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.

A theatrical reenactment explores a 1976 clash between science and democracy.

by Laurel M. Shugart

The Emily Dickinson Museum

Delving into the world of Emily Dickinson

by Nell Porter-Brown

New England Folk Festival

Contra dancing, Balkan music, sea chanteys—and more!

by Nell Porter-Brown

Bruce Museum’s spring shows

Images that help unveil the truth of what we can see

by Nell Porter-Brown

Gustazo in Cambridge restaurant review

Modern delights of Cuban cuisine, in Cambridge 

by Nell Porter-Brown

Atwood’s Tavern boosts bluegrass

Boosting bluegrass in Cambridge

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Boston in Motion

An exhibition maps the making of a metropolis.

by Drew Pendergrass

Paul Dudley White documentary possibility

A possible film about cardiologist Paul Dudley White

A Sweeping Exhibit Covers 250 Years of Japanese Art

Paintings from the Edo period convey “a powerful sense of there-ness.” 

by Lydialyle Gibson

Photo Recap: The 70th Annual Hasty Pudding Theatricals Woman and Man of the Year

Elizabeth Banks and Ben Platt received this year’s honors.

by Kristina DeMichele

Karl May, best-selling German novelist

Brief life of a myth-making writer: 1842-1912

by Eugene Stelzig