On-campus events and performing arts

teenage_cliche
Mon, 28 Mar 2011 10:40:24 +0000

There’s plenty to do any afternoon and night of the week! Especially if your D is the sort to seek out clubs or teams, she’ll be very busy with those organized things. But there’s also lots of things going on - there are movie showings every Friday and Saturday, there are lectures pretty much every day, there are parties Friday and Saturday nights, the art museum and the botanical garden are always open to students for free, and then just hanging out with friends in someone’s room watching TV/playing board games/whatever.

While feeling like your D fits in at Smith is important, she/you really shouldn’t worry about the actual activities and socialization. She will find her people through her house, through classes, through clubs and teams, through a whole bunch of avenues. If she’s willing to put herself out there, she’ll find friends.

Specifically about the performing arts - there’s at least one low-key local or student performer a week, there are weekly open mics, there are films and lectures as I already mentioned, there are usually a few big dance performances from the dance department per semester and the same is true for theatre and music, and there are multiple student-run theatre, dance and musical groups as well.

Organized things I went to in the past week include - a musicals sing-along with the musical theatre group, 2 practices with the Quidditch team, a friend’s birthday party, the South Asian group’s dance performance, an a cappella jam. And that doesn’t include just having dinner and hanging out with friends.