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 Faculty of Arts and Sciences Faces a $350 Million Deficit

At a faculty meeting, Dean Hopi Hoekstra advocates for long-term, structural solutions.

by Joanna M Weiss

A correspondence corner for not-so-famous lost words

Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words

“No Joke: Making Jewish Humor” by Ruth Wisse reviewed by Daniel Klein

Does in-group humor displace political action?

by Daniel Klein

Groundhog Day screenwriter Danny Rubin on his craft

Danny Rubin teaches the “impossible” craft.

by Craig Lambert

Novelist André Aciman's Harvard Square explores expats' experiences

A café-goers' view of Cambridge, a generation ago

by Jesse Kornbluth

Ilona Bell cultivates a literary garden in the Berkshires

A Berkshire yard that recalls poetry, fiction, and drama

by Craig Lambert

David Esterly, master woodcarver, works in limewood, like Grinling Gibbons

No one has carved wood like David Esterly since... well, about 1700.

by Craig Lambert

How to reinvigorate the humanities at Harvard is the subject of new reports

How to reinvigorate the humanities at Harvard is the subject of new faculty reports

Actor Jane Alexander accepts 2013 Radcliffe Day Medal

The actor and NEA leader accepts the Radcliffe Medal.

Artists at Radcliffe discuss their work and relation to audiences

Four artists talked about their work and their relationship to audiences at the opening event of Radcliffe Day.