Like silence, but not really silent .
Just about a year ago, the song “Quiet” from the musical “Matilda” was heard all over San Diego. If a youth theater hadn’t already staged a version of the Tony-winning show, it was likely in the midst of performing it or rehearsing for an upcoming engagement.
But then the pandemic happened and everything really did go quiet, just like Matilda describes.
Advertisement
Broadway shut down on March 12 and San Diego arts organizations followed everything from La Jolla Playhouse and the Old Globe to the San Diego Symphony and San Diego Opera halted productions and canceled their seasons.
Del Cerro community mourns a life lived in service to others sandiegouniontribune.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sandiegouniontribune.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Many things have changed since the Thursday Club was formed 100 years ago. Including the Thursday Club.
The San Diego service club, which was founded in February of 1921 by four young married women, is no longer for married women only. There is also a membership group for younger women and evening meetings for members who work during the day.
And in the wake of COVID-19, the Thursday Club meetings are not being held at its picturesque red-roofed clubhouse in Point Loma but on Zoom, with the group’s senior members many of them in their 80s and beyond happily logging on to plan for the future. The club will also be going virtual for today’s centennial celebration, which will be livestreamed on YouTube beginning at 10 a.m. You’d better believe that the members will be there in spirit.