Arts & Culture

Explore Harvard’s vibrant arts scene—from campus exhibitions and theater to cultural analysis and literary reviews. Discover how creativity shapes the Harvard experience.

Harvard’s Hiring Freeze Continues

University leaders say $1 billion per year is at risk due to federal actions

by Vivian W. Rong

Bards of America

Historical plays for a nation “stuck in the middle”

by Lydialyle Gibson

“Patchwork Futures”

Sci-fi meets the political thriller.

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

The Call of the Creeks

Landscape and bird artist James Coe reflects the Hudson Valley

by Nell Porter-Brown

Music, Italian Style

A day at the Naples Conservatory

by Thomas Forrest Kelly

With Friends Like These

The real tragedy underlying Friends from College stems from the indignities of the post-recession economy.

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

A London Fellowship for Urban Design

The Graduate of School of Design opens its renovated Wimbledon House.

by Olivia Munk

Finding Harlem

The Cooper Gallery’s new exhibit explores a neighborhood’s identity.

by Alisha Ukani

Title IX at 45

How Title IX expanded women’s opportunities in sports

by Alisha Ukani

An Art Installation in Allston

The “WE ALL” art installation aims to foster connections between Harvard and Allston.

by Alisha Ukani

Tracy K. Smith ’94 Named U.S. Poet Laureate

The announcement comes at a busy time for the writer, who is at work on two operas and will soon publish her fifth verse collection, Wade in the Water.

by Sophia Nguyen