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 History
After “growing up in the archives,” a composer makes forgotten histories heard.
by Lara Pellegrinelli
The Elephant in the Cutting Room
A writer balances structure and spontaneity in her latest novel.
by Aria Thaker
Ubu Abounds
A new cabaret version of Alfred Jarry’s subversive 1896 Ubu Roi
by Nell Porter-Brown
A Grammar of Pain
A new film about American veterans and the struggle to tell their stories through trauma therapy
by Jacqueline Feldman
Chapter and Verse
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
The Civilizing Art
The poetry of John Milton
Worth a Thousand Words
A printmaker plays with the systems and structures of language.
by Samantha Maldonado
The Lion’s Share
In his poignant one-man musical, Benjamin Scheuer finds his roar.
by Laura Levis
Under Wraps
Josep Lluís Sert’s International Style icon gets a half-century exterior toning and face lift.
Picking Up a Hobby
Stan Munro’s toothpick designs are on display at the Fuller Craft Museum.
by Nell Porter-Brown