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 Kennedy School Offers Contingency Plans for U.S. Military Applicants

Active-duty service members can defer admissions or have their applications considered at peer institutions. 

by Tamara Evdokimova

Profile of voiceover actor Adriana Colón

Adriana Colón forges aural connections.

by Matteo Wong

Profile of novelist and TV doctor Ian K. Smith

Ian K. Smith’s turn toward detective fiction

by Lydialyle Gibson

Megha Majumdar's debut novel, “A Burning,” tackles inequality and violence

The Harvard graduate, who grew up in Kolkata, mines the India of her childhood for a tale with modern resonance.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Boston Book Festival

A literary festival for children and adults

by Nell Porter-Brown

At Home with Harvard: Theater & Broadway

Harvardians take to the stage.

Bringing Black History to Light

A Houghton Library project to digitize thousands of African-American records and artifacts

by Lydialyle Gibson

How Harvard Handled the 1918 Flu Pandemic

Fall semester interrupted, a century ago

by Matteo Wong

How the Lines Get Bent

Curator Garrett Dash Nelson ’09 on the Boston Public Library’s exhibition of “persuasive cartography” 

by Matteo Wong

Profile of comedian Karen Chee

Comedian Karen Chee finds her voice.

by Jacob Sweet

Author Gabrielle Zevin profiled by Nell Porter Brown

A prescient novelist is hopeful that “after great change, amazing things can happen.”

by Nell Porter-Brown