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’s Hiring Freeze Continues
University Leaders Say $1 Billion Per Year Is At Risk Due to Federal Actions
by Vivian W. Rong
“Little Shards of Dissonance”
An oratorio adapted from Langston Hughes
by Sophia Nguyen
True Lies
Jill Lepore excavates the history of America, down to its bedrock values.
by Casey N. Cep
Off the Shelf
Recent books with Harvard connections
Shifting Sands
Family snapshots of living off the land, in the Kalahari
by Sophia Nguyen
Lowell Kinetic Sculpture Race
Watch human-powered machines prevail—or not—in Lowell.
by Nell Porter-Brown
Slightly Supernatural
In Laura van den Berg’s fiction, the deeply strange is ordinary.
by Lydialyle Gibson
Lives Glimpsed through Passports
Houghton exhibit documents “the dream of a globalized world.”
by Brandon J. Dixon
Silver, Screens
Recent acquisitions at the Harvard Art Museums train a fresh lens on photography and video art.
by Sophia Nguyen
Ladders, Squirrels, and Reproductive Rights
A graduate’s foray into the “real world” of fringe theater
by Olivia Munk
Reviving Neglected Space
Practicing architecture in Myanmar
by Sanya Sagar