Atlas Performing Arts Center stages diverse Intersections arts festival

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Delia Perry is part of Speakeasy DC. (Alexander Morozov)

The Atlas Performing Arts Center’s new Intersections arts festival — a three-week event with more than 50 performances beginning Friday at the H Street NE complex — celebrates a nation characterized by myriad convergences of culture.

But for inspiration, the organizers had to look only so far as the Atlas District itself.

“H Street has historically been an intersection,” says Mary Hall Surface, the festival’s artistic director, citing the various communities — Italian, Jewish, African American — that have called the neighborhood east of Union Station home.

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Saturday at 6 p.m. Kennedy Center, 2700 F St. NW. 202-467-4600. http://www.kennedy-center.org. Free.

“Wetbacks, Aliens and Towelheads: True Stories From the First Generation”

What do a Filipino poet, a Cape Verdean reporter, a Jamaican activist, a Nigerian video artist and an Indian comedian all have in common? They’re either children of immigrants or immigrants themselves, and all have experienced travails — some funny, some poignant, some sad — in their American upbringing. Hear their tales, presented by SpeakeasyDC as part of the Intersections Arts Festival.

Saturday at 7:30 p.m. Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St. NE (Metro: Union Station). 202-399-7993. http://www.atlasarts.org. $18.50.

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