Harvard Squared

Serene Wide Nature View

A guide to the arts and culture, history, cuisine, and natural beauty of Cambridge, Boston, and beyond.

blue skies and green fields and music center building

Harvard Squared | September-October 2022

Listen Up

A new regional music center opens in Groton, Massachusetts.

by Nell Porter Brown

Array of squashes, tomatoes, and other local produce at Ward's Berry Farm

Harvard Squared | September-October 2022

Harvesting Autumn at Ward’s Berry Farm

Fun for the whole family in Sharon

by Nell Porter Brown

Wide view of blue pools and lawns of the Blue Garden

Harvard Squared | July-August 2022

The Blue Garden

Newport's restored landscape

by Craig Lambert

Harvard Squared | July-August 2022

You’ve Got Game

When it comes to recreational sports, the Boston area is tough to beat.

by Kara Baskin

Landscape painting of wide sky and golden field with trees in the distance

Harvard Squared | July-August 2022

Honoring a Life with Birds

A Concord Museum and Mass Audubon exhibit on William Brewster celebrates a new wildlife sanctuary

by Nell Porter Brown

Abstract image of swirls and darts in browns, reds, and grays

Harvard Squared | July-August 2022

Interpreting the Universe

Mildred Thompson's abstract vision

by Nell Porter Brown

Harvard Squared | July-August 2022

Seafaring America

Visiting Mystic, Connecticut

by Craig Lambert

view from water of island holding giant steel eggs and wind turbines of wastewater treatment plant

Harvard Squared | May-June 2022

Parklands and Wastewater

The strange, haunting magic of Boston Harbor's Deer Island

by Nell Porter Brown

tree branch with pinkish-red blossoms

Harvard Squared | May-June 2022

Springtime Antics at the Arnold Arboretum

Lesser-known plants with tricks up their sleeves (or, rather, stems)

by Nancy Walecki

The lower halves of two women stylishly dressed in bright colored skirts and high heels

Harvard Squared | May-June 2022

Photographs and Blackness, Barkley L. Hendricks

How the artist saw community—and the world

by Nell Porter Brown