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Holiday themed shows coming up at Atlas Performing Arts Center . Atlas is located at 1333 H Street NE. From the organizers: Step Afrika!’s Magical Musical Holiday Step Show is the most vibrant holiday celebration in town! This fun, family-friendly performance will have you stomping your feet and clapping your hands to energetic beats from Step Afrika! and special guest, DJ Frosty the Snowman. Over the last six years, this internationally-renowned percussive dance company has created a contemporary holiday tradition at the Atlas, featuring friendly, furry characters, pre-show instrument-making workshops, photo ops, and even a dance party. Why celebrate the holidays sitting still when you can step with Step Afrika!  Family ticket packages and group rates available by calling  202.399.7993, ext. 2 .  12/15-30 -   Buy tickets Peter Pan . This holiday season, Andrew Earle Simpson performs a fairy-dust sprinkled original score for the beloved silent film, Pete...

fringe /frinj/ adjective 1. not part of the mainstream; unconventional, peripheral, or extreme. Capitol Fringe Festival has cemented itself as part of the DC cultural landscape over the past decade. It returns in 2017 at a time when we need the arts find an apt critique, establish a primer for future life experiences, make sense of things, or simply to escape. I hate to say I ever want to "get lost" in the art, but sometimes you want to stay hidden in it, envelop yourself in it, insulated from reality, for however long that lasts. Other times you want it right front and center for deconstruction and interpretation. However you experience and react to art, there will be a lot of it starting this week in the form of the Capital Fringe Festival.  There are too many shows to list them all, but here are a few I'm intrigued by: Ready to Serve: Remember the Nurses Presented by Ellouise Schoettler, Spoken Word Artist A true story of 64 Maryland Army nurses w...