) - ONLY show!!

And that's it!! JUST for the first week/end :-)

I'd like to really highlight the opening night party on the Friday as well as the Birthday Sing-Along on saturday!! With so much going on, those are nice opportunities to socialize and meet some of the movers and shakers, as well as other audience members and artists!!

And definitely make sure to say hello to Mary Hall Surface, Festival Artistic Director, and the rest of the staff and administrators who make this wonderful event happen (click here to learn more about them and the festival).

Leave a comment, tweet me, or post on my wall if you think our paths might intersect this weekend. And keep an eye out, for content throughout the week and weekend, as well as the next schedule, a week from now!!

- J Street Jr (on Facebook & Twitter)

P.S. you should join the mailing list of the Atlas Performing Arts Center, like them on Facebook, and follow them on Twitter