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 Retains Winthrop Name
Committee undecided on whether owning slaves merits denaming
by Max J. Krupnick
Music, Noted
The recording of songs and sounds past—a history of musical notation in the West
by Anna Zayaruznaya
Slinging Meat
A neighborly pub on the Somerville-Cambridge border
by Nell Porter-Brown
All in a Day: Growing Pains
The greenhouses at Wellesley College Botanic Gardens offer greenery and blossoms in winter.
Curiosities: Pretty Daggers
A new exhibit at Harvard’s Peabody Museum highlights decorative weaponry through the ages.
A Slice of Russia
Gilded icons, stark portraits, and a warm tea room
by Nell Porter-Brown
Spotlight
Gospel choir concert offers Christmas songs and other inspirational music at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Extracurriculars
Events on and off campus during November and December
Unleashing Harvard’s Art Museums
Harvard’s Art Museums reopen, poised to fulfill their pedagogical purpose.
Yearning to Escape
James Laughlin’s transit to Harvard and Europe—and pioneering literary publishing
The New Histories
Scholars pursue sweeping new interpretations of the human past.
by Jonathan Shaw