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.
Review of Maurice Charney's “Wrinkled Deep in Time”
Adam Kirsch review Maurice Charney’s Wrinkled Deep in Time: Aging in Shakespeare.
by Adam Kirsch
An excerpt from "Tocqueville's Discovery of America," by Leo Damrosch
An excerpt from Tocqueville's Discovery of America, by Leo Damrosch
Recent books with Harvard connections
Recent books with Harvard connections
Quotation Q and A
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
American composer Johnny Green
Brief life of a conflicted musician: 1908-1989
by Sol Hurwitz
Nineteenth-century dancing lessons
A professor's passion reveals how one learned to dance in Jane Austen's day.
The Brattle Theatre shows Mynette Louie's film Children of Invention
Boston-area readers can catch the film in Harvard Square starting this weekend. Producer Mynette Louie ’97 will appear at some screenings.
Video clips from Children of Invention, produced by Mynette Louie
Despite winning multiple prizes, the film—produced by Mynette Louie ’97—has struggled to find an audience or turn a profit in an uncertain time for indie film.
Oscar nominees include film from book by Harvard anthropologist Kimberly Theidon
Kimberly Theidon's book on female victims of Peruvian violence was the basis for The Milk of Sorrow, nominated for best foreign-language film.
Alex Ross Argues for Presenting Classical Music in Unorthodox Settings
New Yorker music critic Alex Ross ’90 argues for presenting classical music in unorthodox settings.