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

“Hearing Through the Body”

Through cat telephones and electronic dance music, scholars discuss the physical basis of sound.

Boundary Issues

A library loan—with latitude

by John S. Rosenberg

“A Fighting Faith”

Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.'s "fighting faith" in liberalism, revealed in his letters

Chapter & Verse

Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words

Design in Layers

Paper artist Robert Pillsbury ’61 makes his work from stacked cut sheets of paper.

Off the Shelf

Recent books with Harvard connections

Styled Blue Yonder

Jessica Ambats '95 makes amazing photographs of airplanes from the air.

by Craig Lambert

Global Kitchen

A French-Tunisian chef’s personal touch in Cambridgeport

by Nell Porter-Brown

Extracurriculars

Harvard arts and cultural events

Midlife Leading Man

Breaking Bad’s Dean Norris ’85, a prime-time stalwart

by Lara Pellegrinelli