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
Wynton Marsalis on the Soul of Jazz
The bandleader weaves performance and storytelling to paint a picture of jazz in nineteenth-century New Orleans.
Helen Mirren Honored as Woman of the Year
The Academy Award-winning actress was at the center of the annual Hasty Pudding parade.
Pete Seeger Dies at 94
The folk singer and activist inspired many.
Neil Patrick Harris Is Man of the Year
The Emmy-winning actor and singer will receive his Hasty Pudding Pot February 7.
Stolen Censer Returns to Harvard Art Museums
Three decades later, an eighteenth-century artwork returns home.
Helen Mirren Named Woman of the Year
The Hasty Pudding picks an Oscar winner for its pudding pot.
Herbie Hancock Is Harvard’s 2014 Norton Professor of Poetry
The jazz pianist will give six lectures in February and March.
Picture-book Publisher
Claudia Bedrick ’85 of Enchanted Lion Books offers an international array of stories to young children.
by Kristen Strezo
Sehr Gut
German and Central European dishes shine in Somerville.
by Nell Porter-Brown
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