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.
For This Poet, AI is a Writing Partner
Sasha Stiles trained a chatbot on her manuscripts. Now, her poems rewrite themselves.
True Crime
Helen Jewett and the origin of American murder media
Houghton Library Features Children’s Books in Opening Exhibit
“Animals Are Us” contextualizes Houghton’s new treasures.
by Jacob Sweet
World Premiere of esperanza spalding and Wayne Shorter’s Opera, (Iphigenia)
Two jazz legends collaborate on an operatic reimagination of a Greek tragedy.
"“I Am Talking to the Part of You that Does Not Speak”
Artist Laurie Anderson delivers her fifth virtual Norton Lecture on Wednesday.
An Obligation to Dignity
Poet and lawyer—and MacArthur “genius”—Reginald Dwayne Betts on art and imprisonment
Visual Music
The "blurred boundaries" of Sam Wu's compositions
The Places You’ll Go
Art, science, sports—and fanciful holiday lights—in the Connecticut River Valley
Staff Pick: A.R.T.’s Wild: A Musical Becoming
Harvard’s Diane Paulus brings climate change to center stage
Curiosities: “Completely Magical”
Stunning works by Clifford Ross at the Portland Museum of Art
The Food Waste Problem
Emily Broad Leib combats wasted food worldwide.
by Jacob Sweet