Culture at the Colleges

Puck and other Fairies

We are fortunate to live at the doorstep of 5 colleges, especially at this time of year when all the performing groups are ready to strut their stuff.

Yesterday started with a noon concert at Balch Auditorium at Scripps by the Quartet Euphoria.   The small hall was filled for the performance of Beethoven's String Quartet Op. 95 (the serioso quartet).  

After that delightful repose, I strolled over to Thomas-Garrett Hall at HMC for a performance by the Lady Garrett Players of A Midsummer Night's Dream.  At this science and engineering college, students love to take Professor Groves' Shakespeare course in the spring where they read a number of plays and choose one to perform in a makeshift theater - the courtyard of the building which includes two large olive trees in the center of the set.  

This being Alumni Weekend, many alums were in attendance at this performance which will be repeated this afternoon.