Arts & Culture
Harvard Medalists
Four people honored for exceptional service to the University
by Nell Porter-Brown
The Layered Histories in Black Family Keepsakes
Tiya Miles traces a mother and daughter’s story through a cotton sack.
by Juliet Isselbacher
Harvard Art Museums Will Reopen This Fall
The musems will welcome students back on September 1, and the public on September 4.
by Lydialyle Gibson
Katori Hall Wins 2021 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
The Hot Wing King wins the 2021 prize for drama.
by Lydialyle Gibson
Harvard Art Museums Names a New Curator
Horace D. Ballard will direct American art collections at the museums.
by Lydialyle Gibson
Peabody Essex Museum’s “In American Waters”
From oceanic voyages to romping in the waves, a new exhibit explores relationships to water.
by Nell Porter-Brown
Putting the Music in Musical Theater
Composer Zoe Sarnak’s warm-hearted songs
by Lydialyle Gibson
A Surfing Author’s Children’s Book
In the swim with Bonnie Tsui
by S.I. Rosenbaum
Trade Cards in the Age of Invention
A nineteenth-century advertising medium traces the rise of consumer culture.
by Jonathan Shaw
New Bedford
Exploring the coastal fishing hub’s history, architecture, parks, and arts scene
by Nell Porter-Brown
A Net-Zero-Energy Victorian Home Makes History
HBS alumna Betsy Harper develops the first net-zero-energy, Victorian “passive house” in the world.
by Kristina DeMichele