Arts & Culture

Salvador Litvak smiles, arms crossed, in a vest and hat on a city street.

Montage | May-June 2025

Faith through Film

The “Accidental Talmudist” on making Jewish movies

by Max J. Krupnick

Karen Chee holding a flower to her face

Montage | July-August 2020

Seriously Goofy

Comedian Karen Chee finds her voice.

by Jacob Sweet

At Home with Harvard |

At Home with Harvard: Harvard on the Small Screen

Discover a new series to watch in quarantine, or read about the creator behind your favorite show, in this selection of our TV stories

A still image from the film, This is Love, showing Rudy Love in shadowed profile

Montage | May-June 2020

A Love Letter

John Alexander follows the ups and downs of funk musician Rudy Love.

by Alex Huls

The Chelsea Theatre building

Montage | May-June 2020

Setting the Stage

Joshua McTaggart leads London’s Chelsea Theatre into a new era.

by Olivia Munk

Three fiddlers playing

Harvard Squared | March-April 2020

The New England Folk Festival

Contra dancing, Balkan music, sea chanteys—and more!

by Nell Porter-Brown

A bluegrass guitarist, banjoist, and singer perform on stage

Harvard Squared | March-April 2020

Atwood’s Tavern

Boosting bluegrass in Cambridge

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Alumni | March-April 2020

Documentarian Sought

A possible film about cardiologist Paul Dudley White

Elizabeth Banks looks at the camera as she rides in a convertible with two members of the Hasty Pudding Theatricals.

Performing & Recorded Arts |

Photo Recap: The 70th Annual Hasty Pudding Theatricals Woman and Man of the Year Awards

Elizabeth Banks and Ben Platt received this year’s honors.

by Kristina DeMichele

German author Karl May dressed as his Old West hero, Old Shatterhand

Features | March-April 2020

Karl May

Brief life of a myth-making writer: 1842-1912

by Eugene Stelzig

Photograph of the two actors on stage

Montage | March-April 2020

Deep Roots

Playwright Antoinette Nwandu confronts race, religion, and her personal history.

by Olivia Schwob