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.

Montage of Tom Lehrer performing at a piano; his signature; and several album covers

Thomas Andrew “Tom” Lehrer

The mathematician and satirist kept Harvard in his thoughts—and lyrics

by Jonathan Shaw

Sound waves are produced by the vibrations of physical objects.

Harvard-based Sawyer seminar discusses hearing through the body

Through cat telephones and electronic dance music, scholars discuss the physical basis of sound.

<i>Bowles's new pocket map of the United States of America: the British possessions of Canada, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland, with the French and Spanish territories of Louisiana and Florida, as settled by the preliminary articles of peace signed at Versailles the 20th. Jany. 1783,</i> published by Carington Bowles (London, 1784)

Harvard maps settle U.S.-Canada border

A library loan—with latitude

by John S. Rosenberg

On familiar ground: AMS Jr. at the White House, 1965

Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. letters liberalism

Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.'s "fighting faith" in liberalism, revealed in his letters

Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words

Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words

<i>Autumn</i>

Robert PIllsbury crafts art works from layers of paper

Paper artist Robert Pillsbury ’61 makes his work from stacked cut sheets of paper.

Michael Carney (standing left) with friends, and (seated) brothers Tom, Martin, and Paddy.

Recent books on evolution, island Ireland, Jonathan Swift, and more

Recent books with Harvard connections

An Aero L-39 Albatros (foreground) and Dassault Falcon 2000 over the Golden Gate Bridge

Jessica Ambats shoots air-to-air photographs of airplanes

Jessica Ambats '95 makes amazing photographs of airplanes from the air.

by Craig Lambert

The small Baraka Café lays out a feast of North African fare.

Baraka Café offers a French-Tunisian chef’s personal touch in Cambridgeport

A French-Tunisian chef’s personal touch in Cambridgeport

by Nell Porter-Brown

Beatrix Potter&rsquo;s home, gardens, and tales of small creatures, at the Arnold Arboretum

Art, lectures, cultural and campus events at Harvard in March and April

Harvard arts and cultural events

Dean Norris, at right, in the television series <i>Breaking Bad</i> with Bryan Cranston

“Breaking Bad”’s Dean Norris is a prime-time stalwart

Breaking Bad’s Dean Norris ’85, a prime-time stalwart

by Lara Pellegrinelli